Alleged Foodtown Robber and Other Point Beach and Point Borough Residents Facing Indictments

A Point Pleasant Beach man shoplifted at the former Foodtown, used force against a store security guard and had cocaine in Point Pleasant Beach on March 15, according to an indictment returned against him by an Ocean County grand jury.

The indictment alleges that Sean J. Papstein, 18, of Atlantic Avenue, "in the course of committing a theft, knowingly did use force upon Security Officer Robert Oakley, and/or knowingly threaten immediate bodily injury to Oakley."

The formal charge also alleges that Papstein gave police false information in an attempt to avoid being charged with the robbery.

The indictment charges Papstein with second degree robbery.

Papstein is being held in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River in lieu of $50,000 bail.

In March, Point Beach police reported that

The grand jurors also indicted:

Shawn M. Huff, 20, of Minnisink Road, Manasquan, and Michael J. Keyes, 20, of Treeneedle Road, Point Pleasant Borough, for breaking into the Sleepy Hollow Exxon Station on Bridge Avenue in Point Pleasant Borough on April 13, 2010 and stealing more than $500 in cash.

Marguerite A. Marino, 27, of East Street, Point Pleasant Beach, for breaking into an office on Route 35 South in Point Pleasant Beach on Dec. 22 and stealing more than $200 in cash.

Alaecia M. Krauss, 21, of Pocahontas Avenue, Point Pleasant Borough, for stealing a saxophone, ring, and cash from Cory Ott and Patricia Stoffers on March 6 in Point Pleasant Borough.