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FREEHOLD - In the first in-person criminal jury trial held in Monmouth County since trials were suspended last October due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Keansburg man was found guilty on charges of aggravated assault by strangulation in connection to a domestic violence incident in 2019, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said.
Jaself Brown, 35, was found guilty Tuesday on one count of aggravated assault by strangulation of a victim of domestic violence after a five-day trial concluded before Superior Court Judge Marc C. LeMieux, according to Linskey.
On Oct. 18, 2019, Brown s fiancée, the victim and mother of his son, was dropping Brown off at his mother s home on Sewall Avenue in Asbury Park when they became embroiled in a verbal argument, which later became a heated confrontation, authorities said. Brown then moved to the driver s side of the vehicle and strangled his fiancée while she was sitting in the driver s seat.
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Wednesday, Jan. 6
Theft on Commonwealth Avenue: At 11:15 a.m., a staff member at an Amazon Hub reported seeing a man leaving the loading dock with a box of items. Police took a report.
Assault on South Street: At 12:14 p.m., staff at Bournewood Hospital told police one patient assaulted another. The patients had since been separated.
Assault on Kent Street: At 12:42 p.m., a caller told police an unknown woman shoved her as they were passing each other on the sidewalk. Police took a report.
Suspicious person at Griggs Park: At 2 p.m., a man reportedly passed by two women at Griggs Park and mentioned that he has many restraining orders and would hurt a woman. The man also allegedly said, “No wonder Boston got bombed.”