Asbury Park Man Faces Prison For Child Sex Assault

ASBURY PARK – An Asbury Park man was sentenced this week to 30 years in a New Jersey state prison following his August conviction for the aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 13 years old, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said.

Michael Johnson, 54, of Asbury Park was sentenced by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Joseph Oxley Thursday morning, who ordered Johnson to serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole, the MCPO said.

Johnson will become eligible for release on parole at the age of 79. The sentence also requires that upon his release Johnson must register as a sex offender pursuant to Megan’s Law and be subject to Parole Supervision for Life. The sentence was imposed by Oxley and exceeded the mandatory minimum pursuant to the Jessica Lunsford Act.

Johnson was convicted by a Monmouth County Jury on August 7, 2019, after a two-week trial before Judge Oxley. The jury found Johnson guilty of first-degree Aggravated Sexual Assault, second degree Sexual Assault and third degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child.

He was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for the second degree Sexual Assault and five years in state prison for the third degree Endangering charge. Those sentences were imposed to run concurrently with the 30-year sentence for first degree Aggravated Sexual Assault.