Manville Parent Arrested In Somerset County Child Support Sweep

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — A total of 47 men and women who owe a combined total of $952,298.50 in child support were arrested following a sweep by the Somerset County Sheriff's Office.

In Manville, Dominic Lumia, 35, was arrested for owing $18,285.73 in child support payments.

The operation conducted Sept. 26 to 28 involved more than 36 Sheriff's Officers, operating in teams, who served outstanding warrants and made arrests to individuals who are delinquent in making child-support payments.

Somerset County locals arrested hailed from Bound Brook, Somerset, Hillsborough, Somerville and North Plainfield. The largest amount owed was $143,435.73 from Roger Munoz, 45, of Plainfield and in Somerset County it was $46,529.63 from Dewayne Barnett, 35, Somerset.

"This operation was conducted to remind parents of the importance of making regular child support payments and hopefully renew their commitment to do the right thing," said Somerset County Sheriff Fr ank Provenzano. "Child support is a safety net for many Somerset County families. Children depend on child support for their basic needs such as food, shelter, healthcare and back-to-school clothing. Conducting these roundups gives us the ability to better serve children and families with the financial support they need and deserve."

Among those arrested was Michael Phillips, who has a child support warrant out of Middlesex County as well. Dominic Lumia was arrested on a child support warrant out of Monmouth County. Jahwil Thomas was arrested on two failure-to-appear-in-court warrants, out of the Franklin Township and Bridgewater Township municipal courts, respectively.

"The roundup was a great success as far as the statistics show," Provenzano said. "What we don't see is how many delinquent parents pay up once they know we are looking for them. Knowing that they face possible arrest encourages delinquent parents to uphold their obligations or face incarcerat ion. It creates a compounding effect of payments that lasts weeks after the roundup."

Out of the $952,298.50 owed by delinquent parents, a total of $16,260 was collected by authorities.

Arrested/AgeResidenceAmount OwedAmount CollectedTylah Boyce, 37Roselle$34,047.14$150Lloyd Bunner, 62Cherry Hill$58,411.19$500Stephanie Baita, 31Edison$3,783.26$0Kevin Phillips, 42New Brunswick$4,872.29$500.Keisha Brothers, 40Bound Brook$37,014.71$150Sandro Torres, 41Trenton$26,563.05$60Dwayne Roney, 49Plainfield$7,007.22$10Ralph Germain, 37Linden$29,849.64$280Darwin Pinzon, 31Plainfield$53,822.77$200James Wortman, 39Morristown$26,249.74$120Dewayne Barnett, 35Somerset$46,529.63$150Roberto Martinez, 25Bound Brook$3,872.75$150Ronnie Breedy, 33Somerset$1,743.97$30Peter Rogina, 55Manalapan$23,407.67$1,814Eddie Hopkins, 34Plainfield$11,617.93$70Julie Kafara, 31Hillsborough$6,314$20Ramona Collinson, 53Bound Brook$11,174.81$25Wagner Sevilla, 43Plainfield$21,940$200Christopher Lamoreauz, 40North Brunswick$3,170.73$0Michael Phillips, 36Somerset$1,280$0Michael Phillips, 36Somerset$11,090.75$0Mario Castro, 42Plainfield$10,024.93$100Mario Castro, 42Plainfield$5,713.82$100Marquis Esaw, 36Somerville$9,992.96$0Jeffrey Goodman, 46Plainfield$1,805.71$0Sheldon Evans, 35Middlesex$28,782.46$0Roy Sullivan, 33Piscataway$888.73$125Patrick Nash, 53New Brunswick$2,995.49$0Rudolph Wolfinger, 51South River$39,937.60$0John Riccardo, 48Hillsborough$30,286.86$500Terrie Honeycutt, 42Woodbridge$8,170.74$100Andrew Holt, 31Brooklyn, New York$5,172$760Mark Lesko, 42Highland Park$32,636.21$6Wesley Zubritsky, 29Middlesex$9,881.75$200Anthony Shaw, 39Piscataway$9,734.23$60Juan Torres, 36Bound Brook$600$100Jose Viteri, 38North Plainfield$22,593.60$200Robert Jones, 42Plainfield$19,507.16$400Jennifer Thall, 36Middletown$3,473.39$150Mary Terkowski, 31North Plainfield$5,906.28$150Roger Munoz, 45Plainfield$143,435.73$500Roger Munoz, 45Plainfield$4,843.01$500Jamal Hunter, 31Irvington$6,043.07$0Keeon Summers, 41 North Brunswick$18,620.60$0Keeon Summers, 41North Brunswick$8,289.50$0Matthew Kochell, 19Harrison$8,736$0Juan Alfaro, 40North Plainfield$41,377.20$0Juan Alfaro, 40North Plainfield$794$0Dominic Lumia, 35Manville$18,285.73$110Gregory Shiffner, 59Oceanport$8,532$6,870Joseph Cornellier, 50Somerville$17,673.49$900Chanda Obrien, 47Bound Brook $3,801$0Jahwil Thomas, 23SomersetFailure to Appear in Court - $750.00 Bail - Bridgewater Township/$250.00 Bail - Franklin TownshipTOTAL COLLECTIONS$952,298.50 $16,260

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Originally published Oct 13, 2017.

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