Colonia Man Charged With Voting Fraud In Monmouth County

HIGHLANDS, NJ — A Colonia man who has a business in Highlands is accused of using his business address to vote in Monmouth County for four years of elections, from 2015 to 2019.

Steven Solop, 67, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge, surrendered to investigators at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, where he was charged and released pending a future court date.

Solop owns a business on Bay Avenue in Highlands.

According to Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni, he put his business as his primary residence when he registered to vote, and voted at polling places in Highlands borough from October 2015 through November 2019.

He is charged with third-degree fraudulent voting, interference with election; and third-degree false registration, and is facing possible jail time.

Voting records show he registered to vote in Woodbridge in 1996 and voted in Woodbridge from 1999 through 2014.

The prosecutor said he should have lawfully only voted in Woodbridge, where he lives.

Solop is represented by Robert Honecker, a lawyer who is also president of The 200 Club of Monmouth County.

"As soon as we were made aware of these charges, he started cooperating fully with law enforcement," Honecker told Patch Friday.

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