Category Archives: Crime

Prosecutor: Authorities Seeking Witnesses to Hit & Run

Authorities are seeking assistance from the public in the investigation of a Tuesday evening hit-and-run motor vehicle collision in Matawan that left a 77-year-old borough woman in critical condition, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said on Wednesday.

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Prosecutor: 20-Year-Old Facing Attempted Murder Charge For Stabbing Outside of Asbury High School

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and unlawful weapons possession in connection with a stabbing incident outside of Asbury Park High School, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Wednesday.

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Prosecutor: Former Area Teacher Facing Additional Charges of Child Sexual Assault

A former Red Bank Charter and Long Branch schools teacher recently charged with the sexual assault of a 10-year-old student has now been charged with sexually assaulting many other elementary school children, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Monday.

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Prosecutor: 31-Year-Old Gets Six Years for Overdose Death Liability

A Long Branch man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to the first-degree crime of strict liability for drug induced death, or distribution of the drugs that caused a fatal overdose, in connection with a February overdose death, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said on Friday.

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Prosecutor: 27-Year-Old Arrested in Sea Bright for Luring 13-Year-Olds

A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with luring two 13-year-old girls into his vehicle in Sea Bright with the intent of sexually assaulting them, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.

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Prosecutor: Former Teacher Charged with Sexual Assult of Child

A former Long Branch elementary school teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old student, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.

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Prosecutor: 26-Year-Old Gets 5 Years for ‘Depraved’ Killing of 4 Puppies

A Howell man was sentenced on Friday to five years in state prison on charges of animal cruelty after admitting last year his neglect caused the deaths of four German Shepard puppies in his care, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.

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Prosecutor: Former County Probation Officer Gets 10 Years for Sexual Assault of Client

A former Monmouth County probation officer was sentenced to 10 years in a New Jersey state prison this afternoon for sexually assaulting a woman he supervised on Drug Court probation and making false representations to the court, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Thursday.

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Prosecutor: Brooklyn Man Arrested, Charged with Luring, Sexual Assault of 13-Year-Old

The out-of-state man accused of luring and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old in November has been arrested and is now being held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said on Friday.

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Prosecutor: Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Heroin/Fentanyl Overdose Death

A 31-year-old area man pleaded guilty last Thursday to the first-degree crime of strict liability for drug-induced death in connection with a February overdose death, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said on Friday.

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Prosecutor: Area Man Allegedly Swindled Five Out of $1.1 Million

A Monmouth County has been charged with pilfering roughly $1.1 million from victims through the use of fraudulent stock purchases and promissory notes, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Friday.

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