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Ex-Con Sentenced For Home Invasion, Sexually Assaulting Woman In Asbury Park: Prosecutors
An Asbury Park ex-convict will spend more than three decades in prison after he was convicted of a home invasion and sexual assault, authorities said.
Shawn Connolly, 37, was sentenced on Tuesday, Apr. 23 to 40 years in prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced in a news release. He'll be eligible for parole after 34 years under the No Early Release Act.
Asbury Park police responded to a home on Seventh Avenue just before 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Officers immediately found Connolly, arrested him, and recovered what he stole from his pockets.
Investigat…
Toms River Teacher Who Sent Inappropriate Pics To Student, Took Classroom Nudes Sentenced
A former Toms River teacher will spend time in prison after admitting to sending inappropriate Snapchat pictures to a student and posting sexual photos of himself in his classroom, authorities said.
Kyle Banner, 49, of Brick Township, was sentenced on Friday, Mar. 22 to four months in Ocean County Jail, county prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced in a news release. He was a teacher at Toms River Intermediate North (TRIN) and Ocean County College.
Banner pleaded guilty on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, to three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. As part of his plea, Banner…
7 Minors Allege Abuse By Convicted Sex Offender In South Jersey: Prosecutor
A convicted sex offender has been arrested and charged with multiple new sex offenses against seven minors, authorities said.
Jose Castro-Vega, 58, of Pleasantville, has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, endangering the welfare of a child, and failing to register as a sex offender, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
Castro-Vega was arrested without incident on Friday, Oct. 27, and was processed and lodged in the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
Two juveniles came forward alleging sexual abuse by …
Ex-Ocean City Sergeant Gets 5 Years For Sexual Contact With A Child: Prosecutor
A former sergeant with the Ocean City Police Department was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for having sexual relations with a child, authorities said.
Tyrone Rolls, 52, of the Marmora section of Upper Township, was sentenced on Friday, July 21, according to Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland.
Rolls also was ordered not to have any contact with the victim — who is now an adult — or the victim's family.
Rolls was charged on April 7, 2021, and then indicted on Nov. 16, 2021, as a result of an investigation conducted by detectives from the Cape …
NJ Transgender Family Used Daughter, 7, To Make Fetishized Porn (Sentencing)
A mom and three accomplices were sentenced to a combined 67 years in prison for sexually abusing the woman's 7-year-old daughter to make "amateur, BDSM and taboo fetish" pornography in the child's New Jersey home, authorities said.
Marina Volz (aka Matthew Volz, 32), Ashley Romero (aka Adam Romero), 28), Sean Allen, 54, and Dulcinea Gnecco, 21, were sentenced by Somerset County Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober on Friday, May 6, Acting Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said.
The investigation into the four began in January 2019, when an anonymous caller contacted the New Jersey Divis…
Ocean County Man Gets 5 Years Prison For Sharing Child Pornography On Google Meets: Prosecutor
A 40-year-old man from Ocean County has been sentenced to five years in state prison for sharing child pornography, authorities said.
Richard Knight, 40, of New Egypt, was sentenced on Friday, April 1, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.
Knight will also be subject to the terms of Megan’s Law, along with parole supervision for life.
This investigation, which began in December 2020, was the result of numerous referrals from the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Billhimer said. The Task Force detected th…
