Middletown HS Teacher, Basketball Coach Admits Sexually Assaulting Student: Prosecutor
A Monmouth County teacher and high school basketball coach admitted to having a sexual relationship with a student, authorities said Wednesday, Nov. 19.
Justin McGhee, 36, of Ocean Township, pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault during a hearing before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Henry P. Butehorn, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said.
McGhee, who had been the head coach of the girls’ basketball team, started the relationship with the student late last year, Santiago said. The student was under the age of 18, he added.
McGhee was arrested without incid…
Beloved Morris County Native, College Track Star Tyler Scerbo Dies At 22
Morris County is mourning Morris Hills High School graduate Tyler Richard Scerbo, a standout track and field athlete who died at his college home in Ithaca, New York on Wednesday, August 16, his obituary says. He was 22.
Born at Morristown Memorial Hospital, Tyler grew up in Wharton, where he played football and excelled on the high school track team, particularly as a thrower in shot put, discus, and javelin, according to his obit.
He also had a wonderfully creative side that he expressed through playing the cello in the string orchestra, performing in the school’s Winter and Spring conce…
