Duo Indicted In July 2015 Murder Of Eatontown Man: Prosecutor

FREEHOLD, NJ — Two men have been indicted in the murder of an Eatontown man died after a shooting at an Eatontown apartment complex in July 2015, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said Monday.

A Monmouth County grand jury returned a four-count indictment on Thursday charging Frederick Reed, 20 of New Castle, Delaware, and Perry Veney, Jr., 31, of Long Branch, with first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, first-degree murder and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Veney also was charged with second-degree certain persons not to have a weapon, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Charles Webster said.

Eatontown police responded to the entrance of Country Club Apartments at the corner of Tilton Avenue and Country Club Road on the report of shots being fired around 12:13 a.m. on July 10, 2015, Webster said. Upon arrival, police located the victim, Rasheem Palmer, 37, of Eatontown, lying in the road on Country Club Road. Palmer was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, where he was pronounced dead at 2:47 a.m., Webster said.

The charges are the result of the joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and Eatontown Police Department. Reed and Veney face a minimum of 30 years in prison if convicted of first-degree murder with no parole eligibility, and a maximum of 20 years in prison, subject to the No Early Release Act, if convicted of first-degree conspiracy. Second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose carries a maximum of 10 years with a mandatory minimum of one-third of the sentence imposed or 3.5 years, whichever is greater, without parole, Webster said.

Veney also faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted on the certain persons not to have a weapon charge, which is subject to a mandatory minimum of five years without parole, Webster said.

Reed was arrested Dec. 28, 2016 in Delaware. His bail was set at $1.1 million cash only. He waived extradition and has been held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution since Jan. 4, Webster said.

Veney was arrested Dec. 30, 2016 and taken to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution that day; he remains there in lieu of $1.2 million cash only bail, Webster said. Both bails were set by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Honora O’Brien Kilgallen, he said.

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