Crime

FREEHOLD – This month marks three years since a jogger was attacked and sexually assaulted by a person unknown to her in a local park, and the investigation into the crime remains active and ongoing, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday

FREEHOLD – An Asbury Park man has been sentenced to life in a New JerseyState prison plus an additional 46 years in connection for the killing of an Ocean Countyresident in 2022, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced onFriday.

FREEHOLD – The Englishtown Police Department Chief of Police has been charged criminally following an investigation, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.

Research by the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center in Mahwah led to the arrest of Jon Miller, 84, of Minnesota for the murder of a 25-year-old hitchhiker that took place in Wisconsin in February 1974.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced that on November 8, 2024, Richard Shashaty, 37, of Brick Township, was charged with Arson and Violation of the Regulatory Provisions Relating to Firearms, in connection with a wildfire that began in Jackson Township on November 6, 2024.

Alicia Campbell of Mays Landing was indicted in January on several charges after being accused of stealing from a golf course in Waretown, where she was employed at the time. The total theft of funds exceeded $175,000.

According to NJ.com, a local cardiologist agreed to permanently forfeit his medical license after pleading guilty to an insurance fraud scheme.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on October 11, 2024, Salvatore Umek, 46, of Point Pleasant Beach, was sentenced by the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, P.J.Cr.P., to five years New Jersey State Prison as a result of his previously entered guilty plea to Theft, relative to his former position as Treasurer for the Point Pleasant Beach Fire Company Number 2. Judge Ryan also ordered Umek to pay restitution in the amount of $107,517. Umek pled guilty to the charge before the Honorable Dina M. Vicari, J.S.C., on June 10, 2024.

FREEHOLD – A Manalapan man has been charged in connection with a collision in Holmdel that left a bicyclist deceased this past August, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday

A string of thefts targeting Apple package deliveries has led to Freehold Township police issuing an advisory to residents.