Brick Man, 24, Charged With Approaching And Touching Girl, 8 in Walmart

Sean Slowinski (Photo: Ocean County Jail)

A Brick Township man was lodged in the Ocean County Jail after having been arrested over an encounter with an 8-year-old girl at the township’s Walmart store – and allegedly shoplifting at another big box store.

Sean Slowinski, 24, of Brick, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the incident, which occurred on April 9, 2025. According to a statement from prosecutors, police were contacted by an individual who claimed that her 8-year-old daughter had been touched inappropriately at the Walmart store in town.  An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Brick Township Police Department Detective Bureau found that the minor victim was standing in an aisle at Walmart when an unknown male – later identified as Slowinski – approached her. While standing in very close proximity to her, the male allegedly grabbed the victim’s hand and put it in his sweatshirt pocket, then “engaged the victim verbally” before walking away.

Detectives were able to ascertain a description of the suspect.

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Just over a week later, on April 18, 2025, Brick officers were called to the Target store on Route 70 for a report of a shoplifting.  Responding officers were able to positively identify the suspect in the shoplifting incident, Slowinski, as the perpetrator of the incident in Walmart on April 9.  Slowinski was taken into custody at the scene without incident.  He was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, and transported to the Ocean County Jail, where he is presently lodged pending a detention hearing.