20-Year-Old Man Sentenced for Shooting in Ocean County

On March 21, 2025, Anthony Brown, 20, of Toms River, was sentenced to four years New Jersey State Prison (NJSP) relative to his previously entered guilty plea to Aggravated Assault.

Additionally, Judge Fritch sentenced Brown to five years NJSP - with a 42 month period of parole ineligibility - relative to his previously entered guilty plea to Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose. The sentences are in connection with an incident that occurred in Toms River on June 12, 2024, and will run concurrently. Brown pled guilty to both charges before Judge Fritch on January 21, 2025 according to the Ocean County Prosecutors Office.

On June 12, 2024, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Officers from the Toms River Township Police Department responded to a residence on Adams Avenue for a report of shots having been fired.

An ensuing investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit and Toms River Township Police Department revealed that Brown retrieved a handgun from the subject residence and fired two shots at a vehicle, striking a male victim.

Brown then fled the scene; the victim also left the scene.

A short time later, Toms River Police Officers responded to a residence on Main Street for a report of a gunshot victim. Officers were able to determine that the victim was the same individual who had been shot earlier in the evening on Adams Avenue.

The victim was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune for treatment of his injuries; he was treated and subsequently released.

A short time later, Brown was taken into custody in the vicinity of Adams Avenue without incident. Brown was transported to the Ocean County Jail, where he has been detained since his apprehension.