Eddie Martin- Asbury Park City
Dear Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
Please send your response in PDF format.
1. Copies of any police CAD report(s) with narrative(s), police incident reports, arrest report(s) criminal charge complaint(s), affidavit(s) of probable cause, and indictments against defendant Eddie Martin.
No: W-2020-000961-1303
Date: 07/27/2020
ASBURY PARK CITY
BURGLARY TOOLS - MANUFACTURE/POSSESS KNOWLINGLY
Code: 2C:5-5A(1)
CRIMINAL ATTEMPT/THEFT BY UNLAWFL TAKNG/DISPOSITIONIM MOVABLE PROPERTY
Code: 2C:20-3B
PG CASE #: 20002370
PD CASE #: 1
Please include a Record Index with your response.
*A record index that identifies each record requested and the specific legal basis for a denial of access (including redactions) to each record.
Yours faithfully,
Ariel Augustine
Attached please find records responsive to the below request.
Driver's license, social security and phone numbers are redacted pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(a).
Arrest photo is redacted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-9 and Executive Orders
9(e) (Hughes), 69 (Whitman), and 21 (McGreevey).
Request for police incident reports is denied pursuant to the "criminal
investigatory record" exception. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1; see North Jersey
Media Group, Inc. v. Township of Lyndhurst, 229 N.J. 541, 569 (2017)
(investigative reports and witness statements about criminal incident
"fall within the 'criminal investigatory exception'"); Serrano v. South
Brunswick Twp, 358 N.J. Super. 356-57, 360, 370 (App. Div. 2003)
(affirming dismissal of portion of complaint regarding non-disclosure of
police and EMT reports, on the ground such documents were "criminal
investigatory records").
Request for CAD report and indictment is denied for lack of responsive
records. This matter was remanded to municipal court on July 29, 2020.