POINT PLEASANT NEW JERSEY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH THREATS AGAINST TWO POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH SCHOOLS
" Shaun Giberson Of Point Pleasant Has Pled Guilty To Terroristic Threats In A March 2021 Incident & Arson In A August 2020 Incident."
January 8, 2022 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
TOMS RIVER, NJ.- On Friday, January 7, 2022 Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on January 7, 2022, Shaun Giberson, 40, of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey Pled Guilty before The Honorable Michael T. Collins, J.S.C., to Terroristic Threats, in connection to Threats made in Point Pleasant Borough on March 17, 2021.
Mr. Giberson also Pled Guilty to Arson, in connection with an unrelated incident that occurred in Manchester Township, New Jersey on August 18, 2020. At the time of his sentencing on February 25, 2022, The State will be seeking a Term of Five Years in New Jersey State Prison as to each offense. The sentences are to run concurrently.
On March 18, 2021, Members of The Point Pleasant Borough Police Department received a report that an anonymous caller had left Threatening Voicemail Messages at both Point Pleasant Borough High School and The Nellie Bennett Elementary School.
A subsequent investigation conducted by The Point Pleasant Borough Police Department determined that Mr. Giberson was the individual responsible for leaving the Threatening Messages. On March 18, 2021, Giberson was apprehended by Officers from The Point Pleasant Borough Police Department and has been lodged in The Ocean County Jail since that date of his Arrest.
On August 18, 2020, Members of The Manchester Township Police Department responded to a local group home in reference to a backpack having been set on Fire at the home. Upon arrival, Police Officers subsequently determined that Giberson a resident of the group home at the time had intentionally lit the backpack on Fire. Mr. Giberson was taken into Custody, Processed, and released on a Summons, pending a future Court Proceeding.
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