Tag: Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office

  • Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office adds four detectives to investigative ranks

    Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office adds four detectives to investigative ranks

    June 27 may have marked the first day on the job for four newly hired detectives at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, but it will not mark the first time they made headlines. Nicolas Logothetis, Connor Johnson, Aaron Shaw and Joseph Friscia had each made a name for himself earlier, according to a press release…

  • Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office adds four detectives to investigative ranks

    Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office adds four detectives to investigative ranks

    June 27 may have marked the first day on the job for four newly hired detectives at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, but it will not mark the first time they made headlines. Nicolas Logothetis, Connor Johnson, Aaron Shaw and Joseph Friscia had each made a name for himself earlier, according to a press release…

  • Five employees at Sayreville strip club charged in alleged prostitution, money laundering scheme

    Five employees at Sayreville strip club charged in alleged prostitution, money laundering scheme

    SAYREVILLE – Five employees at Club XXXV on Route 35 have been charged in connection to alleged “promoting and soliciting” prostitution, as well as money laundering, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief John Zebrowski of the Sayreville Police Department. The investigation has been an ongoing joint investigation that began last year. On…

  • Freehold Borough man charged with reckless manslaughter

    Freehold Borough man charged with reckless manslaughter

    FREEHOLD — A Freehold Borough man has been charged with reckless manslaughter as a result of a shooting that took place on the night of June 19 in Freehold Borough, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on June 21. Efrain Cruz Jr., 45, was charged with second degree manslaughter after handling a firearm, which…

  • Edison man charged with allegedly killing ex-girlfriend; body found in Atlantic Highlands

    Edison man charged with allegedly killing ex-girlfriend; body found in Atlantic Highlands

    FREEHOLD – A 28-year-old Edison man has been charged with allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Jordan J. Vilcatoma-Correjo, 28, is charged with first-degree murder and second-degree desecration of human remains in connection with the death of his former girlfriend Sonia Gonzales, also of Edison, Linskey announced in a…

  • Monmouth County News Briefs, June 15

    Monmouth County News Briefs, June 15

    A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a five-count indictment against a Somerset County man accused of taking lewd photographs of a juvenile female at a Red Bank car dealership in 2021, in a manner commonly described as “upskirting,” Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on June 8. David M. Chapinski, 41, of Franklin…

  • Former treasurer of Red Bank education foundation charged with theft

    Former treasurer of Red Bank education foundation charged with theft

    The former treasurer of a Red Bank nonprofit organization has been criminally charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the organization over the course of two years, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on May 9. Hazim Yassin, 32, of Middletown, is charged with third degree theft by unlawful taking, according to a press…

  • Tinton Falls woman sentenced to prison for murdering girlfriend

    Tinton Falls woman sentenced to prison for murdering girlfriend

    A Tinton Falls woman who arranged to have her girlfriend shot before fatally strangling the woman several months later and burying her body in a Long Branch backyard has been sentenced to 95 years in prison for the crimes, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on May 7. Jennifer Sweeney, 38, must serve a…

  • Hightstown man sentenced to life for roadside slaying of Freehold woman

    Hightstown man sentenced to life for roadside slaying of Freehold woman

    The Mercer County man who shot and killed a Freehold Borough woman as she drove along a state highway in May 2018 has been sentenced to life in prison, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on May 3. Kader Mustafa, 40, of Hightstown, will not become eligible for parole before reaching the age of…