A Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment on March 23 charging a Farmingdale man with the April 2014 killing of Jermaine Huntley, 28, of Asbury Park, on Washington Avenue in Asbury Park, according to Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
Jacquil Jones, 26, is charged in the threecount indictment with first-degree murder and second-degree counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose.
If convicted of murder, Jones faces a minimum sentence of 30 years and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment in state prison, according to the prosecutor.
If convicted of possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, Jones faces a maximum of 10 years in state prison, subject to a mandatory minimum of one-half of the sentence imposed or 42 months (3.5 years), whichever is greater, without parole.
The indictment is in connection with the murder of Huntley in broad daylight on April 10, 2014, at 9:49 a.m. Neptune police were dispatched to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, for a report of a victim with a gunshot wound who had been driven by a friend to the hospital. The victim was pronounced dead at 10:28 a.m.
Ajoint investigation by the prosecutor’s office and the Asbury Park Police Department determined the shooting occurred on the 1200 block of Washington Avenue.
Investigators determined Jones was driving in a motor vehicle on Washington Avenue when he came upon Huntley and allegedly fired a single gunshot which struck and ultimately killed him. Jones then fled the scene in his vehicle.
Jones was arrested on July 2 and lodged in the Monmouth County jail, Freehold Township, where he remains incarcerated in lieu of $1.2 million bail.