3 Charged with Interfering with Murder Investigation of New Jersey Home Invasion Detective

Authorities charged three people with hindering apprehension, obstructing and interfering with a home invasion investigation the killing of a Cumberland County DA’s detective earlier this month.

Police responded to Detective Sgt. According to Bridgeton police, around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 15, Monica Mosley’s home in the 600 block of Buckshotham Road in Bridgeton was called to reports of several people kicking the front door of the home.

Officers found Mosley, 51, shot to death, police said. She died at the scene.

No arrests have been made in the case of her murder.

Jarred D. Brown, 31, of Bridgeton, Richard B. Willis, 32, of Gloucester City, and Cyndia E. Pimentel, 38, of Paulsboro, are jailed on third- and fourth-degree charges in the case, according to court and prison records.

Their attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday morning.

Brown and Willis are charged with third-degree hindering apprehension and hindering their own apprehension, as well as fourth-degree obstructing and tampering/fabricating physical evidence, while Pimentel is charged with third-degree hindering apprehension and fourth-degree obstructing and tampering.

Pimentel is accused of driving a vehicle “used in the commission of a crime” that was registered to her with a passenger, whose name was redacted in her criminal complaint from New Jersey to Philadelphia, to “conceal said vehicle and the evidence in the vehicle from detection of law enforcement agencies”.

Brown and Willis are being held in the Cumberland County Jail, while Pimentel is being held in the Salem County Correctional Facility.

All three are scheduled to appear in court this week for a detention hearing.

Beyond details revealed in court documents, investigators have said little about the investigation.

A day after Mosley’s murder, New Jersey State Police detained one of the gunshot victims at Cooper University Hospital in Camden for questioning after the shooting, officials said. However, police have not identified the person or provided any additional details.

Days after the shooting, state police said they had no suspects in custody, but said “several suspects” entered and exited Mosley’s home during the incident.

Authorities have not said whether Mosley was targeted because of her job or if the crime was a random attack.

Mosley began her career in the prosecutor’s office in 2006 as a legal affairs specialist, and in 2009 became a detective for the county.

The investigation is being handled by the state police’s Major Crimes Unit, and the Cape May County District Attorney’s Office is the prosecuting authority in the case, authorities said. Because Mosley was a member of the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office, the office should not be involved in any prosecution, officials said.

Funeral services for Mosley took place on Saturday.