Brick Woman Pleads Guilty to Robbing Store, Shattering Window for Cigarettes

Jessica Napolitano, 37, of Brick. (Photo: Ocean County Jail)

A Brick Township woman admitted in court this week that she threatened a store clerk with a knife shortly after throwing a rock at a second store in an attempt to steal cigarettes, prosecutors said.

Jessica Napolitano, 37, of Brick, pled guilty before Superior Court Judge Kenneth T. Palmer robbery and burglary in connection with events that occurred in Bayville in the early morning hours of Oct. 15, 2024. At the time of her sentencing on Sept. 26, 2025, prosecutors will be seeking a seven year prison term on the robbery charge and three years on the burglary charge. The sentences would run concurrently.

Prosecutors said in a statement that at 4:20 a.m. Oct. 15, 2024, officers from the Berkeley Township Police Department were called to The Corner Store on Ocean Gate Drive for a report of a robbery. An investigation by responding officers revealed that a woman had entered the store, brandished a knife at the cashier, and demanded money and cigarettes. The store staff turned over cash and cigarettes to the suspect, who then fled the scene. That suspect was later identified as Napolitano.

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A continuing investigation revealed that just prior to the incident at The Corner Store, a woman threw a rock through the front window of the Dollar General Store on Route 9, then entered the store in an attempt to gain access to cigarettes. She left the store after her efforts were unsuccessful, and headed to The Corner Store.

Officers were able to identify Napolitano as the individual responsible for both incidents. She was later located in Lakewood and taken into custody without incident. Napolitano was transported to the Ocean County Jail and subsequently released in accordance with New Jersey’s bail reform law. She is presently lodged in the Ocean County Jail on an unrelated matter.

According to jail records, Napolitano is currently being held on charges of riding in a vehicle without the consent of its owner and five separate drug charges.