BARNEGAT– On April 25, 2013 Detectives from the Prosecutor’s Special Operations Group, Southern Enforcement Unit along with members of the Stafford Township Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit and the Barnegat Township Police Narcotics Unit conducted a cooperative two-week investigation that resulted in the arrest of an area men on various [...]
TOMS RIVER–Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced today the culmination of two investigations into drug activity in the Southern Ocean County area. On April 17, 2013 Detectives from the Prosecutor’s Special Operations Group, Southern Enforcement Unit along with members of the Tuckerton Police Department conducted a cooperative investigation that resulted in the arrest of [...]
LITTLE EGG HARBOR–On 04-16-13, Melissa McNally, age 34 of Little Egg Harbor Twp. was arrested on Mathistown Rd. due to warrants out of Little Egg Harbor Twp., Tuckerton Borough, and Toms River Municipal Court’s. Total bail was $1,550.00, McNally posted bail and was released. Corporal Daniel Graczyk was the arresting officer. On 04-17-13, Kimberlyann Ridgeway, [...]
TOMS RIVER–JCP&L reported that power has been restored to Green Island after a nearly four hour outage as the result of a truck pulling down wires. Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy reports that at approximately 10:30 am on Friday, John Smith, 54, of Pleasantville was operating a truck southbound on Bayview Drive in [...]
TOMS RIVER TOWNSHIP–On Friday, Station 27, Ocean Beach Fire Department responded to a smoke call at a home in nearby Chadwick Beach. Station 69 out of Lavallette assisted. Units arrived to find the home had a burning live electrical wire under the living room floor. Firefighters contained the incident before the fire could [...]
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TOMS RIVER–Toms River Police responded to an accident in which a vehicle struck an apartment building just before 5 p.m. on Monday at t the Terrace View Apartments. Randy Reddiconto, 23, of Toms River was driving eastbound on Partridge Street when he reported the accelerator was stuck on his 2001 Chevy Blazer, causing him to [...]
MANCHESTER–On 04/21/2013 at 05:30 am, Manchester Police responded to a single story structure with four individual apartments at 3 Valley Stream Drive in Whiting, for a structure fire. When Officer Michael Guarino and Officer Steven Wendruff arrived on scene, they reported the structure was fully involved and said they observed flames protruding from the roof. [...]
Toms River-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced the arrest of Rasan S. McGee (DOB: 3-8-91) on charges of distribution of CDS, possession of CDS, and resisting arrest. Honorable Judge Ward set bail at $25,000 no ten percent. The charges stem from an investigation that began on Friday, April 19, at 2:15 pm when [...]
LAKEWOOD-A high speed chase that began in Mantoloking ended in Lakewood after Brick police pursued Ronald Defreitas, 36, of South Toms River after Defreitas fled during a traffic stop on Route 35. Police say Defreitas partially dragged an officer with his vehicle while fleeing. Officers chased the suspect into Lakewood, where he crashed at [...]