A 32-year-old New Jersey police officer has been arrested and charged in connection with a home invasion at her ex-boyriend’s home, where she assaulted him and a woman inside and threatened to burn down the house.
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said Berkeley Township Police were called to the scene just before 11:30 p.m. on Friday and learned that Rebecca Sayegh had allegedly “smashed the glass front door of the residence, entered the residence, and then assaulted and threatened two victims inside the residence.”
She also damaged the hood of a vehicle belonging to one of the victims, which was parked in the driveway.
“Sayegh was taken into custody at the scene — after having resisted efforts to peacefully place her under arrest,” the office said.
She was initially charged via a summons, but the prosecutors office later issued a warrant for her arrest “due to the serious nature of the charges” and she was booked into the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.
Law&Crime reported that Sayegh was a 9-year veteran of the Toms River Township Police Department and was off-duty at the time of the incident. She was charged with one count each of first-degree home invasion burglary, terroristic threats, and resisting arrest.
According to New Jersey Advance Media, Sayegh broke into the home and assaulted the two victims, then made threats to burn down the house as she was taken away by police.
