Crime & Safety
Lacey Man Indicted For Racial Threats To Delivery Driver: Prosecutor
John Vincentini told the driver he was in a "racist neighborhood" and threatened to "blow [his] brains off," officials said.
LACEY, NJ — A Lacey man was indicted by a Grand Jury on charges of bias intimidation and terroristic threats for threatening a Black Amazon delivery driver, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said.
John Vincentini, 62, followed the driver into a cul-de-sac where he was making deliveries on Sept. 5, 2022, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.
He parked his car to block the delivery vehicle, Billhimer said, and confronted the driver.
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Vincentini told the driver, "What are you doing in my neighborhood, don't you know this is a racist neighborhood," according to the affidavit of probable cause obtained by Patch.
He then told the driver "do you want me to get into my car, get my rifle, and blow your brains off," according to the affidavit.
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The affidavit said that those were the only two things Vincentini said to the driver.
The driver then drove away, and Vincentini followed him for a "short period of time" before pulling into a driveway on a neighboring street, the affidavit said. The driver contacted Lacey police.
Vincentini surrendered himself to Lacey police on Oct. 5, Billhimer said.
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