Crime, Regional Interest

Prosecutor: Area Teacher Charged with Weapons Offense

An area teacher has been charged with the possession of an illegal weapon, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.

Kevin J. Hasbrouck, 36, of Point Pleasant Beach, a teacher in Neptune Township, has been charged with a single count of a fourth-degree weapons offense after being found to be in possession of a knife.

On Feb. 3, Neptune police responded to Neptune Middle School on a report of a weapons investigation. The investigation revealed that a large stainless-steel knife with a black handle was found in Hasbrouck’s desk drawer.

— Edited press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office