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A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has handed up an indictment against a Monmouth County woman in the Capitol riot case.
Marissa A. Suarez, a former corrections officer at Monmouth County Jail, was indicted with another New Jersey woman, Patricia Todisco, with whom Suarez traveled to Washington.
The two were charged in a complaint on Jan. 22, the day Suarez, a 31-year-old Union Beach resident, resigned from her job at the jail. She had been at the job since 2019.
According to an affidavit attached to the complaint in the case, she had taken an emergency holiday off from work on Jan. 6.
Police officers rescue man from car as icy flood waters rise in N.J. town during winter storm
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Police from neighboring Monmouth County towns were able to rescue a man trapped in his car Monday morning as icy flood water continued to rise around his vehicle during the winter storm that hit the Garden State.
The rescue happened at the border of Union Beach and Keyport around 11:30 a.m. on Broadway in an area that sees “significant coastal waters that rise during the surge,” Union Beach Police Chief Michael J. Woodrow told NJ Advance Media. He said the flood waters can range from a few inches to a few feet.
Jail guard from N.J. used ‘emergency holiday’ to take part in riot at Capitol, FBI says
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
A Monmouth County woman took time off from her job as a jail guard earlier this month to attend the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C. the same event that devolved into a violent attack on the Capitol building.
In court records posted online on Saturday, a special agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation gave more details about the actions of Marissa Suarez and Patricia Todisco. Both women were arrested Friday on charges related to the insurrection.
At the time, Suarez was a probationary corrections officer at the Monmouth County Corrections Facility. She was scheduled to work on Jan. 6, the day of the riot, but used an “emergency holiday” to ditch her job, according to the agent. Suarez resigned from her job at the jail after being arrested.