Admitted sentence violators get new penalties

Neglecting to adhere to stipulations of earlier sentencings results in extra time behind bars for two Ocean County men today - one in Ocean County Jail in Toms River, the other in a New Jersey state prison.

Megan's Law Move

Lester Puryear, 36, whose last known address was in Lakewood Township, was ordered to spend 364 days in the Ocean County Jaiol for failing to register under terms of Megan's Law. He pleaded guilty on July 13.

According to information from the office of Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, Puryear moved from his listed address and let a 10-day window to notifiy township police lapse.

Puryear is required to re-register annually with local police in the community he inhabits. Megan's Law requires notification of relocation to law enforcement in each community involved in the move.

He was apprehended on May 22 and has been in the jail since then in lieu of full $10,000 bail. Once his time is served, he is still subject to the conditions of Megan's Law and would risk a five-year prison term plus fines for any probation violations, authorities said.

More Monitoring

Peter J. Jacobs, 35, of Brick Township, was sentenced to three years in a state facility for his guilty plea to violating terms of his Community Supervision for Life (CSL). The term is to run concurrently with a three-year sentence he's serving for drug possession in the state correctional facility in Delmont.

Jacobs was arrested in January 2015 on a complaint filed by a township police officer that was filed on the 16th of the month. He took a guilty plea on July 13.

In addition to the concurrent term, Jacobs is now subject to parole supervision for life as well as community supervision, authorities said.