Anonymous Letters Threatened Colts Neck Candidate To Drop Out Of Election: Report

COLTS NECK, NJ — Township Committeewoman Sue Fitzpatrick filed a police report after two identical letters were left in front of her home and in her mail threatening her to drop out of the Republican primary race for town committee or have her life ruined, according to a report from the Asbury Park Press.

The letters were left at Fitzpatrick’s home sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, the report said.

Fitzpatrick is currently running for re-election on the Colts Neck Township Committee against John Tobia, the chair of the town’s planning board. Fitzpatrick has served on the committee for five years.

After the letters were left at her home, Fitzpatrick told the Asbury Park Press that she filed a report with the Colts Neck Police Department and plans to file a report with the NJ Attorney General’s Office and Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office for campaign interference and intimidation.

Patch has reached out to Fitzpatrick and the Colts Neck Township Police Department for more information.

In a statement posted on Saturday, Tobia condemned the anonymous letters sent to Fitzpatrick, labeling the attempts to intimidate and threaten her as “beyond unacceptable.”

He went on to say that these attempts must be called out and that threats have “no place in any campaign. Not now. Not ever.”

“Let’s be clear: no matter how angry we are, or how passionate we get about our beliefs and perspectives, threats and intimidation have no place in our community,” Tobia said. “We must draw that line and stand together to make sure it’s never crossed. Not now. Not ever.”

2025 Primary Election Day will take place on Tuesday, June 10. To learn more about the election in Colts Neck, you can click here.

To read the full report from the Asbury Park Press, you can click here.