Man Accused In Commercial Burglaries In Ocean, Monmouth Counties Faces Hearing

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A Toms River man accused in multiple commercial burglaries in Brick and other towns has been ordered held in jail until trial.

Alfred J. Oliveri Jr., 67, was ordered to remain in the Ocean County Jail during his detention hearing on Tuesday in Ocean County Superior Court.

Oliveri was arrested May 20, Brick Township Police Chief David Forrester said.

Police said the investigation into the burglaries found they shared distinct similarities: In each incident, a man riding a bicycle targeted businesses after closing hours and smashed glass windows with a rock to get into the business. Once inside the man would take items of value, Brick police said.

On Tuesday, the prosecutor's office said 10 criminal complaints including 37 charges have been filed against Oliveri in burglaries in Brick, Toms River and Farmingdale. The businesses that were burglarized have not been named.

The charges include burglary, theft, criminal mischief and possession of burglar’s tools, according to the Ocean County Corrections website.

Oliveri has been arrested — and later convicted — multiple times of similar commercial burglaries dating back to 1993, according to court records online. His most recent conviction, in incidents in 2019 in Southern Ocean County, led to him spending more than four years in state prison.

He had been released on April 12, according to state corrections records.

The prosecutor's office argued for Oliveri's detention based on his "blatant disregard" for the laws or any detention, noting he has a prison escape on his record. It's not clear when that escape happened.

He also was on level 3 pretrial monitoring — a higher level of restrictions requiring weekly check-ins and other measures — on separate charges in another case, the prosecutor's office said.

The judge agreed that Oliveri had shown no level of monitoring was enough to deter him if he was permitted to await trial from outside jail and ordered him held.