3 charged with disrupting investigation into NJ home invasion murder

Authorities have charged three people with hindering apprehension, obstruction and tampering in the investigation into the home invasion. murder of a Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office detective earlier this month.

Police responded to Detective Sgt. Monica Mosley’s home on the 600 block of Buckshutem Road in Bridgeton around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 15 for a report that several people had kicked in the front door of the home, Bridgeton police said.

Officers found Mosley, 51, shot, police said. She died on the spot.

No arrests have been announced in her murder.

Jarred D. Brown, 31, of Bridgeton, Richard B. Willis, 32, of Gloucester City, and Cyndia E. Pimentel, 38, of Paulsboro, are jailed on third- and fourth-degree charges in the case, according to court records. prison records.

Their attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday morning.

Brown and Willis are each charged with third-degree arrest and hindering their own apprehension and fourth-degree charges of obstruction and tampering/fabricating physical evidence, while Pimentel is charged with third-degree arrest and fourth-degree charges of obstruction and tampering.

Pimentel is accused of driving a vehicle “used in the commission of the crime” registered in her name along with a passenger whose name was redacted in her criminal complaint from New Jersey to Philadelphia in order to “destroy the vehicle and the evidence contained in the vehicle to hide from detection by law enforcement.”

Brown and Willis are being held in the Cumberland County Jail, while Pimentel is housed in the Salem County Correctional Facility.

All three will appear in court this week for detention hearings.

Beyond the details revealed in court documents, investigators have said little about the investigation.

A person being treated for a gunshot wound at Cooper University Hospital in Camden was detained by New Jersey State Police troopers for questioning after the shooting, officials said a day after Mosley was killed. But police have not identified the person or provided additional details.

Days after the shooting, state police said they had no suspects in custody, but said During the incident, “multiple suspects” entered and exited Mosley’s home.

Authorities have not said whether Mosley was targeted because of her work or if the crime was a random attack.

Mosley began her career in the prosecutor’s office in 2006 as a paralegal specialist and became a district detective in 2009.

The state police Major Crimes Unit is leading the investigation, and the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office is the prosecuting agency in the case, authorities said. Because Mosley was a member of the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office, that agency should not be involved in any prosecutions, officials said.

Funeral services for Mosley were held on Saturday.

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