Prosecutor: Brick Man Sexually Assaulted 12-Year-Old Girl

(Photo courtesy Ocean County Corrections Department)

A Brick Township man has been charged with sexual assaulting a 12-year-old girl that he knew, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday.

Samuel Holdbrook, 28, was arrested Monday evening in connection with the incident, which occurred between January and February 2014, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the prosecutor’s office.

Holdbrook was arrested after an investigation into the incident turned up the evidence necessary to support the charge, Della Fave said. Ocean County Prosecutor Special Victims Unit Detective Stephanie Bayha and Brick Township Police Detective James Burgess were the arresting officers, Della Fave said.

Holdbrook has been charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Ocean County Superior Court Judge Francis Hodgson set Holdbrook’s bail at $250,000, no 10 percent option. He also was ordered to have no contact with the victim. He is being held at the Ocean County Jail, Toms River, in lieu of bail, Della Fave said.