El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer announced that on July 8, 2021, Jorge Santiago-Garcia, 32, de Lakewood, was indicted by a Grand Jury sitting in Ocean County on charges of Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1); Posesión de un arma para un propósito ilegal en violación de N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4d; y posesión ilegal de un arma en violación de N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5d, in connection with the death Rodrigo Jimenez-Paz in Lakewood on August 31, 2020.
En Agosto 31, 2020, members of the Lakewood Township Police Department were called to a business on 2Dakota del Norte Ave en Lakewood en respuesta a múltiples 911 call indicating an individual had been stabbed at that location. Responding Officers found Rodrigo Jimenez-Paz, age 29, de Lakewood, with a stab wound to his chest. Medical units transported Mr. Jimenez-Paz to Jersey Shore University Medical Center; Los esfuerzos para salvar vidas no tuvieron éxito, and he was subsequently pronounced dead. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit and Lakewood Police Department identified Jorge Santiago-Garcia as the individual who stabbed Mr. Jimenez-Paz. Santiago-Garcia was arrested and has been lodged in the Ocean County Jail since his arrest.
Prosecutor Billhimer wishes to acknowledge the diligent efforts of Assistant Prosecutor Kaitlyn Burke who is handling the case on behalf of the State and also the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Departamento de policía del municipio de Lakewood, Oficina de detectives del Departamento de Policía del municipio de Lakewood, and Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit for their outstanding and collaborative efforts in this investigation which lead to Santiago-Garcia’s indictment.
Los cargos mencionados anteriormente son meras acusaciones y se recuerda a la prensa y al público que todos los acusados se presumen inocentes a menos y hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad más allá de toda duda razonable en un tribunal de justicia. RPC3.6(b)(6).