Press Releases

FREEHOLD – A combined total of nearly 600 firearms have been collected for destruction as the result of a pair of gun buybacks hosted by …

FREEHOLD –   A former Long Branch Police Officer has pled guilty after being arrested and charged with various offenses related to manufacturing methamphetamine at his …

WALL TOWNSHIP – The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has assumed sole responsibility for conducting separate criminal investigations stemming from allegations that acts of hazing occurred …

FREEHOLD – A fatal shooting that took place last week has been ruled a homicide and remains under investigation, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey …

FREEHOLD – A physical attack and attempted sexual assault of a jogger in a county park earlier this week is under active investigation, Acting Monmouth …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County jury has returned guilty verdicts against the two men responsible for a drive-by double shooting that took place in Asbury …

FREEHOLD –   A former Holmdel Township man was sentenced to a total of 10 years in a New Jersey State Prison relating to an arson …

FREEHOLD – Following a successful gun buyback held in Asbury Park last weekend, a second such event will be held next month, Acting Monmouth County …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an eight-count indictment against three defendants charged in connection with a botched robbery that resulted in …

FREEHOLD – A Wall Township resident has been arrested and charged with swindling his former business partner out of approximately $1.57 million, Acting Monmouth County …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an 18-count indictment against a man charged with soliciting illicit photos and videos from a teenage …

FREEHOLD – A Long Branch woman has been sentenced to 35 years in state prison for planning and carrying out the sexual assault of a …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a three-count indictment against a West Long Branch man accused of being in possession of cocaine, …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County jury has returned guilty verdicts on all charges against a Hightstown man who fatally shot a Freehold woman as she …

FREEHOLD – Two men have been charged via direct indictment for a six-figure theft connected to a contracted trip for eight people to attend the …

FREEHOLD – It’s a simple notion that speaks directly to the twin tenets of equality and justice that no one, anywhere, should ever have to …

FREEHOLD – A Keansburg police officer has been arrested and criminally charged with sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman earlier this year, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor …

FREEHOLD – A Keansburg man has been indicted for being in possession of more than 1,000 items constituting child sexual abuse material, Acting Monmouth County …

FREEHOLD – Father Mychal Judge of the New York City Fire Department, recognized as the first officially designated casualty of the 9/11 terror attacks, once …

FREEHOLD – A Howell Township resident convicted of being in possession of child sexual abuse materials on two separate occasions since 2017 has been sentenced …

FREEHOLD – A Freehold man has been indicted for stealing approximately $1 million from victims through fraudulent stock purchases and promissory notes, Acting Monmouth County …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a 20-count indictment against a former Middlesex County Sheriff’s Officer charged with videotaping violent sexual assaults …

FREEHOLD – A former Monmouth County Corrections officer has been sentenced for shoplifting incidents that took place in Ocean Township and West Long Branch, Acting …

FREEHOLD – Two men have been arrested and charged with supplying a Howell woman with the drugs that killed her, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori …

FREEHOLD – A series of investigations led by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit and the Monmouth County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) …

SEA GIRT – A borough police officer was not seriously injured when he struck a building with his patrol vehicle while on duty yesterday afternoon, …

FREEHOLD – An Asbury Park resident has been arrested and charged with hospitalizing a man by striking him in the head with a brick earlier …

FREEHOLD – The newest member of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office brings years of rigorous training, a relentlessly affable attitude, and an unwavering commitment to …

FREEHOLD – A Shrewsbury man has been criminally charged with embezzling more than $750,000 from the Colts Neck-based company he once worked for as an …

FREEHOLD – A nearly five-hour police standoff with an armed suspect in Aberdeen ended peacefully when the man was taken into custody this afternoon, Acting …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County jury has returned guilty verdicts against the Tinton Falls woman who arranged to have her girlfriend shot numerous times nearly …

FREEHOLD – An Aberdeen police officer has been arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree official misconduct and related crimes for separate actions he …

FREEHOLD –   A Monmouth County Grand Jury returned a three-count indictment against a Manasquan-based physical therapist today for events surrounding illegal sexual contact with two …

FREEHOLD –   A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a ten-count indictment against three men for sexual contact against a minor at a Red Bank …

FREEHOLD — A Manalapan man has been charged in last night’s fatal shooting in Freehold Borough that took the life of an 18-year old man. …

FREEHOLD –   A Lakewood man has been sentenced for his role in the 2020 shooting of a four-year-old Asbury Park girl, announced Monmouth County Acting …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against a Manalapan man in connection with the death of his father, announced Acting …

FREEHOLD –   A former Holmdel Township man was found guilty by a Monmouth County jury after a 5-week trial relating to an arson and firing …

22-YEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT VETERAN TO FORFEIT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT  FREEHOLD –   A Monmouth County Corrections officer has pled guilty after shoplifting in Ocean Township and West …

FREEHOLD –   A Monmouth Grand Jury has returned an indictment against two men in connection with a 2009 cold case murder, announced Monmouth County Acting …

IGNITED FOUR MOLOTOV COCKTAILS IN STORE PARKING LOT FREEHOLD –   A Holmdel Township man is facing charges after igniting molotov cocktail explosive devices on three …

DETECTIVE ALSO ADDED TO STAFF IN FIRST POST-PANDEMIC CEREMONY  FREEHOLD – Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey promoted three members of her investigative division to …

FREEHOLD –   An Ocean Township man is facing charges after he was found to be in possession of child sexual abuse material. The charges emanated …

85 Year old Faces 10 years in killing of fellow tenant  FREEHOLD –   An 85-year-old man admitted his role in the 2018 death of a …

FREEHOLD –   A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up a three count indictment against a Whiting man in connection with a 2020 shots fired incident, …

Monmouth County’s First Criminal Jury Trial Since Easing of COVID Restrictions  FREEHOLD –   A Keansburg man was found guilty of Aggravated Assault By Strangulation in …

Officers Taught Tools to De-Escalate Encounters with Subjects in Crisis FREEHOLD –   This week, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office hosted an intensive training program providing …

FREEHOLD –   A Monmouth County grand jury has indicted an Asbury Park man on three counts connected to the stabbing of two victims earlier this …

FREEHOLD –   A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up an Indictment against a former employee of an Asbury Park hotel charging him with theft of …

First Woman to Hold Post as County’s Top Law Enforcement Officer FREEHOLD –   Lori Linskey has been sworn in as Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor, the …

FREEHOLD – Omar Rivera-Rojas (also known as Juan Carlos Rivera-Rojas), 31, and his nephew Alberto Rojas-Hernandez, 19, both of Lakewood, were indicted by a Monmouth …

FREEHOLD – A Freehold Borough man pleaded guilty Thursday to the 2020 sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. …

Monmouth County Memorial Honors Our Fallen Law Enforcement Officers FREEHOLD – The names of 22 law enforcement officers, who lost their lives in the line …

No Students or School Personnel Will Be Involved. No Volunteer Actors. HAZLET TOWNSHIP – Monmouth County law enforcement officials will partner with municipal first responders …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up an eleven-count Indictment charging two Monmouth County men, with multiple counts of possessing and distributing child …

FREEHOLD – A 19-year veteran police officer of the Long Branch Police Department has been suspended without pay after he was arrested and charged today …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a new indictment naming a Franklin Lakes man as an accomplice in a 2017 Holmdel home …

FREEHOLD –   Austin Meli, a 23-year-old Wall Twp. resident, was indicted by a Monmouth County Grand Jury today for Murder and Endangering the Welfare of …

FREEHOLD –   A Neptune Township man has been arrested and charged for his role in a shooting that took place in the parking lot of …

FREEHOLD –   An Asbury Park man has been arrested and charged for his role in a shooting that took place in Asbury Park in 2019, …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Corrections officer is facing criminal charges after shoplifting in West Long Branch, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Suzanne …

Prosecutor: Our Investigators Leading the Way with Innovative Crime Detection Strategies FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office became the first New Jersey state agency …

FREEHOLD – Two teens who pled to a March 2019 infanticide in Neptune Township, have been sentenced to a combined 15 years in prison, announced …

Murder Charge Issued in 2009 Long Branch Killing FREEHOLD –   A Long Branch man has been charged in a homicide that had remained unsolved for …

FREEHOLD – A Long Branch woman pleaded guilty Friday to charges she planned and participated in the sexual assault of a toddler in 2017, announced …

FREEHOLD –   An Ocean Township man has been arrested and charged for his role in a shooting that took place in Freehold Borough on March …

FREEHOLD – A Middlesex County man is charged with using his Highlands Borough business address to vote in Monmouth County general elections, instead of the …

FREEHOLD – A Howell woman has been charged with hit and run after she struck and critically injured a 77-year-old borough resident on Freneau Avenue …

FREEHOLD – A Freehold Township man is facing charges after he was found to be in possession of child sexual exploitation material. The charges originate …

FREEHOLD – Two men have been arrested in connection with a local narcotics distribution ring, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Detectives from the …

FREEHOLD –   An Asbury Park man has been arrested and charged for his role in a shooting incident in Keansburg, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher …

FREEHOLD – A Hazlet man is facing child pornography charges on the heels of a CyberTip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children …

FREEHOLD – An Aberdeen man is facing child pornography charges following a 2-month investigation that began with a tip from an online social media network, …

FREEHOLD – Investigators have turned their attention to identifying a dark colored 2013 Kia Sorento with passenger side mirror damage in connection with a hit …

FREEHOLD – Investigators are seeking assistance from the public to help determine the details of a hit and run motor vehicle collision Tuesday evening that …

FREEHOLD –   An Asbury Park man has been arrested and charged for his role in the stabbing of two victims, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher …

FREEHOLD – A former Long Branch teacher has now been charged with sexually assaulting multiple elementary school children, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. …

FREEHOLD –   A Long Branch man was sentenced to six years in New Jersey State Prison as a result of a plea to the first …

FREEHOLD –   A 27 year old Eatontown resident has been charged with luring two 13 year old girls into his vehicle with the purpose of …

FREEHOLD –   A former Long Branch elementary school teacher has been charged with sexually assaulting a 10 year old student, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher …

Judge Tells Man He “Can’t Conceive of Any More Depraved Act.” FREEHOLD – A Howell man was sentenced today to five years in state prison …

FREEHOLD – An Ocean Township man is facing charges for the possession and distribution of child pornography following a tip he uploaded the materials to …

Scams Seek Personally Identifiable Information FREEHOLD – Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni is urging residents to beware of becoming victims of COVID-related scams, especially …

FREEHOLD – A former Monmouth County probation officer was sentenced to 10 years in a New Jersey state prison this afternoon for sexually assaulting a …

FREEHOLD – A Brooklyn man accused of luring and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old child in a Wall Township motel back in November is being held …

FREEHOLD – A former Eatontown police chief has been named as the new Chief of the Monmouth County SPCA, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. …

A statement from Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni: In August 2013, our Office launched an operation called “Project: Stop the Violence,” a joint initiative …

FREEHOLD –   A Long Branch man pleaded guilty to the first degree crime of strict liability for drug-induced death. The charges stem from an overdose …

 FREEHOLD – A male pedestrian has died as the result of a collision with a motor vehicle Monday evening in Shrewsbury, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor …

FREEHOLD – A Freehold man is charged with stealing approximately $1.1 million from victims through the use of fraudulent stock purchases and promissory notes, announced …

FREEHOLD – A Freehold man is facing charges related to the shooting and stabbing of a 28-year-old Holmdel man occurring this past Monday, announced Monmouth …

FREEHOLD –   A Long Branch man has been charged with the first degree crime of Strict Liability for Drug-Induced Death. The charges stem from an …

FREEHOLD – A Hazlet Township man was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child for the distribution and possession of child sexual abuse materials, …

FREEHOLD – A Rutgers University police officer is facing criminal charges after threatening his roommate with firearms, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. William …

FREEHOLD –  The collaborative efforts of two local police departments led to the arrest Sunday morning of four car thieves from Essex County.  The arrests …

FREEHOLD –   A 64 year old Chaplain from Asbury Park has been arrested for luring and endangering the welfare of a child, announced Monmouth County …

FREEHOLD – A man pleaded guilty today to charges of animal cruelty admitting his neglect caused the deaths of four German Shepard puppies in his …

FREEHOLD – A Howell juvenile and an 18 year old from Asbury Park were charged in connection with a March 23, 2020 homicide at a …

FREEHOLD – Two suspects have been charged for two separate shootings in Asbury Park from March of 2020, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. …

FREEHOLD –   A 41-year-old convenience store employee in Hazlet has been arrested for Endangering the Welfare of a Child after inappropriate conduct with customers who …