Friday, April 12, 2013
He posed as the victim's nephew, authorities say.
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Friday, April 12
A Matawan man plead guilty to stealing nearly $1 million and the family home of a now-deceased senior citizen diagnosed with dementia and terminal cancer by posing as her nephew, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. James J. Demitro, 43, who used the alias “Anthony Tatalia,” admitted his crimes in front of Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Francis J. Vernoia, Pr.J.S.C. pleading guilty Thursday to second degree attempted impersonation, five counts of second degree theft by deception, and two counts of third degree theft by deception, according to a press release issued by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Demitro admitted that he pretended to be the nephew of a then-87-year-old Red Bank woman …
Sunday, March 17, 2013
One brother was arrested Friday at his Longbrook apartment in Matawan after the Bayshore Narcotics Task Force found just under half an ounce of cocaine and more than $3,200 in cash.
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Sunday, March 17
A pair of brothers, one a state record-holding former football player at Keyport High School, are facing various drug charges following a two-month investigation by the Narcotics and Gang Investigation Section of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office into their alleged sale of cocaine and heroin from the Bayshore region down to Long Branch, Asbury Park and Neptune, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Brothers Anthony Cattouse Jr., 32, and Kenneth “The Moose” Cattouse, 27, are charged with numerous drug-related charges after undercover investigators purchased cocaine and heroin from the pair as part of the two-month probe leading to the seizure of over $4,700 in cash, 37 bricks of heroin, cocaine, …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Twelve sawed-off shotguns and one AK-47 were among the 45 illegal guns collected in Monmouth County.
The Monmouth County gun buyback program brought in 45 illegal weapons last weekend, including an AK-47 and 15 other assault rifles. A total of 1,581 guns were collected in Asbury Park and Keansburg on March 8 and 9. This was the fourth buyback program in the state this year, supervised by the State Attorney General's Office. The state has now collected 7,092 firearms from state-run buyback programs, according to Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa. The buybacks are funded through criminal forfeiture funds. In Monmouth County, law enforcement officers paid an average of $132 per gun, for a maximum of three guns per person. The county program cost $209,175 last weekend. “Every gun turned in during this program had the potential to harm someone, …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The new initiative is aimed at protecting residents from fraud and unscrupulous contractors.
Con men see opportunities in disaster. That's not a new idea, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said. Following Hurricane Sandy, with tens of thousands of residents, many of them right here in the county, rebuilding their lives, there needs to be protection for those who are most vulnerable, he said. On Wednesday, Gramiccioni unveiled the Monmouth County Superstorm Sandy Fraud Task Force, a two-pronged, multi-jurisdictional effort that promises to be proactive and reactive when it comes to identifying potential instances of fraud and ferreting out the criminals responsible. Flanked by prosecutor's office detectives, county freeholders, and representatives from New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, said the task …
Saturday, January 19, 2013
The man's identify and the cause of death have not been disclosed.
Updated 4:45 p.m.: Investigators do not suspect foul play in the death of a man discovered at an abandoned factory near the Aberdeen-Matawan Train Station, according to Charles Webster, public information officer for the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. The body was discovered in the factory the morning of Saturday, Jan. 19, Webster said. An autopsy performed that afternoon concluded that there was no foul play involved in his death. The identity of the man and the cause of death were not available, Webster said. Webster would not confirm whether or not the man was homeless or why he was in the factory. The abandoned factory is part of the designated train station redevelopment area in Aberdeen Township. Officers from the Aberdeen …
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Friday, December 7, 2012
His May 2011 arrest stemmed from a report made by a Matawan-Aberdeen student.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
A Plainfield man was convicted Wednesday on one count of third degree endangering the welfare of a child, and one count of fourth degree criminal sexual contact, according to Acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni. Jerrish L. Halsey, 40, of Plainfield, was found guilty of all counts following a week long jury trial before the Honorable Francis Vernoia, J.S.C., according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. The charges in this case stem from an investigation by the Aberdeen Police Department conducted in May of 2011 after school officials reported a disclosure by one of their students. The ensuing investigation, conducted in cooperation with the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, revealed that the minor …
Friday, November 30, 2012
Opportunities for fraud and misconduct may increase in the wake of Sandy.
Monmouth residents who suspect corruption by government officials now have a direct line where they can blow the whistle. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO) launched a tip line and e-mail address on Friday to take reports of fraud, corruption and abuse by local government agencies. “The large majority of public officials render honest and faithful service. But we need the public to help us hold accountable those who betray the public’s trust by committing crimes or using their official positions for their own personal gain and enrichment,” Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Grammiccioni said in a press release issued by the MCPO. While the office routinely conducts investigations into allegations of fraud or misconduct on the …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office charged the Main Street resident Monday.
A Matawan man was charged Monday for allegedly failing to register as a sex offender. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office says that Howard Anderson-Lee, 57, of Main Street, violated the New Jersey Registration and Community Notification Laws by failing to register his address with authorities. It is a fourth-degree crime. Bail was set at $500 with no 10 percent option by Judge Thomas Scully of the Monmouth County Superior Court. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
The investigation into the anti-semitic vandalism is ongoing; no arrests have been made.
As the investigation into the anti-Semitic vandalism continues, the Manalapan Township Committee spoke out against these acts of hatred at their public meeting last Wednesday. Each member of the Township Committee vocalized their disgust over the swastikas and various anti-Semitic text found spray painted throughout the Monmouth Heights neighborhood on Thursday, Sept. 6. “Swastikas were painted on approximately 15 mailboxes, curbs and sidewalks, cars and signs and unspeakable, revolting words were painted on stop signs, fences and at the entrance to Monmouth Heights,” Manalapan Mayor Susan Cohen said. “We take this very seriously and are especially saddened to think that something like this is happening in Manalapan. Bias crimes of any …
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Investigators found 63 bricks of heroin, a Lorcin .380 caliber automatic handgun and $28,766 at his Fredwood Place home in 2009, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
A Matawan man received a life sentence yesterday for being the “Leader of a Narcotics Trafficking Network,” which is the official title of New Jersey’s drug kingpin statute, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Dectric Rawls, 32, of Fredwood Place, will be required to serve at least 25 years of that sentence before he will be eligible to apply for parole, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Rawls, who acted as the head of a Bayshore area based heroin distribution operation, pled guilty to all charges against him on April 30, 2012. Those charges included possession of a firearm in the course of committing a drug offense, a second degree crime. The Honorable Francis P. Vernoia sentenced…
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