El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en septiembre 20, 2024, Spencer Caudle, 36, of Prairieville, Luisiana, fue sentenciado por la Honorable Kimarie Rahill, J.S.C., to seven years New Jersey State Prison relative to his guilty plea to Sexual Assault in connection with an incident that occurred in Toms River on May 27, 2023. Caudle will also be subject to the terms of Megan’s Law, Nicole’s Law – which permanently prohibits him from having any contact with his victim, and Parole Supervision for Life. Caudle pled guilty to the charge before Judge Rahill on April 2, 2024.
An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Toms River Township Police Department Detective Bureau revealed that on May 27, 2023, Caudle traveled from Louisiana to the Toms River area and had sexual contact with a 14 year-old victim. Caudle had been communicating with the victim through the Whisper messenger application. Continuing investigation revealed that Caudle planned on returning to the area to have sexual contact with the victim again. En Junio 16, 2023, Caudle flew from New Orleans, Louisiana to Newark Liberty International Airport, where he was taken into custody by Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, United States Department of Homeland Security, and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department. Caudle was subsequently transported to the Ocean County Jail, where he has been lodged since that date.
El Fiscal Billhimer reconoce los esfuerzos diligentes de la Fiscal Auxiliar Supervisora Mara Brater, quien manejó el caso en nombre del Estado., and commends the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, Unidad de Delitos de Alta Tecnología de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Oficina de detectives del departamento de policía del municipio de Toms River, Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, Departamento de policía del municipio de Freehold, United States Department of Homeland Security, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, and United States Air Marshals Service, for their combined and collective efforts in connection with this investigation leading to Caudle’s guilty plea and now his state prison sentence.