BRICK FATAL FIRE
On this date (6/14) at 12:52 am, Brick Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to a structure fire on Brower Dr. Upon their arrival they found neighbors attending to one of the occupants of the...
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OCPO Major Crime Unit Det. Mitchell Remig reports that on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 0830 hours, investigators returned to the scene at 35 Brower Drive in Brick, NJ, to conduct the origin and cause...
View ArticleOCPO TEACHES STUDENTS TO BE G.R.E.A.T.
Lakewood, NJ – Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced nearly 500 sixth grade students at Lakewood Middle School successfully completed the G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and...
View ArticleARREST IN SEXUAL ASSAULT
On June 16, 2015, Lakewood Police Department Officer Chase Messer and Ocean County Prosecutor Special Victims Unit Det. Melissa Matthews arrested Margarito Quiroz Lopez, 51, of Lakewood on charges of...
View ArticleARREST IN SEXUAL ASSAULT OF FOUR MINOR FEMALE VICTIMS
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Toms River Police Chief Mitchell A. Little announce that on June 16th, 2015, Toms River Police Det. Thomas Grosse and Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office...
View ArticleSEASIDE HEIGHTS SPECIAL OFFICER ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Seaside Heights Police chief Thomas Boyd announce the arrest of Kevin Meier, 21, of Seaside Heights on charges Possession of Child Pornography and...
View ArticleGUILTY PLEA IN LAKEWOOD LAWN SWASTIKA CARVING
Scott F. Cooney, 36, of Lakewood, NJ, today entered a guilty plea before Judge James M. Blaney, J.S.C. to one count of Bias Intimidation in the 4th degree. He will be sentenced on August 21, 2015....
View ArticleBERKELEY TEEN DEATH INVESTIGATION CONCLUSION
As reported by local media and confirmed by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, the body of a young male was discovered wedged between two pieces of granite on Saturday (6/20) at about 6:40 am. The...
View ArticleLAKEWOOD HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION
On June 22, 2015, at approximately 11:22 pm, the Lakewood Police Department responded to a motor vehicle accident in the 200 block of River Ave, Lakewood, NJ. Once on scene, Lakewood Police Ptl. Dennis...
View ArticleSUSPECT WANTED IN LAKEWOOD FATAL STABBING
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Lakewood Police Chief Robert Lawson announce that a warrant has been issued for Darneil Reeves, 32, with a last known address of 207 Center Street,...
View ArticleDRIVER INDICTED IN DUI CRASH INJURING PINE BEACH POLICE OFFICERS
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced the indictment of Jeffrey S. Carstens, 44, of Belmar, NJ for two counts of 4th Degree Assault by Auto. If found guilty Carstens is facing a...
View ArticleMAN SENTENCED AFTER DRIVING WITH PEDESTRIAN IN WINDSHIELD
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced Marcos A. Ortega, 34, of Little Egg Harbor, NJ, was sentenced by Judge Rochelle Gizinski J.S.C. to 7 years in New Jersey State Prison and...
View ArticleDRIVER CRITICALLY INJURED IN LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP OFF ROAD CRASH
On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at approximately 11:57 pm, the Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department, Squad 85 and Station 71 were dispatched to the intersection of Nugentown Road and Forest Edge...
View ArticleSENTENCING IN ASSAULT BY AUTO/DWI CASE
On Friday, June 26, 2015, the Honorable Patricia B. Roe, J.S.C., sentenced Christina M. Guarnieri, 40, of Bayville, NJ, to 5 years probation on an Assault by Auto charge and 90 days in the Ocean County...
View Article***UPDATE*** SUSPECT WANTED IN LAKEWOOD FATAL STABBING IN CUSTODY
Darneil Reeves, knowing he was wanted by OCPO, turned himself in just after 8:30 am today at the Ocean County Public Defender’s Office in Toms River. The U.S. Marshall’s took custody of him and...
View ArticleNEW PARTNERSHIP FOR OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC TO BE REVEALED BY COUNTY PROSECUTORS
(FREEHOLD) Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni and Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato will hold a joint press conference on Wednesday, July 1 at 10 a.m. to make a major...
View ArticleINDICTMENT IN TOMS RIVER SUNKEN PICK-UP CASE
Andrew L. Mayer, 28, of Toms River was indicted today (6/30) for 3rd Degree Animal Cruelty in the death of his dog and 3rd Degree Criminal Mischief for causing a substantial interruption in public...
View ArticleHOSPITALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERING TO FIGHT DEADLY EPIDEMIC OF OPIATES...
(FREEHOLD) Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni and Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced a new partnership with all hospitals in their respective counties at a...
View ArticleDrowning at Ocean County Beach
On 7/4 at approximately 2:35pm, a 911 call was made by life guards in Mantoloking reporting that a 22 year old male from Yonkers, NY, had been swimming with friends when he suddenly disappeared from...
View ArticleMantoloking Drowning Update – Victim Identified
The victim of the tragic July 4th drowning off of the Lyman Avenue Mantoloking Beach is identified as: John A. Crimmins, 22, of Yonkers, NY. The post Mantoloking Drowning Update – Victim Identified...
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