FREEHOLD - A Monmouth County judge has ordered a Neptune man to remain in jail while he awaits trial, having been accused of breaking into a young woman's house and stealing her bra and bathing suit top as well as sending threatening messages to another woman that referenced Neptune City murder victim Sarah Stern.

The ruling from Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Paul X. Escandon comes about four months after Wayde M. Delhagen, 25, was initially arrested, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office announced in a statement.

Delhagen is facing charges of third-degree burglary, fourth-degree theft by unlawful taking, fourth-degree criminal mischief and related charges of fourth-degree stalking and fourth-degree cyber-harassment, the statement read.

According to the statement, Delhagen faces a sentence of three to five years in prison for the burglary charge and up to 18 months in state prison for each of the fourth-degree charges.

The investigation into Delhagen began when police responded to a 911 call around 3 a.m. on June 15 about a possible burglary at a home in the 700 block of Wayside Road in Neptune, authorities said. When they arrived, a then 18-year-old girl and her mother told police someone had broken into the home through the young girl's window, while she and her mother slept.

While searching near the home, police found Delhagen with a bathing suit top and a bra that they believe he had taken from a laundry basket under the young girl's window, police said.

Prior: Suspect stole woman's bra while she was home.

Police: Suspect referenced Sarah Stern murder in threats to woman, cops say.

Originally, Delhagen was released in accordance with state bail guidelines. But further investigation revealed that Delhagen had been corresponding with the young girl for about a year via social media and that the communication had morphed into harassment by Delhagen, police said.

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When the girl rejected Delhagen's request to meet, police said, he began sending her "disturbing images, including a Google Maps image of the victim's residence." After being rejected by the girl a second time, police said, Delhagen sent a harassing text message to the girl's mother.

After learning this, police arrested Delhagen on charges of stalking and cyber-harassment and he was taken to the Monmouth County jail, police said.

Outside of Neptune, Delhagen is charged with two counts of fourth-degree cyber-harassment, as part of an ongoing investigation into harassing messages that police said Delhagen sent another "young female victim and her mother."

The messages in this case, police said, included references to the homicide of Sarah Stern — a Neptune City woman who was killed in 2016 and thrown off the Route 35 bridge in Belmar by two men she had known since childhood.

Authorities are asking that anyone with additional information or anyone who may have been harassed by Delhagen on social media to call Detective James Van Etten of the Neptune City Police Department at (732) 455-0117, or Det. Erick Amadruto of the Neptune Twp. Police Department at (732) 988-8000 ext. 419.

Keith Schubert is the morning breaking news reporter. He is a recent graduate at the University of Minnesota and has worked in multiple newsrooms including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He can be contacted via text, call or signal at (732) 239-8731 or emailed at kschubert@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @keithsch94.