An Eatontown man was charged with kidnapping, luring and possession of child pornography after police found him with two girls in the backseat of a car parked on dead-end street in Sea Bright.
The car was spotted by a Sea Bright police officer in the early morning hours of Monday. Police said Nathan Cohen, 27, had his arms around two 13-year-old girls.
Cohen had arranged a meeting with the girls after he exchanged sexually explicit images and videos, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said.
Cohen had picked up the girls and brought them to the street, officials said.
Gramiccioni said Cohen, who is 130 pounds and 5 foot 4, tried to pass himself off as a 17-year-old.
Freehold resident sentenced to state prison for killing four puppies
Freehold resident sentenced to state prison for killing four puppies
A Freehold man has been sentenced to serve five years in a state prison on charges of
animal cruelty after admitting last year that his neglect caused the deaths of four German Shepard puppies in his care, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.
Daniel McDonald, 26, was sentenced on Feb. 12 by state Superior Court Judge
Vincent N. Falcetano Jr.
The five-year concurrent sentences in a New Jersey state prison included four third degree animal cruelty charges and one charge of third degree receiving stolen property for being in possession of a stolen tractor out of Monroe Township, Middlesex County.
Officials sound alarm over wave of COVID vaccine, stimulus check scams
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
Authorities on Tuesday warned of a wave of scams that use bogus claims of offering coronavirus vaccines and COVID-19 stimulus payments to swindle unsuspecting victims.
In some of the scams targeting senior citizens, con artists promise early access to the coronavirus vaccine in return for money, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni. The fraudsters pose as doctors, insurance companies or other medical facilities with calls that falsely claim a vaccine can be shipped and ask for various personal information to falsely check if a victim can “qualify” for the shot.
N.J. COVID updates: Vaccine appointment call center; Scam alert; Vaccinations top 400K. What you need to know. (Jan. 20, 2020)
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
New Jersey officials will launch a call center next week to assist people without a computer in making an appointment to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
Live agents will staff the center which can be reached at 855-568-0545 when it opens for business on Monday.
It will have “an interactive voice response platform in both English ad Spanish that provides key information to New Jersey residents on how to register (for a vaccine) as well as how to schedule vaccination appointments as people become eligible,” state Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said Wednesday.