Name: Last man to see missing Rutgers student appears in court
Uploaded: 2025-12-22T17:49:01.484Z
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Description: Adam Zalouk was in Ocean County Court for a post-indictment hearing on charges unrelated to Wortman’s disappearance.

Adam Zalouk was in Ocean County Court for a post-indictment hearing on charges unrelated to Wortman’s disappearance.

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Adam Zluk, identified as the last person to see Rutgers student Morty Wartman before his disappearance, appeared in Ocean County court for a post-indictment hearing. Zluk is not charged in connection with Wartman's disappearance, but faces charges related to a July incident involving alleged threats and vandalism against Wartman.

Judge Guy Ryan increased Zluk's monitoring after he failed to attend anger management and contacted Wartman on the night he went missing. Wartman has been missing for 31 days, and his family continues independent searches, expressing their belief that Zluk is connected to the case. Zluk is scheduled to return to court in February.

Last man to see missing Rutgers student appears in court

IT'S BEEN ONE MONTH SINCE RUCKER'S STUDENT MORTY WARTMAN WAS LAST SEEN. TODAY, THE LAST PERSON TO SEE AND SPEND TIME WITH HIM WAS BEFORE A JUDGE IN THE OCEAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE. HOWEVER, THAT MAN IS NOT CHARGED WITH WARTMAN'S DISAPPEARANCE. NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY'S CHRIS KEATING HAS MORE FROM THE COURTHOUSE IN TOMS RIVER. CHRIS. SIMON, GOOD AFTERNOON. ADAM ZLUK WAS IN THE COURTROOM TODAY FOR WHAT'S KNOWN AS A POST-INDICTMENT HEARING. THAT HEARING IS RELATED TO AN INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE BACK IN JULY. AND IN THAT CASE, WE'RE TOLD ZLUK IS ACCUSED OF THREATENING THE LIFE OF MORTY WARTMAN WITH A KNIFE AND THEN USING THAT KNIFE TO VANDALIZE MORTY'S CAR. ADAM ZLUK WAS HERE IN TOMS RIVER AND WAS BEFORE A JUDGE TODAY IN TR AS HIS ATTORNEY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO VERY SERIOUS CHARGES THAT INCLUDE TERRORISTIC THREATS, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND WEAPONS POSSESSION. ZLUK HAS BEEN FREE FROM JAIL ALL THIS TIME. HOWEVER, JUDGE GUY RYAN TODAY INCREASED ZLUK'S LEVEL OF MONITORING. THAT'S BECAUSE HE FAILED TO ATTEND AN ANGER MANAGEMENT COURSE AND BECAUSE HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH VICTIM MORTY WARTMAN BACK ON NOVEMBER 21ST. ZLUK WAS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE THE RUTGERS STUDENT THAT VERY NIGHT IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP. MORTY WAS SPOTTED ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO GETTING INTO A CAR WITH ZLUK IN A SCHOOL PARKING LOT. SINCE THEN, SEARCHES OF THAT AREA HAVE COME UP EMPTY. TODAY WE SPOKE WITH MORTY WARTMAN'S BROTHER AND FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO ARE CONVINCED ZLUK HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH HIS DISAPPEARANCE. We're still searching on our own. We're still conducting our own searches and doing everything we can do. Mentality wise, we're still restless, we still want answers. That's kind of what we're prioritizing now, just answers over anything. MORTY WARTMAN HAS NOW BEEN MISSING FOR 31 DAYS. AS FOR ADAM ZLUK, HE'LL BE BACK HERE IN A COURTROOM IN FEBRUARY CONCERNING THIS MATTER. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, THE FAMILY OF MORTY WARTMAN WILL ALSO BE HERE THAT DAY. IN TOMS RIVER, I'M CHRIS KEATING, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY.

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