Michael W Palmer
ASK NJ Media made this OPRA request to Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
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:
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 Michael W Palmer.
No: S-2020-000024-1309
Date: 07/20/2020
BRIELLE BORO
THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING/DISPOSITIONMOVEABLE PROPERTY
Code: 2C:20-3A
PG CASE #: 20002297
PD CASE #: MCP2000265
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,
ASK NJ Media Co.
Attached please find documents responsive to the below public record
request, specifically, arrest report, complaint, and affidavit of probable
cause, with social security, driver's license, and phone numbers redacted
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(a).
The 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").
Arrest photos are redacted in accordance with N.J.S.A. 47:1A-9 and
Executive Orders 9(e) (Hughes), 69 (Whitman), and 21 (McGreevey).
The request for CAD reports and indictments is denied for lack of a
responsive record.