Millburn Home Invasion Draws NJ Assembly Response

In response to the recently brutal home invasion in Millburn caught on a nanny-cam, the New Jersey Republican Assembly announced Wednesday it will introduce new legislation to increase severity of penalty to home invasion.

The proposed bill is a response to the incident Friday morning on Cypress Street in Millburn, where a young mother was viciously beaten in front of her 3-year-old daughter while her 1-year-old child was asleep upstairs.

Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick announced he will introduce legislation that will upgrade the penalties for a home invasion a third degree to second degree offense, which calls for a 5-to-10 year prison term, a fine of up to $150,000 and the offender would have to serve at least 85 percent of that sentence.

 “Under current law, some burglary offenses must be prosecuted as a third-degree crime," Bramnick said in a release. "Criminals could potentially walk away from a home invasion without facing jail time."

The bill will also provide the same penalty if the intruder unlawfully enters or remains in a building adapted for overnight accommodation, whether or not a person is actually present. 

Bramnick added, "Home invasion and burglary are traumatic and dangerous crimes. We have to protect the public by giving prosecutors the tools they need to put criminals behind bars.”