Whiting Man Charged With Firing Shots Near Marlboro Home

MARLBORO, NJ – A Whiting man has been charged in connection with an incident of shots being fired near a Marlboro home in April, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Joseph M. Galli, 27, was located at his job in Burlington County on July 15 and was subsequently arrested and charged at the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.

On April 7, 2020 at approximately 3:37 a.m., officers from the Marlboro Police Department responded to a report of shots fired near Dutch Lane. A weapon was allegedly fired by Galli multiple times from a vehicle, which left projectiles at a residence and vehicle on 59 Dutch Lane Rd. An investigation later found that the vehicle belonged to Galli, although the Whiting man has no known connection to the residents who live at the address.

There were no reported injuries following the incident, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

Galli has been charged with second degree aggravated assault, possession of weapon for an unlawful purpose, second degree unlawful possession of a handgun and certain persons not to possess weapons. He is being held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Freehold Township pending a detention hearing scheduled for July 22. Galli is set to appear before Monmouth County Superior Court.

If convicted of any of the above charges, the Whiting resident faces a sentence of five to ten years in prison subject to the Graves Act, which requires him to serve a mandatory 42 months in state prison before eligibility is met for release on parole. Galli’s maximum exposure on the aggravated assault charge is 10 years. If convicted, he will be subject to the No Early Release Act, requiring Galli to serve 85 percent of any sentence before becoming eligible for parole.

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