Crime & Safety
Toms River Man Indicted on Multiple Charges, Burglary, Forgery
27 year-old faces two separate indictments
Bryan W. Keller, 27, of Toms River, in two separate indictments, faces charges allegedly for incidents in September and January.
The first indictment charges Keller with three counts of forgery; he is accused of presenting three checks drawn on the account of James Ventimiglia -- for $250, $200 and $400 -- to two banks in Toms River on Sept. 17 and Sept. 19. He was released on a summons on those charges at the time of his arrest.
In the second indictment, Keller is facing eight counts -- three counts of uttering a forged instrument and one each of third-degree burglary, third-degree theft, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, obtaining a controlled dangerous substance by fraud and attempting to obtain a controlled dangerous substance by fraud.
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The indictment charges Keller broke into Alpha Medical Services and stole prescription blanks, then forged prescriptions for oxycodone that he then presented at two different pharmacies in an attempt to obtain the drug.
Keller remains in the Ocean County Jail on $35,000 bail, no 10 percent option.