Toms River Man Sentenced For Assault, Arson, More

N.J. man gets prison time for setting house fire and ax attack

A 51-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to three years in state prison for starting a house fire, attacking another man with an axe and smashing a car window in three separate incidents. The first incident involving Charles Maulbeck, of Toms River, took place on April 9, 2024 when he confronted a man on Stuyvesant Street in Lacey, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said. He attacked the man with an axe and was arrested later that day a…

Toms River Man Sentenced For Assault, Arson, More

TOMS RIVER – A Toms River man was sentenced Friday to three years in New Jersey State Prison for a string of violent and destructive incidents in Lacey and Brick townships in 2024, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced. Charles Maulbeck, 51, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan to three years for aggravated assault, three years for arson and 18 months for criminal mischief. The sentences will run concurrently. Maulb…

Axe Attack, Arson, and Vandalism: Toms River Man Jailed for Crime Spree

A Toms River man has been sentenced to three years in state prison following a string of violent and destructive incidents across Ocean County in 2024. Charles Maulbeck, 51, appeared before Judge Guy P. Ryan on July 25, 2025, where he received three concurrent prison terms: three years for aggravated assault, three years for arson, […]