BRICK TOWNSHIP MASSAGE THERAPIST CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced today that Jonathan Higgins, age 28, of Toms River, was charged with Sexual Assault in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2c(1) on June 27, 2019.
Higgins, while employed as a massage therapist at Hand and Stone Massage & Facial Spa in Brick Township, committed an act of penetration on a female customer during the course of a massage on June 25, 2019. Higgins was arrested and processed at Brick Township Police Headquarters and transported to the Ocean County Jail where he is lodged pending a detention hearing.
Prosecutor Billhimer is urging anyone having information or who feels they may be a victim to please contact Detective Nicole Testa of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-929-2027 or Detective Timothy McCarthy of the Brick Township Police at 732-262-1100.
The public and media are reminded that all defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Bryan Huntenburg — Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office
Ban penetration.
Nasty perv, buh bye!
Dam horn dogs every where
Disgusting
eww that effing sick!
Heidi Rappl
Sandra Walters Siliato did you see this?
Vinnie Coletta wow
I’m sorry, but I go for massages every two weeks. I’m never in a state to not know if some one is putting their ? in my ?. How the hell?
Chanel Rafaella yeah something is fishy about this
Exactly
Robyn Michele I can never ever sleep. I wish I could lol 80 min for me too and I never fall out lol
Chanel Rafaella lol i deleted my comment because i reread what you wrote, lol.
very weird situation.. especially for hand & stone.
1) it doesnt say she was sleeping
2) it doesnt say what he penetrated her with
3) penetrating someone unconsensually with a penis is rape
Chanel Rafaella could have been a finger?
finger in I guess? idk not right but, who knows
Chanel Rafaella it says he penetrated. That could be with his finger or an object maybe while massaging her thighs. It doesn’t have to be with his penis to be sexual assault of penetration. Disgusting no matter how you cut it ?
guy had no self control I suppose, just an odd situation
John Von-Berkowitz maybe. Idk. Whole thing is crazy. I have an excellent relationship with my therapist and she doesn’t go below mid behind. Would like to know the rest of the details including how long he worked at this locations.
Chanel Rafaella which “location”? Below the belt or the store location? Lol
Brenda Ann Parkerson store lol
Did I miss something in the article? I didn’t read anywhere that she was asleep, unconscious, or didn’t know it happened. All I read is he “preformed an act of penetration”
Christine Barton-Tate very contradictory comments. 2 and 3 don’t jive.
I went to the EB Salon and the male masseuse sat on my table… and he did same to a friend, we called and complained. It was just very WEIRD!!!!
Nasty
3rd hand.. hard at work
Hahaha
Jessica Francis
Marguerite Cavallucci Kennedy
Michele Ann it happens and it’s sad they give the massage therapists a bad name it’s wrong as most are not like that they are professional
DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE INTERNET! This is Slander! Innocent until proven guilty! He would never do anything to jeopardize his career or his life by doing something like this! He was falsely accused and his family attends to prove it!
DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ ON THE INTERNET! This is SLANDER! He is innocent and his family plans to prove it! If you know him you know he is a good person and this is not within his character! He would never jeopardize his life, job or integrity of his company by doing something like this!
Marguerite Cavallucci Kennedy thanks for speaking on behalf of us… this gives us a bad name
Low life
he probably used his ? not his? still a weirdo either way
Very nice way to put it ?
Peggy Schab Farrelly tried to keep it pg-13
So he was pokin round where he shouldna been..
Besides the massage she got an old fashioned finger Diddle
She should have been wearing a chastity belt like in the old Woody Allen when he said he found the key to the latch to get to her snatch
Melissa Elizabeth Amy Lynn
Kimberly Studer Umbro
It could basically mean he used his um fingers and not his ?
Wtf!!
The lady probably ask for full body massage that’s what she got guys innocent
Found the pervert
And he hides behind a fake account on fb
Too bad we can’t hide from him in real life
Nasty!
Steph VanPeltfake account? Who smokie?
Why fake account, because he doesn’t have a picture or anything for you to see?
If he is a Houston, Texas resident by the name of Smokie Castoral, I’d stand corrected. But yes to your questions; no profile picture, name that doesn’t sound like a given name, saying rotten stuff like that, and he could be anyone ?♀️
Jennifer Marie Skalski ?
Corrina Lombardo holy shit. After my time but DAMN
Amanda Mazzoni Broyles!!
Mich Elle omg!
WTF
Shell Anne ?
Isn’t that the point of going for a massage? ??♂️#happyendings
John Nelson if it would have been a man and a female give him a massage would be no complaints
Smokie Castoral unless she finger his ass ?
John Nelson I didn’t read the article. Was it a man penetrated or woman? Maybe it was the butt?!
John Nelson only if you asked for it ?♀️
Omg!! Gross!
he need sexual therapy problem LMAO!!!! ??????
I’m sure it was his finger. If he used his shlong she would have screamed her head off if he got on top of her before he could even get it in. Still, no excuse and disgusting.
KL Darcy What? Have you ever had a massage? You know, when you are face down and half asleep? What a disgusting statement.
KL Darcy I could be wrong but I think I might say digital penetrate or something like that if it was that. I could be wrong though. ?
Kara Jo thermometer? Is that what you are referring too?
Lauren Soltmann
StaiiCey Ann WalasZek omg!!! Not my therapist thank god!
Nanci Mehta
Cheryl Dingess is this where you go lol
Kristin Summey omg yes it is but I’ve never had him
Sounds like someone was not Happy with there Happy ending
Christine Garitta
Rachel Nachtigall he never massaged me but I’ve seen him there before
Sick very sick
If this is true, its rape. I can’t believe the comments here. Be glad it wasn’t your gf, wife, daughter.
Carrie Magruder
Lauren Ann
Rich Marshall oops just sent you this ?
If my massage therapist came in looking like him I would’ve got up off the table before he even touched me
Nicole Lieter
Emily Schlenger wtf
You mean rape
Noelle Smith No, clown. There is no charge of “rape” in New Jersey criminal code. The charge is “sexual assault”. Educate yourself.
Noelle Smith also, penetrate does not conclusively imply rape. It conclusively implies penetration. Consensual penetration in a massage room is still very illegal. I’m not saying it wasn’t rape, or isn’t a severe enough charge or language. I don’t know that. I’m just pointing out that consensual penetration in a massage room is illegal, and, penetration does not conclusively imply rape. Just sayin.
Tim Cairns rape :The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.”
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/blog/updated-definition-rape
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape
But you believe what you want
Noelle Smith not by NJ law. It is called sexual assault. You can refer to it however you like, but that is the legal term here.
Wow congratulations Noelle Smith all those attempts to condescend and look cool yet you’re still wrong. NJSA 2C:14-2. Google is your friend.
Rape is rape you can try and put any twist on it you’d like I’ve proved my point you can keep talking out your ass
Jen Roselli Jacqueline Rose
Joe Girgenti related to lisa? Lmao
Breanna Reitsma
Amy Trangone super sad and extremely upsetting when someone goes into this line of work for any other reason than to help heal and relax others. I’ve never met him thank god
He is fucking innocent he is being accused of it and yall fucking pussies for saying shit about someone yall dont know fuck all of you
Siobhan
Kat Cruz oh boy! I worked there few years ago brick & spring lake
Jeanine Elizabeth
Bobby Jones
James Sorrentino Jr
Jessica Kapl Sorrentino you go there right ??
Morgan Grobelny nope I go to massage envy thank god and I go to the same therapist each time
It was that deep deep tissue massage he was offering.
Gross.
Brandi Moran maybe I’ll book my massage at a different Hand and Stone ?
Dominique Layton maybe try a female instead
Robert Lee cause females don’t do that either….. ?
Joshua Presho
Forget God, I’m telling Olivia Benson
Unhappy ending….
Bryan Order
Thought Hand&Stone was above that stuff
Joan Albietz hand is literally in the name.
We are but we can’t help peoples actions or non actions. Has nothing to do with business
Laide Maria Granja Petisco
ToniAnn Tommy Puglia toxic
Laide Maria Granja Petisco crazy!! I would’ve beat the fucker !
ToniAnn Tommy Puglia same here
Go figure , enough said .
Jon Craig Schmied, thanks for the membership! ??
Heather Schmiedeberg that’s Toms River! Not Brick!!
Jon Craig Schmied nope, brick
Not rape though….penetrating ?
Christina Speight just sodomy
Christina Speight penetrate does not conclusively imply rape. It conclusively implies penetration. Consensual penetration in a massage room is still very illegal. I’m not saying it wasn’t rape, or isn’t a severe enough charge or language. I don’t know that. I’m just pointing out that consensual penetration in a massage room is illegal, and, penetration does not conclusively imply rape. Just sayin.
Christina Speight so your comment and emogee make it sound like no big deal?
How do you delete a comment ??
Tresa Gherdovich?♀️?
Wait what kind of massage was she getting??
Funny. When someone is threatened, jumped or has their property damaged, Brick police always tell the victim, without video, they can’t make an arrest bc the police didn’t witness it happening? As a licensed massage therapist, it isn’t so simple to “penetrate” someone on the massage table.
Sharon Lynn Huber are the clients typically unclothed when they get massages? Maybe for full body?
Sharon Lynn Huber seems like it is.
Sharon Lynn Huber I used to get massages there. Clients choice. I was never completely unclothed under the blanket.
Sharon Lynn Huber I mean who is to say it wasn’t consensual. That would still be a crime.
Harry Paul
Practiced massage for 13 years and the ONLY people who would do that are NOT NORMAL to begin with. Trust me, last thing a true therapist wants to do is massage someone any more than what is supposed to massage. We DONT like when people feel they can unclothe IN FRONT of us and I guarantee the one thing on our mind most of the massage time is “what do I need to get from the store” “what am I going to eat for lunch/dinner” and “when will this massage be over” This person is a CREEP. Should have never finished school and given a license
Roberta-Max Omictin so much for innocent til proven guilty
I wish we new the whole story
Lillian Karalis understandable. But would anyone else opt to have a massage with him after that? Very rarely are people innocent of what they are accused of
And being in the massage business you should know when you go to school they teach you that false accusations can happen and that there’s certain things you can do to try to prevent an accusation but not all the time does that happen. A friend of mine who owns multiple massage places says they get thousands of false reports of assault. Weeding out what’s true and what’s false in that profession is a daunting task. Unfortunately in cases like this it’s He said She said and it’s hard to prove. Everyone here doesn’t know the whole story and are just assuming his guilty without have all the facts! Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty. Social media has made it easier for everyone to be judge, jury and executioner without having ALL the facts! According to posts I’ve seen this person hasn’t even gone to court yet so he’s innocent until proven otherwise. I truly hope he is innocent bc I’m sure it is devastating to all that know him. Unfortunately if he is his reputation as a person and a professional is already ruined thanks to the media.
MA RY better watch out when you get massages
Ally Myers I thought you had to pay extra for that ?
Lillian Karalis did you work with him?!
Kaitlin Sauer ?
Chelsea Hannula wtf
Denise Zelinsky- Hannula yup in brick. Horrible
Chelsea Hannula seems unlikely
Rachel Vogel
Denise Zelinsky- Hannula yeah Idk what to think
Let’s not forget, something like this happened at massage envy a year or two ago.
NOT GOOD and I’m very dissapoinment in this! Unbelievable.
Didn’t he work at crunch Toms River too ?
Maria Agrusa-Sabo omg I was just there. #ladiesonly for me ?
Gotta pay extra for that
Adam Marshall Barbara DiGiacomo Marshall ?
Rosetta Deluca
Madison Smith
Shawn Zenszer rethinking my love of massages now lmao
Eww.
WHY IS THIS KIDS FACE PLASTERED ALL OVER FACEBOOK?? INNOCENT TIL PROVEN GUILTY?? NOT ANYMORE
28 is NOT a kid. It’s called a mug shot and it’s public info.
I know this young man. There is more to this than meets the eye. But thank you for your clarification
every sexual assailant has family and friends. Just because you know this individual does not mean you know the facts. You weren’t in the room with them.
Brittany Nicole neither were you
Lillian Karalis I never said I was. But it’s very presumptuous of
You to say this person is innocent or guilty just on you “knowing him” let the Justice system figure that out. You saying there is more to this than meets the eye is already discrediting the victim.
Lillian Karalis he was charged with a crime. He’s a 28 year old adult. His mug shot is on the internet because he committed a CRIME. If someone assaulted you, i think you would want them to be charged as well. You know that girl is someone’s daughter right? How would you feel if this was your daughter. Keep your insensitive comments to yourself
HE ALLEGEDLY committed a crime. So quick to persecute him. Keep your pompous assumptions to yourself
Furthermore imagine if someone falsely accused your son of a crime. How would you feel??
Brittany Nicole I am simply saying that I am a witness to his character and familiar with the back story. I am not discrediting anyone
Lillian Karalis it’s guilty to proven innocent as I witness
Thomas Lavallo I would never have gone into this business had I been a male
Cops don’t arrest someone without evidence. So you’re right when you say there’s more to this story than meets the eye. We just will have to wait and see then.
Do you even live in the US? All they need is probable cause, the accusation for one is technically probable cause, IF she went to get DNA off her, his DNA would be all over her bc she had a massage done by him so they could have used that as probable cause. Hell in any case, someone could look like a suspect and that would be enough for probable cause to arrest someone. So yeah they do arrest people without evidence. That is why it’s supposed to be INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. But with today’s world and technology it seems to be the other way around. Everyone is Judge, Jury and Executioner without having ALL THE FACTS!
I’m not sure which part of he’s been charged with a crime is so hard for people to understand? He was charged. He’s not allegedly charged.
Well I’m not the one going on the internet trying to discredit someone who was assaulted. You went online and did.
Okay I give. You’re a better person than I am. Sleep well
Brittany Nicole btw. Wrong. All cops need is probable cause.
Lillian Karalis no, In sexual assault cases they need more proof than a “he said she said scenario” he was arrested at the police station. Not at
His house. So did it ever cross your mind they came to the conclusion to arrest him based off of having a conversation with him?
Omg Yoselin Fransini Corella Navarro
Katherine Omfg dude wtf
Em Kowalski
Lauren Quibell Miller
Kalagh Mendoza Jennifer Lynn
Nicole Casares
Tanya Callan ewww omg, thank god I never got massaged by him ?
Don’t be too fast in judging the guy yet …..
you never know in these types of cases the other person could be an girlfriend or just a bitch looking for a pay out with her broke ass
Charlie Cleen ummm he penetrated a CLIENT AT WORK. Nice try tho
Krystal Turnbull this guys just embarrassing himself on multiple posts don’t mind him
Tonianne Lola
Ohh look it’s the slut !!!
Tonianne Lola
Should be a law for having 30,000 selfies. Much low self esteem???
Charlie Cleen you literally in your wildest dreams could never have a woman like me???????
Tonianne Lola
You are sooooooooo Right !!!!! No one wants that head case with issues
All hairstylist are whacky people!!
You are so stuck on yourself and sooo selfish
You are So full of yourself Libtard
You don’t own anything not even the House on Lincoln
Friggen headache you are such a loser … get a real job !
Krystal Turnbull
Uhhh. Do you have proof ??? We’re you there??? It’s called a complaint…. the investigation is not quite over yet simpleton.. ohh. Hold on you must be Jesus !!! You were there !!!?????
Krystal Turnbull
Innocent until proven … good you are not a judge
Tonianne Lola
I went through your pictures
You definitely have issues … wait until 30 in another 5 years Lololol you will see you are going to lose that young stupid look that you have then all will drop … lololol?
Anthony Demarco why are you so obsessed with me old man lol
Charlie Cleen you sound like a fucking meth head lol are you okay???? Who hurt you??? I make so much money it’s ridiculous but thanks for your concern about my job sweetheart❤️
Laura Porter-Wyckoff Tom Wyckoff is this your guy?
Alyssa Martel yep
Becca Stewart
no fuckin way i use to hang out with this kid in laceyy back in the day
Danny Perotti clearly he is a loser.
Krystal Turnbull yea obv lol
Krystal Turnbull just because an article came out doesn’t mean he’s a loser. There are always 3 sides to every story. Hers. His. And the truth. We don’t know what really happened. We don’t even have all the facts. I know this guy, he isn’t like this. Something isn’t right about this whole situation. I’m telling you something isn’t right.
It’s news they are just saying he’s charged
Laurie Munro- Cassidy
Michelle Work
Whew …. go to Toms River
Julie Feliciano look Your people in my town! Fucking fool who does this. ??♀️
Ewww wtf
Breanna Reitsma
Jon Frank this sort of thing makes me so upset and sick to my stomach.
SCUMBAG
Hope he gets fucked with a dry cactus ? in jail!!!!
Adam Silversmith
Madison Ocasio Arielle Sarah Furio
Christie Gi YOOOO
We need to see video. Just sayin
Fake news for sure
Scum
Chris Mackey ?
Alisandra Jones Mackey At least he’s cute
I know him Personally and he isn’t that type of guy. Something doesn’t seem right about this AT ALL. I can’t wait for more facts to come out about this.
Kristen Marie I agree something is not right with this whole thing
Innocent until proven guilty. Period.
Kristen Marie except on Facebook unfortunately, people have already made up their minds
Something just sounds off about this, I have a spa membership and I would for sure feel someone getting on the table ??♀️
Allison Peters yeah. I’m pretty sure you’re safe from ALL and any sexual advances
Allison Peters There are a lot of other ways penetration can happen. ?
He was charged. Not convicted. Let’s see what the outcome is
Your headlines convict him. He’s been charged not convicted by law.
Time will tell if he did this or not. Unfortunately some people are capable of doing things we never would have imagined possible. All you have to do is read or watch the news to realize this
Sicko
Just curious, and making assumptions here. What if she was cheating on her husband with him, she got caught, and is now screaming sexual assault?
David Meyer exactly! Something seems fishy with this story.
Lexy Myers
Heather Jo ?
Rebecca Arra
?