Man Pleads To Burglary In Motel Room Break-In, Assault In Toms River

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A Toms River man has pleaded guilty to burglary in connection with a December incident that sent a woman to the hospital, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.

Angel Ramirez, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday to burglary before Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan in an incident that happened Dec. 17, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.

Billhimer said prosecutors will be seeking a seven-year state prison term at Ramirez's sentencing, which is scheduled for Sept. 9. That term would be subject to the terms of the No Early Release Act, which requires an inmate serve 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole.

Billhimer said Toms River police were called to the Pelican Inn and Suites on Route 37 on Dec. 17 about a disturbance and found a woman bleeding from her head. She was taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River and was treated and later released, he said.

Police learned Ramirez had smashed the window of the woman's motel room with a baseball bat and then kicked the motel room door open. Once inside the room, Ramirez assaulted the woman with her cane and shattered her cell phone, Billhimer said.

Ramirez was arrested at the scene, Billhimer said, and taken to the Ocean County Jail, where he has been held since his arrest on Dec. 17.