Ocean County Man Indicted On Sandy Fraud Involving Rumson Home

A Monmouth County grand jury has indicted a Toms River man for taking $6,200 from a Rumson homeowner to install a generator after Superstorm Sandy and failing to do the work, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said.

Mark E. Herrneckar, 51, of Riverwood Drive in Toms River, is charged with one count of third degree theft by failure to make required disposition of property received after he took $6,200 in December 2013 for the delivery and installation of a home generator at a Rumson residence. He never delivered the generator and failed to return the money to the homeowner, Gramiccioni said.

Herrneckar was arrested in December by members of the Monmouth County Superstorm Sandy Fraud Task Force. He is currently free on $5,000 bail.

Herrneckar faces a New Hersey state prison sentence of three to five years if he is convicted.

The case is being prosecuted by Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Andrew S. Fried of the Office’s Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Bureau, who serves as coordinator of the Superstorm Sandy Fraud Task Force.

The Monmouth County Superstorm Sandy Fraud Task Force continues to process and investigate all complaints related to the storm. Homeowners or citizens are urged to report complaints via the following:

• The Task Force webpage at www.SandyFraud.com
• Call the Task Force hotline at (855) SANDY 39.