Crime & Safety

Pair Indicted on Drug, Child Endangerment Charges

Incident occurred in March, indictment says

Two local residents have been indicted by grand jurors in Monmouth County on drug and child endangerment charges.

Christina L. Richardson, 26, of Brick, was indicted on a third degree charge of heroin possession along with Brandon Orozco, 25, of Toms River. The pair are accused of possessing the drug March 9 in Neptune, according to court documents.

Richardson was also indicted on a second degree count of endangering the welfare of a child, in reference to a minor under the age of 18.

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Orozco was indicted on a third degree child endangerment count in reference to a child under the age of 16. 

The endangerment is alleged to have occurred the same date as the drug charge.

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