Jersey Shore Man Found With Rifle, Silencer, Bogus Federal Agent Badges Takes Plea
A Jersey Shore man who was caught with a handful of phony federal agent IDs in his own name admitted also having a homemade rifle and a silencer.
Jeffrey Backlund, 57, of Waretown, took a deal from the government rather than face trial, pleading guilty on Wednesday, April 27, to illegally possessing all of them, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
Backlund was arrested after a warranted search prompted by a domestic disturbance in September 2020 turned up “a number of firearms and imitation federal identification badges,” Sellinger said.
“They found one short-barreled, AR-style, .223 …
Jersey Shore Man Had Sex Video Chats With Underage Girls: Prosecutor
A 31-year-old man from the Jersey Shore has admitted to having sex video chats with minors, authorities said.
Barton Cross-Tierney 2nd, 31, of Ocean Township, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child and exhibiting obscenity to a minor, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said on Wednesday, Feb. 9.
Cross-Tierney, faces up to five years in New Jersey State Prison, mandatory Megan’s Law registration and parole supervision for life, Linskey said.
Throughout 2018, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office received multiple Cybertips regarding a user on Discord (a…
