45-year-old Jackson Police Officer Eric Prosniewski is accused of interfering with the murder investigation of a man found shot to death last month inside a defunct restaurant in the Township, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato.

Eric Prosniewski
Eric Prosniewski (Ocean County Prosecutor's Office)
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Coronato said Prosniewski is friends with one of the two men charged with murdering 34-year-old Peyman Sanandaji on April 9 and gave Prosecutor's Office detectives false, deceptive, and misleading information in connection with the investigation.

Daniele Romeodisantillo and Hector Calderon were both arrested in connection with the killing. Prosniewski and Romeodisantillo apparently knew one another.

Prosniewski, a Jackson resident, is charged with two counts of Hindering Apprehension, second degree crimes.

Authorities said the charges against Prosniewski appear to stem from his off-duty activities and are not believed to be related to his position as a police officer.

The arrest warrant was approved by the Honorable Patricia B. Roe, J.S.C.  Judge Roe set bail at $100,000 with no ten percent option.

 

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