PATERSON – Authorities arrested a 27-year-old Hazlet woman Friday on allegations she sexually assaulted a local teenager, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes announced Saturday. Radha Singh faces charges of second-degree sexual assault and one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, Valdes said in a press release. County officials allege that from May 2015… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 19th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, Hazlet, Monmouth County News | Tags: Crime and Punishment, Hazlet, Monmouth County News, Passaic County Prosecutor, Radha Singh | Comments Off on Hazlet therapist accused of sexually assaulting minor by Passaic Prosecutor
Johan J. Murrieta, 20, of the 300 block of 8th Avenue in Asbury Park, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with 4 counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, according to a statement by Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
A series of CyberTips received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children indicating child pornography was being distributed electronically lead to an investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force which revealed that on three separate days, images of child pornography were distributed using three different email accounts – all the accounts were accessed by an individual using an IP address associated with Murrieta’s home.
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Posted: July 2nd, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Asbury Park, Crime, Crime and Punishment, Monmouth County, Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Monmouth County Court, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor | Tags: Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, Asbury Park, CyberTips, Johan J. Murrieta, Kiddie porn, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | Comments Off on Asbury Park Man Charged With Kiddie Porn
COLTS NECK — A woman suffered a bizarre pepper-spray attack Tuesday night that is similar to other incidents reported in Freehold and Colts Neck last year, Colts Neck police said. RELATED:Robber in Monmouth uses pepper spray against female victims The victim was driving around midnight near Five Points and Stone Hill roads when another motorist flashed… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: June 26th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Colts Neck, Crime, Freehold, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News | Tags: Colts Neck, Colts Neck Police Department, Crime, Freehold, Monmouth County News, Pepper Spray | Comments Off on Robber who targeted women, used pepper spray back in Monmouth?
Mickey Major, 54, of Howell Township and a former dispatcher for the Monmouth County Special Citizens Assisted Transportation (SCAT) buses, pleaded guilty to Obstruction of Justice after admitting that he shredded fare envelopes while the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office was investigating the collection of fares, according to a statement by Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
Major worked as dispatcher at the Center Street, Freehold location of the Monmouth County Division of Transportation, where he dispatched SCAT buses, but was also tasked with reconciling fare reports with the actual fare amounts collected and reported by the drivers. On Sept. 16, 2014, detectives arrived at the Center Street location and discovered Major shredded the envelopes and fled from the office in his vehicle.
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Posted: June 24th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, Howell, Monmouth County, Monmouth County Court, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor | Tags: Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, Howell, Mickey Major, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Transportation Department, SCAT | Comments Off on SCAT Dispatcher Pleads Guilty To Obstruction
Alix Antoine, 36, an Asbury Park Police Officer, was arrested on Monday and charged with second degree Official Misconduct, Conspiracy to Commit Official Misconduct, Insurance Fraud and third degree Tampering with Public Records. Antoine’s sister, Patricia Louis, a/k/a Patricia Antoine, 43, of Clifton, was charged with one count each of second degree Conspiracy to Commit Official Misconduct and Insurance Fraud.
According to a statement by Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni, Antoine filed documents in connection with his employment as a police officer enabling Patricia to obtain medical benefits she was not entitled to receive.
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Posted: June 24th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Asbury Park, Crime, Crime and Punishment, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor | Tags: Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, Alix Antoine, Asbury Park, Asbury Park Police Department, Health Care, health insurance, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, Patricia Antoine, Patricia Louis | Comments Off on Asbury Park Police Officer Busted For Putting His Sister On His Heath Insurance
ASBURY PARK — Before Tuesday’s fatal encounter with his ex-wife, a Neptune police sergeant contacted two of his children and told them he planned to harm her, NJ Advance Media has learned. A source close to the investigation into Tamara Seidle’s fatal shooting said police were aware of the threat against her before her ex-husband, Neptune… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: June 19th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Asbury Park, Crime, Crime and Punishment, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor, Neptune Township | Tags: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News, Neptune, Neptune Police Department, Phillip Seidle, Tamara Wilson-Seidle, Tami Seidle, Tammara Seidle | Comments Off on Before deadly shooting, cop warned his kids he meant their mother harm
Daniel Alfano, 25, a Class II Special Police Officer in Seaside Park, was arrested by the Hazlet Police Department yesterday on charges that he engange in sexual activity with a 15 year old girl in his Parkview Dr. home.
According to a statement by Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni, an investigation by the Hazlet PD revealed that Alfano engaged in sexual activity with the girl on May 2.
Alfano was released from custody after posting $100,000 bail as set by Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley.
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Posted: June 18th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, Hazlet, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor | Tags: Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, Daniel Alfano, Hazlet, Judge Joseph W. Oxley, Monmouth County News, Seaside Park, Seaside Park Police Department | Comments Off on Seaside Park Cop, a Hazlet Resident, Charged With Sex With An Underage Girl
Albert DeCresci
Albert DeCresci, 86, a resident of the Seabrook retirement community in Tinton Falls and formerly of Rumson, was charged with Second Degree Sexual Assault and Third Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child after being caught in the act of sexually assaulting a 13 year old boy, according to a statement by Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
DeCresci was arrested in a Seabrook dining room by the Tinton Falls Police Department on June 5, 2015. He is in custody of the Monmouth County Correctional Institution where he is being held on $250,000 bail with no 10% option as set by Judge Honora O’Brien Kilgallen, J.S.C. O’Brien Kilgallen ordered that DeCresci have no contact with the alleged victim in the event that he makes bail.
Investigators are urging any additional victims to come forward by contacting Detective Delisa Brazile, of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-620-4045, or Detective Robert Wilson, of the Tinton Falls Police Department at 732-542-3400 ext. 443.
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Posted: June 15th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, Monmouth County, Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Monmouth County Court, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor, Rumson, Tinton Falls | Tags: Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, Albert DeCresci, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor, Rumson, Seabrook retirement community, Tinton Falls | Comments Off on 86 year old man charged with sexually assaulting a 13 year old boy
TRENTON — The public is not entitled to numerous police records — from investigation reports and dashboard video recordings to daily log sheets and communications between officers — under the state’s public records law, a state appeals panel ruled Thursday. At a time of heightened scrutiny of police actions, the court found those records and more… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: June 11th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, New Jersey, News, NJ Courts | Tags: Dash Cam video, New Jersey, NJ Courts, OPRA | 2 Comments »
A police officer and a public works employee were among 32 people arrested in a sting that netted large amounts of cocaine, heroin, painkillers, ecstasy and more than $125,000 in cash, authorities announced Wednesday. The investigation, dubbed “Operation Tidal Wave,” began in October 2014 and honed in on drug-trafficking organizations in Middletown and Beachwood, State Police… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: June 10th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, Middletown, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, News, NJ State Police, Ocean County | Tags: Beachwood, Drug Bust, Ed Scattaglia Jr, Middletown, Monmouth County News, NJ State Police, Operation Tidal Wave, Scattaglia Network | 1 Comment »