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Man killed by cops after allegedly holding girlfriend at knifepoint in Manchester

MANCHESTER — A man killed by police allegedly held his girlfriend at knifepoint, pulled a knife on officers and couldn’t be subdued by non-lethal rounds before Ocean County SWAT officers shot him at a mobile home park early Saturday, the state Attorney General’s Office said. Authorities identified the dead man as Michael Laniado, 27, of Manchester.…

Cake Boss Endorses Christie

Appearing with Gov. Chris Christie Monday morning at a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H., “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro endorsed the governor for president ahead of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. The Associated Press reports that Valastro, star of the TLC reality show “Cake Boss” and head of the expanding Carlo’s Bakery chain, spoke highly…

Brick Realtor Who Attempted to Hire Teenage Prostitute Accepted for Pre-Trial Intervention

A Brick Township-based real estate broker was arrested on September 28, 204 after he set up a meeting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl who turned out to be an undercover police officer, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

Richard J. Jones, 66, of Brick, was arrested in 2014 following a joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Bureau and investigators from the Asbury Park, Englishtown and Wall Township police departments. Jones was charged with second degree Attempted Sexual Assault.

Police said Jones attempted to use a local prostitute to facilitate a sexual liaison with an under-aged girl.

Jones was the owner and real estate broker of Century 21 Herbertsville Real Estate Company, Inc., on Herbertsville Road in Brick.

It was confirmed by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office this week that Jones was admitted into a pre-trial intervention program in lieu of those charges.

According to the New Jersey Department of Justice, “Thee Pretrial Intervention Program (PTI) provides defendants, generally first-time offenders, with opportunities for alternatives to the traditional criminal justice process of ordinary prosecution. PTI seeks to render early rehabilitative services, when such services can reasonably be expected to deter future criminal behavior. The PTI program is based on a rehabilitative model that recognizes that there may be an apparent causal connection between the offense charged and the rehabilitative needs of a defendant. Further, the rehabilitative model emphasizes that social, cultural, and economic conditions often result in a defendant’s decision to commit crime.”

Prosecutors said Jones was arrested after attempting to use a local prostitute to facilitate a meeting to have sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl. Jones arrived at an agreed upon location where he was met by police, after pre-arranging to meet with the 14-year-old girl, who was really an undercover police officer.

Toms River Township Manager Sentenced to 4 Years In Prison

TOMS RIVER-The former Toms River Township Park and Ride manager has been sentenced to four years in prison today.

In June of 2013,  Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Parking Authority of Toms River Executive Director Pamela Piner  announced the arrest of Robert Pentz, 38, of Toms River for the theft of ATM monies from the Bus and Commuter facility located at 400 Highland Parkway South in Toms River.

“It is alleged, that between 2009 and April of this year, Pentz who served as the Park and Ride Manager at the commuter facility over the last five years took $75,000 or more in cash from the sites ATM machine,” Coronato said. “One of Pentz’s duties as Park and Ride Manager was to assure the onsite ATM machine had readily available cash for patrons. The investigation is continuing with the help of Toms River Parking Authority officials to determine a more exact figure. The thefts were uncovered as a result of a routine audit in early April.”

 

 

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