Watchung Woman Threatens To Kill Prosecutors Office Employee's Spouse: Police

WATCHUNG, NJ — A Watchung woman was arrested and charged after police say she stalked and threatened to kill a Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office employee's spouse, announced Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone on Monday.

In January, Malina Jaffrey, 24, of Watchung, was enrolled into the Pre-Trial Intervention program by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, after having been charged with crimes related to the bias-intimidation of a Plainsboro man.

In July, Jaffrey began using different Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn accounts to harass multiple family members of a staff member of the Prosecutor’s Office, including the staff member’s spouse and sister, said Ciccone.

In September, Jaffrey threatened to kill the staff member’s spouse, said Ciccone.

An investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office also found that Jaffrey conducted AI searches on the staff member and their family during the course of the online communications.

On Sept. 23, Jaffrey was arrested without incident and charged with three counts of fourth-degree cyber harassment, three counts of fourth-degree retaliation against a public official for past official action, three counts of fourth-degree stalking, one count of third-degree criminal coercion, and one count of third-degree terroristic threats.

Jaffrey is being lodged at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center pending the results of a Pre-Trial Detention hearing.

The investigation is active and continuing.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Tammy Colonna of The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3145.

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