Parents Who Abducted Son From Greenbrook Sentenced

Parents who abducted their son from his grandmother’s home in Green Brook were sentenced today to five years probation under drug court monitoring, according to nj.com.

Michael Streko, 34, and Amy Streko, 32 of Neptune City both pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree interference with the custody of a minor child and were sentenced separately by Superior Court Judge Bruce A. Jones in Somerset County, according to nj.com.

The Streko’s had kidnapped their 8-year-old son Everett on July 17 from his grandmother’s house in Green Brook, violating a court custody order.

The parents were arrested July 25 after Michael, asked other children for “drugs” in Port Jervis, N.Y.

A caller to the Port Jervis City Police Headquarters reported a “suspicious male subject” was walking in the area of Ball Street and Pennsylvania Avenue asking children for “drugs,” police said.

The caller advised police that the subject was operating an RV that was parked nearby on Pennsylvania Avenue. Officers found Michael operating the motor home on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Officers interviewed Streko and his wife, and learned that both subjects were wanted for the felony crime of custodial Interference.

Officers took the subjects into custody and charged them with being fugitives from justice.

Port Jervis City police officers located Everett who was safe and unharmed inside the motor home.

The parents had allegedlly kidnapped Everett as part of a cross-country video trip called “On the road with the Strekos.”

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Both were immediately released from the Somerset County Jail and must report to their probation officers on Monday at 9 a.m. Under drug court monitoring, they’ll be required to submit to testing once a week, report to their probation officer once a week, maintain regular employment and enter an outpatient drug program. They will also be subjected to random drug tests, according to nj.com.

If they don’t comply with those provisions, they would return to the court system and possibly face trial, according to nj.com.