Bail Reform Once Again Fails Ocean County Residents As Two People Involved in Murder and Dismemberment of Toms River Man Set Free by Authorities.
JACKSON, NJ – Dismembering a person’s corpse and relocating their remains in plastic bags is not enough of a crime to keep two suspects incarcerated until their trial in New Jersey under the Bail Reform Act.
The heinous murder was committed in Ocean County and is connected to a second murder, a police shootout, and a suicide. None of that was enough to hold the suspects in the Ocean County Jail.
Four people were charged for the disposal of a dismembered body of a murdered Toms River man. One remains in jail, two have been released, and another is at large.
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office says there is no danger to the community. The four were charged days after a police standoff with Maxwell Johnston in Toms River. Johnston was the shooter wanted for another murder, a young mother, in Manchester.
In that shooting, Johnston killed Gabriella Caroleo in cold blood and in broad daylight near the intersection of Route 571 and South Hope Chapel Road in Manchester.
That led police to a home on Ravenwood Drive in Toms River, where Johnston was hiding out with his intimate partner, Elizabeth Mascarelli.
After Johnston took his own life, Mascarelli was arrested for harboring the fugitive murder suspect. During their investigation, they found evidence of a heinous crime committed in that house. That investigation led investigators to a Jackson Township home where they found the dismembered body of Kerry Rollason, 56, the owner of the Ravenwood Drive home.
The medical examiner’s office was able to identify Rollason from his dismembered body parts. It is not known why he was murdered.
Two more people were arrested for the crime; each was set free. Mascarelli faced new charges for her involvement in the murder and removal of the body, and she is still incarcerated. A third suspect has so far eluded police.
Danielle Bolstad, 42, of Barnegat, Jared Krysiak, 34, of Brick Township, and Jarred Palumbo, 36, of Manchester, were each charged with Hindering Apprehension and Desecration of Human Remains in connection with the same series of events.
On July 13, 2024, Palumbo was taken into custody without incident. He was processed and served with the charges via summons pending an upcoming first appearance in Ocean County Superior Court.
On July 14, 2024, Bolstad was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Ocean County Jail, where she is presently lodged pending a detention hearing.
On July 15, 2024, Elizabeth Mascarelli was served with the charges referenced above on a complaint at the Ocean County Jail.
Jared Krysiak has not yet been taken into custody and is considered a fugitive from justice. As such, a warrant for his arrest has been issued, and his name has been entered in the National Crime Information Center database.
