NJ Man Who Called In Fake Bomb Threats To Jenkinson's Boardwalk Sentenced

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A Brick Township man has been sentenced to three years in prison for calling in bomb threats to Jenkinson's Pavilion boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach in June 2021, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday.

Nkosi Jones, 20, was sentenced on Friday by Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan to three years in state prison for his guilty plea to terroristic threats in incidents that happened June 3 and June 4, 2021, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.

Jones, who was an employee at Jenkinson’s Pavilion Boardwalk Amusements when he called in the threats, pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 6, 2021, Billhimer said.

The first threat was called in about 1:15 p.m. on June 3, to the main office of Jenkinson’s, Billhimer said. The caller said he would be planting a bomb on the boardwalk. Jenkinson's officials called Point Pleasant Beach police and the boardwalk was evacuated. The boardwalk reopened for business about three hours later, Billhimer said.

The next day, Jenkinson’s employees received another call alluding to a bomb threat. The boardwalk was once again cleared, and reopened after several hours, Billhimer said.

Investigators found that Jones had made both threatening calls through the voice-over-IP app TextNow, and Jones was arrested June 17 as he reported to work at Jenkinson’s. He was taken to the Ocean County Jail and was later released under New Jersey bail reform, authorities said.

Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Kristin Pressman and Assistant Prosecutor Shanon Chant-Berry who handled the case on behalf of the state. The Point Pleasant Beach Police Department, its Detective Bureau and K-9 Unit, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, Point Pleasant Borough Police Department, Brick Township Police Department K-9 Unit, Middletown Township Police Department K-9 Unit, West Windsor Township Police Department K-9 Unit, New Jersey State Parks Police K-9 Unit, Bradley Beach Police Department K-9 Unit, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit, assisted in the investigations.

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