Long Valley Man Accused of Threatening Ex With Knife Due for Pre-Indictment Hearing

More than three months after sending police on an afternoon manhunt, allegedly stealing a car, and subsequently threatening his ex-girlfriend with a knife at her Sussex County home, Ryan Brennan is due in court for a pre-indictment hearing.

The Long Valley man, 29, has been held on $200,000 bail with no 10-percent option since his arrest on Jan. 5 in Sussex Borough.

Brennan allegedly left his Fawnridge Drive home with a knife, threatening self-harm, police initially reported. Local, county, and state agencies all responded to the scene and canvassed the area for hours, but without finding Brennan.

Later that night he was found and arrested by New Jersey State Troopers after allegedly forcing his way into his ex-girlfriend’s home and threatening her with a knife, police said.

The pre-indictment hearing is set for Monday, April 27, and will be used for a grand jury to go over the evidence presented and decide if Brennan will be officially charged with crimes from the January incidents.

He has not entered a plea of any kind.

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