Prosecutor: Man Charged with Voting Fraud

A Middlesex County man is charged with voter fraud for using his Highlands business address to vote in Monmouth County general elections instead of his primary residence district in another county (Middlesex), Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.

Steven Solop, 67, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township, has been charged with third-degree fraudulent voting, interference with election, and third-degree false registration.

Solop surrendered to investigators at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, where he was charged, processed, and released on a summons pending a future court date.

An investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office revealed that between October 2015 through November 2019, Solop voted at the Highlands Borough, Monmouth County polling stations in New Jersey State General Elections.

Solop fraudulently registered to vote in Monmouth County citing his business address on Bay Avenue in Highlands Borough as his primary residence.

Solop was not entitled to vote in Monmouth County elections, but registered and voted in the elections regardless of his primary residence being in Middlesex County.

The investigation revealed Solop should have lawfully registered to vote in his residential Woodbridge voting district, where records show he was registered in 1996 and voted from 1999 through 2014.

If convicted of a third-degree crime, Solop faces a custodial sentence of three to five years in a New Jersey state prison.

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