Three arrests were recently made in conjunction with the re-appearance of Ashley Combs.
Ashley Combs (17), never returned home from school on Friday, March 28th and after contacting police, her father quickly took to social media in hopes of locating his daughter.
Allegations that Robert Nieratko was not her biological father were quick to fly, as well as suggestions that Ashley was maybe fleeing an overly restrictive situation.
Nieratko was quick to try and put these fears at rest by posting in the comments section on social media, and various news agencies. He stated that Ashley led a fairly good life and her only restrictions were that she is not allowed to possess a cell phone (something that was frequently criticized in the comments) and that she was absolutely not allowed to have any contact with her birth parents.
But when TRPD located Ashley with her birth father Brian Keith Combs, they made sure that a referral was made to DCP&P (Department of Child Protection and Permanency) given the totality of the circumstances and the concerns about Ashley’s home environment.
Ultimately it is believed that Brian Keith Combs, Mechelle Combs and Linda Roszel were moving Ashley between them in an effort to hide her.
Brian Keith Combs is currently housed at Ocean County Jail under the following charges:
- Obstruction
- Interference with Custody
Mechelle Combs was released on a summons but charged with:
- Obstruction
Linda Roszel was charged with:
- Obstruction
- Interference with Custody
While we are currently not aware where Linda Roszel is being housed, it was not stated that she was released. Also we were able to find past records of Brian Keith Combs having been charged with Simple Assault multiple times in the past, and Drunk or Drugged Driver as recently as 2016.
Jen Viquez
This is interesting to read
poor girl ,torn between her biological father n the law ……his past means nothing ,everyone has issues…….
You don’t know the whole story!!!! And because it says in the past doesn’t mean he still isn’t doing bad things
Dawn Higgins do you
sounds like an over restrictive father ,a young girl who’s tired of a warden n just so happens knows her biological father who looks like he may not have as tight of a ship……..air travels the distance of the least resistance ………so do young girls when they r being steifeld…….you cant control,you can only teach
Dawn Higgins ultimately she ran to him ……better her father n family than a guy willing to take advantage of her ………look for the positive ,it’s there
she was found ,alive n will live n learn ………
I’m well aware of the negatives on life ,I just choose to look for the positives ……..
Al Brander yes I DO know the whole story
Al Brander lmaoo right a 17 year old who isn’t allowed to have a cell phone. Luckily she’s old enough to emancipate. And spend her time with who ever she chooses
Al Brander who said anything about anyone taking advantage of her? She lives with her Uncle and Aunt who were given court order custody
Dawn Higgins that’s it ? do tell
Al Brander what if she was being harmed by the uncle and forced to do things a child shouldn’t ?
I’d run too.
Jessica Rasmussen the possibilities are endless……long story short the young girl (1 year short of being n adult) decided it wasnt a good situation……..I’m sure more to the story will cone out
Al Brander the guy is actually her uncle
Brett Julianna ok
Dawn Higgins I say a guy taking advantage meaning she couldve ran to the wrong hands …..not saying the uncle was taking advantage at all ….I worded that improperly
Dawn Higgins I know the story too
Jennifer Lively and……….
Al Brander it’s NO ones business LOL unless the family wants to tell it
This became everyone’s business once the uncle started posting and commenting.
Al Brander sounds like everyone knows the story better than the next She is safe that’s what matters but all of this crap about her life being online damn I feel bad for her. Her father / uncle I believe Shouldn’t have posted everything online He knew who had Ashley he should have sent that letter from the lawyer to the people not online. Just my opinion but that poor girl isn’t gonna want to go back to her senior year ?
Laura Reeder agreed 100% people just want to read a soap opera n sutra back n judge …….noone is focused on the girl ,n y she did what she did ……….
Dawn Higgins He was just saying thank God that she went to the father and it wasn’t some random guy who abducted her. Or that she met and was trying to harm her
Obviously, there was a reason she was taken away from her birth parents. We as the public do not have the right to know what it was, but we must realize there was definitely a good enough reason or reasons this child (yes, she’s almost an adult, but she is still a child) was taken away from these people years ago bc it doesn’t just happen. Regardless of her age or who they are to her, they had no legal right to harbor her and should be charged accordingly. And, despite who teens live with, most won’t be happy with the rules and boundaries set forth for their own good. They’re teens who believe they are rational adults, which we know isn’t the case. We as parents have the obligation to protect them at all costs and if that means no cell phone, limited contact w certain people, or more supervision, it is our duty and no one else’s business.
Lauren Agnelli ty
Al Brander you’re welcome. I knew what you meant.
Jesse Niblett its ur duty to talk to your kids n know their mindset …….if u try to control n steifel kids these days …..they will find n out ,n that out may not b a good one…….how bout making your kid feel they can talk to you about anything n I mean anything ……..your method will work with a child not a young adult ……..
Just all very sad
Tracy Carr
Nicole Whitney
So very sad.
Julianna Schneider
Laura Michelle
So she lives with a ‘random guy’ ??
So a lot more info on this for sure!!
she lives with her uncle and Aunt
But the Uncles and Aunts home is where the childs welfare is being investigated? um confused… so where is she now then ?
Kelly Renee Costa She feels safe with her uncle and ran to him. The biological parents she doesn’t feel safe with
Brett Julianna She ran to her biological father. Her uncle adopted her years ago
Brett you have the storu backwards
Kelly Renee Costa anyone can be investigated I’m sure she said something was going on at home she didn’t like for this to happen. This shouldn’t have been blasted online for the world to see.
Marge Wells Anacker no one said she ran to her Biological family. They just said she went missing and now her father was arrested and her mother for holding her from the police.
Brett Julianna we see you can’t comprehend…
Brett Julianna we see you can’t comprehend…
Marge Wells Anacker more than likely he went to her. Fed her full of bullshit n here we are
Marge Wells Anacker more than likely he went to her. Fed her full of bullshit n here we are
Laura Reeder oh well it happened cannot do a thing bout it now
Laura Reeder oh well it happened cannot do a thing bout it now
Dave Meyer then I guess the other news channels are wrong also ???♀️
Child services is a criminal enterprise of selling children.
Jay Johnson OMG
You’re one of them ?
You realize that theory is nothing but word play right ?
Andy Nemec I know this first hand Andy. My sister in law works for dyfs. She is proof that they can not care for kids any better than drug addict parents. And more likely to place kids with pedophiles for money. True both statement. Proof everywhere
They steal kids from parents for cannabis use. While placing them in alcoholic home to be molested.
This is documented. Why did the dyfs officer blow his brains out. To avoid prosecution.
I’ve also worked with DCP&P workers, so no Jay Johnson, that’s not true. Where are you getting this from? Do you even know the case loads they have and what they see everyday? No one took their life to avoid prosecution. What’s wrong with you?
Tania Guzman are you related to chris
If so tell him I want my 200 buck that he embezzled from me under false pretence. How about you take his kid? Enjoying yourself yet? Let’s hear how and why he blew his brains out at work. Do tell. We are all waiting for the “truth” to be told.
This family need multiple professional counselors and resources more than they need law troubles in my opinion for the sake of the minor.
Call dr phil.
Jennifer Jems isn’t there enough Dr Phil wannabes on this post ?
Andy Nemec ???
I have been ban from face book a dozen times for speaking the truth. No matter how many like my comments
Pamela Walker read further up . It’s in there.
I just said dyfs is a criminal enterprise.
They will get me kicked off for violating standards. The truth hurts
CPS does not always have the best interest of the child or children. I agree Jay we are dealing with the cps in Lehigh county PA for almost 3 yrs. Fighting for my grandson. It sucks
Lori Verello-Calderon catch them in a crime. Record it on your phone. It does not have to be a major felony. But when faced with their own undoing they are more pliable in court. I know this first hand with the ones in nj
This wouldn’t have been an issue if you let the girl at least have a cell phone she’s 17 and it’s 2019…cmon
Neil Nappi that is abuse right there.
Jay Johnson yes it is
Neil Nappi I agree. This uncle and aunt are mentally Ill
Neil Nappi do you think they really kidnapped her?
Tracey Jordan no she went to them it sounds like
Neil Nappi do you know her?
They used child services to kid nap her. The aunt and uncle that is. She went willingly to the parents.
I never said what the reasoning for all this was….Tracking purposes ppl…Jesus…17 year old girls are attached to there phones if she had a cellphone there are many other things besides a phone call that would have helped out.
Neil Nappi I agree they were isolating the poor girl and controlling her. No wonder why she ran away from them.
Tanya Tilghman exactly… they kept her from being in contact with people living like it’s 1950. Instead of her running away there’s a good chance she could have resolved the issue at home in a better manner. Talking to friends other family anyone really.
Neil Nappi agreed! They did this to themselves. A 17 yr old with no phone, come on. Unfortunately she will run again unless they keep her captive in some closet or basement. Let her decide she will be of age and she is at the age where she can say where and who she wants to be with.
Do we really know for a FACT she didn’t own a cell phone? Because they first said “she left her cell phone at home the day she disappeared”. So We really don’t know which one is true
Dawn Higgins Her Uncle Father.. Whatever he is said she wasn’t allowed to have a phone.
Neil Nappi in what world does anyone deserve a cell phone. Should be earned like everything in life not an entitlement
Scott A Barnes then don’t cry to the police when you can’t find the child….where are u going with this?
Dawn Higgins her guardian stated she was not allowed to have a cell phone. I’m sure when they were questioned if she had a phone they said not it was left at home, obviously bc she wasn’t allowed to have one! I’m sure they didnt want to admit at first that she was not allowed
Tanya Tilghman just hearsay, theories and conjectures also can be considered libel if the uncle wants to pursuit it that way. Any thought the bio parents got to her and convinced her to come to them? Too far fetched than being accusatory?
Tanya Tilghman the bio parents especially has major issues no child abuse again another accusation
Neil Nappi you think all teens deserve a phone. If my nieces folks were known problems till the courts made me. My niece would never see them.
Scott A Barnes ?? where did I ever state that it’s some type of right for teens. Stop putting words in my mouth so you can start an argument over something completely different. This isn’t 1965 so you should probably let go. Taking away technology from a kid is only gonna hurt them. The world is based around it now so deal with it….thank god im not related to your miserable ass
Neil Nappi cell phones are actually used in high school to do work. So yeah I think it is abuse, definitely makes her stand out.
Lanie Joyce that was after he first stated it was left at home, then the story changed is all I am saying
Beth Schwartz-conner think? To not be allowed to have a cell phone?
Neil Nappi so giving a kid a possibly easy for those who by law cannot contact her ex access to contact her that access….not miserable. As an uncle I hope put yourself in HIS shoes before dreaming you can be a more miserable and judge mental ass than I
Ut oh. Better take my comment down before they are investigated for their crimes. I have never wondered why a dyfs agent would blow their brains out in the office.
My sister in law works for dyfs. She can not even clean her house or get her own kids through high school.
Jay Johnson Who are you talking about?
Jay Johnson DYFS picks on the wrong families. This is why kids are abused for years. They need people who are educated, not ones who get off when given the power and take the wrong kids out of homes. Terrible organization
Pikul Suzanne Karla thank you for knowing the truth. Stealing kids because parents smoke weed is pure hypocricy
Jay Johnson I have witnessed it and I myself went through a terrible divorce my ex was angry because I know longer wanted him. Unfortunately, he called them for 15 years. That organization is a disgrace. It took them years before they realized he was an angry ex.
Jay Johnson I have witnessed it and I myself went through a terrible divorce my ex was angry because I know longer wanted him. Unfortunately, he called them for 15 years. That organization is a disgrace. It took them years before they realized he was an angry ex.
DYFS enters, meets people for a half hour, looks at who has a nicer place, better job and makes their decision. Many are straight out of college and judge the situation on appearances only. Talk to the child!!!! Look beyond who has what. Who has been there thru thick and thin when the other party wasnt?
Jane Kartanowicz Doherty I would love to agree with you. It’s more cynical however. Without children in distress this government agency has no funding. They keep kids hostage for profit. They place kids with pedophile foster homes to insure another generation of messed up kids raising messed up kids. I’m using nice words because we are on the same team. This agency is drunk on power and control and could care less about kids. I can give a dozen such cases as examples bit am getting tired and need to paint my spare bedroom in case my niece and nephew need to come live with me. The state(dyfs) doesnt care about anything but their funding.
Jane Kartanowicz Doherty on a side note. You have a twin in the world. A doppelganger. An incredible resemblance. Her name is Tina I’ll tell you her last name if you PM me. You could be sisters.
Sad this girls business is all over the internet. Let them be. And let her see her real parents. Wtf who would hide that
Emily Specca teenage girl at that when social media is a big deal how embarrassing for her
it is embarrassing for her because everyone knows her business now but it shouldn’t have to be that way. It’s sad
Emily Specca and? Her parents I mean her bio parents caused this
and than we have people like ^^^^ who think they know the whole story LOL
Emily Specca and you hardly do with that FB degree in law right? How could possibly know the kid is embarrassed?
Well the chances are on Emily’s side that shes right. It’s a landslide victory
Well the chances are on Emily’s side that shes right. It’s a landslide victory
Kenneth Gregg not when she could not possibly how a person feels
I have a feeling theirs a big story behind the scenes ?
Maybe it’s me but she is 17 not 7; she should have some say in who she wants to associate with, barring any abuse and drug activity with her parents. This is just an awful position to be in??
Chris Tean Kinsaul not in the laws eyes
Chris Tean Kinsaul I Hope once she turns 18, she will have free will to be with who and where she wants to be.
Chris Tean Kinsaul there is a reason unbeknownst to us why her parents did not have custody and why her uncle was so protective
Carol Perri there is a reason unbeknownst to us why her parents did not have custody and why her uncle was so protective
Christine Hinds Not that it’s our business to know but since this story was made so public, maybe the uncle should come out and say what he knows about her parents and also let Ashley say why she ran away from the uncle.
Christine Hinds I don’t doubt it. The situation is so unfortunate.
Christine Hinds the state takes children from their parents for smoking weed and then turn and give them to molesters.or take the dads rights away while leaving them in the custody of a heroin addict mom just because she’s the mom so the states not always right
Christine Hinds looks like from the duck dynasty reject pic there is a reason
Carol Perri you could check arrest records. Public record
Scott A Barnes I believe teenagers have a say in whet they want to reside; age taken into consideration and situation of course.
Chris Tean Kinsaul ehhh depends on the judge
Daralynn Mock
Marianne Borace Ecanosti I knew something was up when they hired an attorney…regardless…just glad she’s alive unlike sadly most that go missing
Daralynn Mock yes!
Debbie Marsden Sean Flynn
Debbie Marsden Sean Flynn
This should never have been put out on social media. She wasn’t kidnapped. It’s a family issue that needs to be resolved in the courts but now her father and mother are arrested instead of going to court and talking to a judge. I feel badly for Ashley who needs to be heard.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
Darrell Neubauer What’s so funny?
Carol Perri the “activism”is semi comical
Scott A Barnes Well, you’re taking part in the activism.
Carol Perri hardly “ this never should have been put on social media” it’s 2019. Everything is on social media. And in a way she was. The bio parents have no rights to her n they kept her from police. What would you call it?
Carol Perri hardly “ this never should have been put on social media” it’s 2019. Everything is on social media. And in a way she was. The bio parents have no rights to her n they kept her from police. What would you call it?
Carol Perri ummm she was kidnapped! Regardless of whether she wanted to go with them or not they were the adults and should have known this wasn’t the right thing to do. She was taken and MOVED around from one place to another. There are many forms of kidnapping. Yeah I would want my kid going with them just bc they are her biological parents bc they make such great decisions on the welfare of their child! SMH…
I call it over reporting a story that really was never a story to begin with. She wasn’t kidnapped. She wanted to go. She knew the people she was with. She wasn’t in any harm. She wasn’t sex trafficked. She’s a teenager who didn’t like living with who she was living with and ran away. The story here should be why she ran away. But it’s still doesn’t need to be reported by all the scanner pages. It’s a family matter just like in any family that has custody issues.
Carol Perri Fact!!!
10000% agree here!!
Carol Perri if she “wanted” to go why did the bio parents bounce her from one place to another to elude cops that by definition is kidnapping. If they were good parents they would have involved the police the second she showed up. Now they got arrested
Scott A Barnes has to be a reason to not be living with biological parents also but now that tr police deemed her safe I think this should be a family matter now and not a community matter.
She’s almost a legal adult so I just pray she finds her path in life.
Scott A Barnes Are you a parent? I am. If my child lived with someone who she didn’t want to live with for whatever reason, I’d sit down with everyone involved to get to the bottom of the problem. No, her parents didn’t do that but maybe she ran to them without them knowing she would and told them why she had to run away. They tried to keep her from going back by moving her around because she didn’t want to go back. It wasn’t the smartest thing for her parents to do legally but they did what they felt was what she needed them to do.
I’m not arguing the parents were wrong. They were but it never should have gotten to this point if perhaps she ran to the police and told them what was happening at home. But police can only return her to her custodial parents until children services can get involved.
Andy Nemec it became one when she was deemed a missing person. Then it became a community matter now it’s a family matter
It’s beyond a ‘family matter’.
Now it’s a State and Court matter.
What is the idiot Carol Perri talking about “this should never have been put out on social media”?
It was a fucking news story about a missing person.
Next time a child goes missing, I guess we shouldn’t mention it “on social media” because it might turn out to be a “family matter”.
Stupidity.
Carol Perri it was on social media for a missing child alert. No one knew she left to be with other family. All they knew was she didnt come home and they were worried sick about her. Took 5 days for them to find out that she was with family. But within those 5days they didnt know whom she was with which was probably dreadful for her adoptive parents. She couldve been kidnapped by a stranger. Brought across state lines. But with the help of the media she was found. Now that there will be a case, that case will be public record just like anything else that happens in a court room. I get what you’re saying with it being a family matter but those 5 days it couldve been something else. Thankfully she was with other family and not a horrible criminal. Social media has had its way of solving cases faster than regular police work. It spreads the news faster and more people see it to help.
Bruce Zarillo she don’t know she another “activist”
Shauna Brower It’s just my opinion but I think the police suspected she ran away from the first day. No Amber Alert was put out which said she wasn’t taken.
I’m glad she was found and hopefully any issues she has at home can be resolved.
Shauna Brower they actually clearly had a very good idea of where she was…..
Shauna Brower they actually clearly had a very good idea of where she was…..
Bruce Zarillo so you call her an idiot while making idiotic remarks? Good man
Bruce Zarillo so you call her an idiot while making idiotic remarks? Good man
Kenneth Gregg where is the word idiot at?
From Bruce, right before he mentions her name, you cant see this?
I dont have an interest in arguing with ya’s, it just gets a little old watching people talk to others like that over the internet.. notice Carol Perri had this whole debate without calling anyone an idiot or any stupid shit like that? That’s how an adult functions, they can disagree while still acting like a decent human being.
Kenneth Gregg I’m not quite sure why I was called a name or my comments criticized but it really just goes to show the type of person who calls someone a name because he doesn’t agree with someone else’s comment.
Right Bruce Zarillo?
Kenneth Gregg You are a true gentleman and I thank you for your comment.
I have no interest in arguing either and giving my opinion was never to start one. I’m actually surprised what I said was called out but no one else’s was who said the same thing.
But again, thank you.
Because you’re an idiot, and I explained why.
Maybe you’re just a moron,.
Keri Witkowski
Its not our business.
Arlene Michele kinda became it when every channel with 80 miles profiled it and radio station
Scott A Barnes i know. Sad.
Arlene Michele eh.
That beard though
Rich Gregg I look down at the comments and all I see is your comment staring me in the face .. that’s all I can focus on whenever this guys face comes up
Rich Gregg from the duck dynasty catalog
Kenneth Gregg lol
So sad
Poor kid.
He looks like hes been crying
There’s a lot more to this story than what meets the eye
I hope this kid is alright after what she’s been through.
Yea & I have ZERO confidence with DCPP, when my 17 yr old daughter was taken/hidden from me for 4 months they did NOTHING to help return her bc her absent father is a retired cop! The system is flawed & corrupt!!! My kid chose to hide out with the bad influences of the other side bc there were no boundaries, no discipline & no consequences. These kids nowadays know how to work the system & the flawed system let’s it happen. Her legal guardians are just as much victims. The “family” that contributed to hiding her should be prosecuted fully!!!
Denise Pegg at 17, she made an early move. At 18, she would be able to decide on her own. Hopefully she chooses well
She went willingly
At 17, she should be able to choose who she wants to live with. Why make her wait till 18 and clog the court and jails with this?
It is so sad. Let the girl chose who she want to be with.
She will be 18 in a few months I think maybe both families need to get their shit together
He looks scary hope hes not no molester because he looks creepy as hell
Well this is private, but maybe it sounds like there is way more going on than we all know. She is 17, maybe she wants to know her biological family.
J’Aimee Lynn Ebert
I just feel terribly for this girl! Based on everything that was in the press, they knew that she WAS NOT kidnapped and that although she may not have been permitted to see her biological parents as deemed by the court when she was 11 and her uncle was granted custody of her, she is still a MINOR. Think about all the things you see in the media who DO NOT RELEASE NAMES OF MINORS! Now she has to walk back into High School North! The teenage years are hard enough as these kids try to transition themselves from children to adults! The court gave custody of her to her biological Uncle when she was 11 for whatever reason. NOT THE BUSINESS OF THE PUBLIC! From what I’m reading, she was not TAKEN by these 3 people. She went freely with them. Also, no cell phone at 17 years old and graduating high school in June….. really?? The only reason for that was probably so she couldn’t have contact with these people. Teens are rebellious by nature. Anyone that has one knows that the more you say “no”, the more the teen is going to do what they want. You really need to pick your battles with teens or you quickly lose the bond of trust! I CAN’T imagine her embarrassment walking back into her high school! She apparently wanted to see her biological parents and even with no cell phone, she was able to contact them. While I’m certain that the court made such a drastic move 6 years ago for a very good reason, and I believe that she has been well cared for during these last 6 years, remember that she was 11 when this happened, and she certainly had an 11 year bond with her biological parents. When she turns 18, she can make her own decisions. That being said, it is pretty obvious that she WILL CHOOSE to see her biological parents. Right now, decisions must be carefully made, and her wishes and aims to see her parents must be dealt with gingerly with respect for the wishes of this almost adult! Counseling by herself and with her adoptive parents should begin immediately so she can explain and work out her feelings, and so that her adoptive parents don’t lose her, (in the emotional sense). I don’t believe that her picture and name should have been plastered everywhere!!! They knew who she was with! They knew she was in Monmouth county. They just needed to locate her which they did pretty quickly! The way in which this situation is handled going forward will effect her for the rest of her life!!! I just pray that this delicate and complicated matter is handled in the best way possible for the benefit of this beautiful girl!! ????♥️♥️♥️♥️