Crime & Safety

Bradley Beach Man Named In 18-Count Indictment

A Bradley Beach man was indicted this week on a slew of charges stemming from a recent residential burglary in Asbury Park, according to court documents.

A Monmouth County grand jury handed up an 18-count indictment charging Andrew Armentrout, 30, and an accomplice with armed robbery, weapons and drug charges stemming from a November 26 residential burglary, according to the indictment.

Armentrout and Tyler Marshall, 26, of Hamilton, are charged with:

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  • Armed robbery
  • Conspiracy
  • Burglary
  • Unlawful possession of a weapon
  • Possession of a weapon for an illegal purpose
  • Making terroristic threats
  • Aggravated assault
  • Possession of cocaine
  • Possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute
  • Possession of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school with the intent to distribute
  • Possession of a weapon in the course of committing a drug crime

Armentrout was separately charged with theft, resisting arrest, tampering with evidence, attempted escape and as a person who is not to have a weapon, according to the indictment.

Armentrout has been convicted on burglary charges five times since 2001 and was convicted once on drugs charges, the indictment says. 

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Hamilton also was separately charged as being a person not allowed to have a weapon and one count of tampering with evidence. 

Each man also was charged with two counts of sentencing enhancers, according to the indictment.


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