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Then on Sunday, Lakewood Police announced that after a two week search, 40-year old Julia Anchia of Lakewood turned himself at headquarters.
The incident under investigation occurred on March 31 when the victim told police that a man kept asking for her to perform sexual acts in his vehicle, which was driving around the Highpoint Condominium Complex.
Unbeknownst to him, she was recording the conversation and it was used as evidence in the investigation. The victim, who’s was not only smart enough to refuse his advances, thought quickly enough to surreptitiously record the suspect on her phone as he became more and more insistent that she give into his demands, Lakewood Police said in a statement.
Lakewood police on Sunday night announced the arrest of a man who they say tried luring a 16-year-old girl who recorded the whole incident on her phone last month.Julio Anchia, 40, of Lakewood, surrendered to local authorities Sunday after…
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Lakewood police on Sunday night announced the arrest of a man who they say tried luring a 16-year-old girl who recorded the whole incident on her phone last month.
Julio Anchia, 40, of Lakewood, surrendered to local authorities Sunday afternoon, two days after he was identified as a suspect, police said.
Anchia is accused of trying to lure the girl into his vehicle with the intent of engaging in sexual acts at the Highpoint Condominium Complex on March 31, authorities said. The victim, who was not only smart enough to refuse his advances, thought quickly enough to surreptitiously record the suspect on her phone as he became more and more insistent that she give into his demands, police said.
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Jason Vella, 39, entered into a guilty plea back in October of 2020 in Trenton Federal Court before U.S. District Judge Anne Thompson.
At the time,
He was arrested on September 19, 2019 by the Ocean County Prosecutors Office who executed a search warrant at Vella s home where they found 150 grams of cocaine in his possession, drug paraphernalia, $2,295.00 in cash as well as pieces of jewelry.
Vella was arrested alongside fellow mafia associate Mario Galli III, also of Toms River,
In addition to the 15-months in prison, Vella is being sentenced to three years of supervised release.
The government is represented by Senior Litigation Counsel V. Grady O Malley of the U.S. Attorneys Office’s Organized Crime/Gangs Unit in Newark.
that is very graphic and not for the faint of heart.
Toms River Police worked with the Ocean County Prosecutors Office and NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife on the case.
His attack came days in 2019 after a report of Canadian Geese
The Lakewood geese case is still under investigation by Lakewood Police and the State DEP/Division of Fish and Wildlife. If you know anything or have information on what happened and who committed that attack, contact Lakewood Police.
The Alec-Manning case was handled by Ocean County Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Veni on behalf of the State.
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