FREEHOLD – An Asbury Park man has been convicted of luring and kidnapping a then-11-year-old girl off the street in 2023, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.
Following an eight-day trial before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Paul X. Escandon, last week 30-year-old Raquan Folk was found guilty by a jury of first-degree Kidnapping, second-degree Luring a Child, and third-degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, the victim was walking on Ridge Avenue in Asbury Park when a man later identified as Folk pulled up to her in a vehicle and convinced her to get inside, according to an investigation led by Detective Kayla Santiago of the MCPO Special Victims Bureau and Detective Scott Ritter of the Asbury Park Police Department…