Ocean County Grand Jury Indictments

Ocean County grand juries handed up the following indictments recently:

• A Byram Township man is accused of assaulting another
  man in Toms River on Aug. 15, according to an Ocean County grand jury
  indictment.
  
  
  • John L. Rowe, 47, of Amity Road, Byram, is charged
  with an aggravated assault on Robert Egan. Rowe is free after being served with a summons to appear in court to answer the charge.
  
  
  • Mary E. McGee, 26, of Honeysuckle Lane, Red Bank, is accused of shoplifting clothes, a purse and accessories from the Kohl’s Department Store in Toms River on May 9.
  
  
  • Patrick J. Brennan, 35, of Dogwood Lane, Forked River, is accused of shoplifting bed sheets worth more than $200 from the Boscov’s Department Store in Toms River on April 25.
• Two North Jersey women are accused of forging checks and theft by deception last summer in Berkeley Township. An Ocean County grand jury indicted Tashira White, 30, of East Orange, accusing her for forging a $3,218 check drawn on the account of Greco Brothers of New Jersey Inc., and passing it at a Commerce Bank branch on June 30. Keisha Richardson, 27, of Montclair, is charged with forging a $3,297 check drawn on the same account and passing it at a
  Commerce Bank branch in Berkeley on July 2. Both are in the Essex County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.
  
  Emmanuel C. Munoz, 26, of Hazelwood Drive, Toms River,
  is accused of having a knife for an unlawful purpose on Feb. 28 in
  Ocean Gate.
• A Toms River man is charged by an Ocean County grand
  jury with breaking into 4 cars in Manchester on Feb. 27. Aldo L. Ventiere, 31, of Marjorie Drive, is being held in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River in lieu of $25,000 for the burglary spree.
  
  Michael Lugo, 24, of Rogers Street, Lanoka Harbor, for stealing 2
  rings worth more than $500 from a man in Manchester on Jan. 14 and
  dealing in stolen property in Toms River between Jan. 26 and 29.
  
  Lauren K. Demko, 26, of Maplehurst Court, Manchester, and Morris A.
  Trebitz, 35, of Rustic Drive, Ocean Township, for stealing jewelry and
  a laptop computer from John and Mary Ann Demko between Nov.2 and Dec.
  6 in Manchester, and breaking into a home on Maplehurst Court and
  stealing an Ipod and cash from the owner on Dec. 6.
• A Brick man was armed with a knife when he threatened to
  cut another man on Feb. 13, according to an indictment returned by an
  Ocean County grand jury. Anthony Azevedo, 26, of Sawmill Road, is accused of
  threatening Jon Andrews with the knife and having it for an unlawful
  purpose. Azevedo is free on $75,000 bail with the condition he
  have no contact with the victim.
• Tyron M. Sanders, 19, of Asbury Park, for resisting
  arrest by Ptl. Richard Crimi and Kristopher DeMarco on March 25 in
  Brick.
  
  Kristofor C. VanSickle, 27, of Wyckoff Road,
  Manasquan, for breaking into a woman’s home on Herbertsville Road in
  Brick on Nov. 22.
  
  Vanessa Valverde, 26, of Ronald Road, Lakewood, for
  shoplifting more than $500 worth of clothes, perfumes and other
  merchandise from the Kohl’s Department Store in Brick on May 13.
  
  Russell H. Gehweiler Sr., address unknown, for
  stealing more than $500 from people in Point Pleasant, Sea Bright and
  Lavallette between July 22 and Sept. 24 by charging them for safe
  boating classes claiming he was a state licensed instructor when he
  had no license.
  
  Kyle G. Hazard, 21, of Willow Street, Point Pleasant,
  for breaking into a woman’s car there on May 4.
• Two Lacey men are accused of breaking into a liquor
  store there on April 4 and doing more than $500 worth of damage once
  they were inside, according to an indictment voted by an Ocean County
  grand jury.
  
  Accused of burglary were Michael J. Cannito, 18, of
  Beach Blvd., and Benjamin J. Hunt, 20, of Briar Road. A third man,
  Kyle P. Pianetti, 19, of Briar road, is accused of criminal mischief
  for damaging the property of Lacey Liquors and downer Sal Procellini.
  
  Darron Garabo, 23, of Mobile Lane, Toms River, for
  conspiring to steal catalytic converters from Toyota vehicles by
  driving an unidentified co-conspirator to remove the exhaust system
  parts from two of them on Aug. 30 in Lacey.
  
   Two Lanoka Harbor residents and 5 people from Bayville
  for having cocaine in Lacey on Oct. 8. Carl E. Davis, 31, and Raymond
  K. Dickerson Jr., 40, both of Jacqueline Court, Lanoka Harbor; Jason
  Demko, 32, of Eisenhower Blvd., Bayville, are charged with having
  cocaine and planning to distribute it. Davis is accused of
  distributing the drug twice on Oct. 2. Charged with having the drug
  are Brendan Marr, 28, of Western Blvd.; Alphonse Stallings, 20, of
  Pine Tree Drive; Karissa A. Fleming, 21, of Princeton Avenue; and Jill
  Hernandez, 35, of Wheaton Drive, all of Bayville. Hernandez is also
  accused of having Oxycodone in Lacey on Oct. 8.
• Anthony H. Mennicucci, 29, of Berkshire Court, Toms
  River, for having and distributing heroin Nov. 18 in Lacey.
• John P. Kastner, 38, of Holmes Avenue, Forked River,
  for having heroin and planning to distribute it Aug. 5 in Ocean
  Township.
  
  Wayne J. Scheller, address unknown, for 14 counts of failing to
  legally dispose of thousand of dollars given to him by that number of
  people in Lacey between March 10 and July 1, 2008.
  
  Jonathan H. Ward, 29, of Cedarhurst Road, Brick, for stealing more
  than $500 by deception from a Lacey homeowner between March 30 and
  Sept. 14 by taking her deposit for home improvements and failing to do
  the work. Ward and Kevin M. Micek, 30, of Taft Drive, Brick, are
  accused of working as unregistered home improvement contractors during
  the same time.