A Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment Monday charging a Farmingdale man with the April 10, 2014, shooting that killed 28-year-old Jermaine Huntley, announced Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Jacquil Jones, 26, is charged in the 3-count indictment with the first degree murder and second degree counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose. If convicted of murder, Jones faces a minimum sentence of thirty years and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment in a New Jersey state prison, with a period parole ineligibility of 30 years, subject to the provisions of the "No Early Release Act" (NERA), requiring he serve 85 percent of the sentence imposed before he is eligible for parole.
If convicted of possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, he faces a maximum of ten years in state prison, subject to a mandatory minimum of one-half of the sentence imposed or 42 months (3.5 years), whichever is greater, without parole. The next court proceeding will be an arraignment, which is the formal presentation of the indictment to the defendant. The arraignment will be scheduled within the next 45 days before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Francis J. Vernoia, P.J.Cr. The indictment is in connection with the murder of Huntley in broad daylight on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at approximately 9:49 a.m. Neptune Township police were dispatched to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune Township, for a report of a victim with a gunshot wound, driven by a friend to the hospital. The victim was pronounced dead at 10:28 a.m. by Doctor Michael Night. A joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and Asbury Park Police Department learned the shooting occurred in the 1200 block of Washington Avenue in Asbury Park. Investigators determined Jones was driving in a motor vehicle onto Washington Avenue, then came upon Huntley firing a single gunshot which struck and ultimately killed him. Jones then fled the scene in his vehicle. Jones was arrested on July 2, 2014 and lodged in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Freehold Township, where he remains incarcerated in lieu of $1,200,000 bail, as set by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Honora O’Brien Kilgallen, J.S.C.