Holmdel Man Indicted for Robbery, Conspiracy Offenses

A township man was indicted by a grand jury yesterday on charges related to the robbery of a victim on a street in the Palmer Square development in January, according to Prosecutor Peter Warshaw of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. 

Timothy A. Kegley, 18, of 54 Duxbury Court was indicted for conspiring with as many as three juveniles to commit a robbery on Jan. 28. The indictment identifies the juveniles as "C.F.  and/or N.F., and/or P.R."

The Monmouth County grand jury, sitting in Freehold, also charged Kegley with one count of robbery, saying he used force to inflict bodily injury during the course of the theft upon a person identified as "T.H." in court documents. 

Both are second degree crimes, according to the court documents. If convicted of a second degree crime, a person could potentially face a jail term of 5  to 10 years, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office Web site.

According to Holmdel Township Police report of the Jan. 28 incident, Kegley drove a person who said he was interested in buying marijuana to Yarmouth Court. There they were met by the three juveniles known to Kegley. The victim said he was punched several times and robbed of $70.  The victim reported the theft and assault to Holmdel Township Ptl. Michael Hughes that afternoon. 

On March 1, Kegley was arrested and charged by Holmdel Police with burglary, theft, conspiracy, and criminal mischief related to burglaries that same night at Maacka Drive and Sunrise Circle. Also arrested and charged that night with similar offenses were twin 18-year old brothers Thomas W. Norman and Samuel J. Norman, 108 Michael Lane, Manalapan. 

Kegley was released from the Monmouth County Correctional Institution on March 22 on $20,000 bail, according to the Prosecutor's Office on April 6.