BERKELEY – A man in jail on murder charges is now facing a charge of possession of child pornography.
Angelo Grenci, 44, of Berkeley, had been charged with murder in the stabbing death of Carlton Williams, 50, of Seaside Heights. When searching his phone, officers found child pornography.
Charges are merely accusations until proven in a court of law.
Investigators believe Grenci stabbed Williams during an altercation in the area of Magnolia Avenue in Manitou Park. The stabbing had taken place on November 14, and Williams succumbed to his injuries on November 24, upgrading the charge from attempted murder to murder, police said.
“We were initially examining Grenci’s phone for evidence relative to the murder investigation,” Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. “Upon discovering evidence of another, independent crime, specifically Possession of Child Pornography, detectives from our High Tech Crime Unit sought an additional search warrant and uncovered over 1,000 images of Child Pornography. Grenci was charged accordingly and served with a copy of his complaint today in the Ocean County Jail.”
Grenci has been in jail since his November 16 arrest.
Grenci had once been on an episode of the program “America’s Most Wanted” for an assault that included trying to run someone down with his car. He had also been charged with bank robbery on a separate instance, according to Patch.com. Grenci had tried to be an advocate for trying to turn youth away from a life of crime, and wrote a book about his life called “In Absentia.” However, there were charges for burglary intermittent with these attempts to steer people toward a better way of life.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledged the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, Ocean County Regional SWAT Team, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Victim Witness Advocacy Unit, Berkeley Township Police Department Detective Bureau, Toms River Township Police Department, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office, Ocean County Department of Corrections, State of New Jersey Department of Corrections, and New Jersey State Parole Board, for their cooperative efforts in connection with this investigation leading to Grenci’s Murder charge, and now this additional charge of Possession of Child Pornography.
