Prosecutor: Former Area Repair Shop Manager Indicted for $90K Theft from Business

 A former Hazlet auto repair shop manager has been indicted on charges that he stole roughly $90,000 from his employer over the course of 15 months, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Monday.

Joshua Chisenhall, 39, was indicted on the charges of: second-degree theft by deception and second-degree computer theft.

A joint investigation by members of the Hazlet Police Department and the MCPO Financial Crimes Bureau determined that while Chisenhall was employed at the AAMCO on Route 36 South in Hazlet, he allegedly repeatedly pocketed cash payments for services, then falsified invoices, indicating that the customers had instead made credit card payments.

The scheme allegedly resulted in tens of thousands of dollars of stolen funds collected from January 2020 through March 2021.  

Chisenhall was criminally charged in October of 2021 and now faces trial.

If convicted of either charge against him, he could face up to 10 years in state prison.

This case is being prosecuted by Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Lawrence Nelsen, Director of the Financial Crimes Bureau.

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