Prosecutor: Man Arrested In Shots Fired Investigation

July 17, 2020 Elaine Van Develde

A Whiting man has been charged in connection with an April shots fired incident in Marlboro, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.

At 3:37 a.m. on April 7, Marlboro police responded to a report of shots fired in the in the area of Dutch Lane near Moore Road. There were no reported injuries.

A joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office and Marlboro Police Department revealed that on the morning of April 7 a weapon was fired multiple times from a vehicle, leaving projectiles in a residence and vehicle located at 59 Dutch Lane Road. Subsequent investigation led to the identification of the discharged weapon belonging to Joseph M. Galli, 27, of Whiting, although Galli had no connection to the residents of that home.

On July 15, 2020, Galli was located at his job in Burlington County and then later arrested at the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. Galli has been charged with the second-degree crimes of aggravated assault, possession of weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a handgun and certain persons not to possess weapons.

Galli is being held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution (MCCI) in Freehold Township pending a detention hearing tentatively scheduled for July 22 before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Paul X. Escandon.

If convicted of any of the firearms offenses, Galli faces a sentence of five to 10 years in prison subject to the provisions of the Graves Act, requiring him to serve a mandatory 42 months in state prison before becoming eligible for release on parole. His maximum exposure on the aggravated assault charge is 10 years, subject to the No Early Release Act (N.E.R.A.), which would require him to serve 85% of any sentence before becoming eligible for parole.