Crime in ocean county: here's who was booked at the ocean county jail this week

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Did you know Ocean County is the last county where the jail regularly posts inmate check-ins and mug shots? In recent years, most other counties stopped sharing criminal data with the public, but thanks to apps like Jailbase, in Ocean County you can see who checks in and out. Here’s a list of inmates at the Ocean County Jail with new check-ins between Monday and Wednesday. Please note, not all of the bookings mean a new crime has been committed. Some re-entries can be because of sentencing, pre-trial violations, other warrants, unpaid fines, and a host of other variables. The information on this list was obtained from the Ocean County Jail. Please send corrections to news@shorenewsnetwork.com.

Here’s who checked into the Ocean County Jail this week:

February 17th

Darren Brown – Parole violation
Thomas Cavanaugh – Drug possession/paraphernalia
Andre Hage – Burglary, aggravated assault, unlawful weapon
Devon Morgan – Credit card theft
Ed Sampson – Theft by unlawful taking
Felix Serrano – Sex assault, child under 4, aggravated sex assault child under 13

February 16th

William Andrews – Threat to kill, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of an incompetent person
Brandon Duhigg – Alarming conduct, contempt – violate order
Adam Laczny – Driving on the revoke list
Jean Maldonado-Vergne – Attempt to cause known bodily injury to another
James Newcome – Burglary and theft
George Petrovsky – Unlawful possession of weapon/handgun
Devin Post – possession, aggravated assault, strangulation
Amanda Shockley – possesion

February 15th

Jason Barone – obstruction, threat to kill, unlawful taking
John Penagakos – Burglary
Dennis Tomala-Averos – Attempt to cause bodily injury to another
Ervinas Verenis – Attempt to cause bodily injury to another
Kasiem Davis – Attempt to cause bodily injury to another (Feb 14)

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