TOMS RIVER – A former lifestyle director of a Waretown senior community has been sentenced to state prison after stealing nearly $147,000 and attempting to delay prosecution with forged medical records, authorities said.
Ocean County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael T. Nolan Jr. announced that Alicia Campbell, 37, of Mays Landing, was sentenced September 5 by Superior Court Judge Kenneth T. Palmer to six years in New Jersey State Prison for theft. She also received an 18-month term for obstruction of justice, to run concurrently. Campbell must pay $146,976 in restitution to the Greenbriar Oceanaire Community & Golf Course, where she once worked.
Prosecutors said Campbell misused association funds between January 2019 and January 2022 while serving as lifestyle director, a role that involved planning events and purchasing items for residents. Investigators found she used community accounts for personal spending and funneled money through Venmo transfers that were routed back into her personal account.
Campbell was initially charged in March 2023 with theft, financial facilitation, forgery, falsifying records, and credit card fraud. She surrendered to police the same day. A grand jury indicted her in January 2024.
As the case moved forward, Campbell submitted forged documents to the court claiming her child was receiving leukemia treatment in Texas, prosecutors said. Detectives determined the paperwork was falsified, leading to additional charges in October 2024, including obstruction and tampering with records.
“This case underscores both the scope of the financial fraud and the extraordinary measures taken to avoid accountability,” Nolan said, praising the work of Senior Assistant Prosecutors Alyssa Mandara and Taylor Toscano, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Economic Crime Squad, and Ocean Township Police.
Campbell pleaded guilty to theft and obstruction of justice on June 27, 2025.
