LACEY PEDESTRIAN FATAL
Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announces preliminary Lacey Township pedestrian fatal accident investigation findings in the death of Neil Vandeputt, 25, of Toms River, NJ. On Sunday, July 5th, 2015,...
View ArticleMantoloking Drowning Final Report
Ocean County Prosecutor Det. Mitchell Remig filed this final report today in the July 4, 2015 Mantoloking Lyman Avenue Beach drowning. Interviews were conducted of reporting lifeguards and friends of...
View ArticleOC Law enforcement seeks help in identifying CR539 aggressive driver who...
On Tuesday, July 7, 2015, there was a two vehicle crash that occurred in Lacey Twp. on Route 539 near mile marker 16. As a result of the crash Joseph Matthews, of Robbinsville, NJ, was killed and his...
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OCPO & FRIENDS SEEK YOUR HELP IN NABBING BANK ROBBER!
Toms River PD is seeking the public’s help in identifying a male subject who robbed a TD Bank on Friday July 10, 2015 at approximately 6:45 PM. On Friday July 10, 2015 at approximately 6:45 PM a man...
View ArticlePROSECUTOR CORONATO CONTINUES HIS INITIATIVES TO SLAM DOOR ON DRUG DEALERS
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced today the culmination of an investigation into drug activity in the Southern Ocean County area. Detectives from the Prosecutor’s Special Operations...
View ArticlePROSECUTOR’S SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP AND THE BRICK TOWNSHIP POLICE TEAM UP...
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced today the culmination of an investigation into drug activity in the Ocean County area. Detectives from the Prosecutor’s Special Operations Group,...
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OCPO CONTINUES ITS SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS IN DEALER PROSECUTIONS DRUG DISTRIBUTOR...
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced the guilty plea by Rufus Young, 42, of Freehold, NJ, to one count of First Degree Drug Induced Death in connection with the February 6, 2013...
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ARREST IN LAKEWOOD MURDER
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Lakewood Police Chief Robert Lawson today announced the arrest of Filiberto Jimenez-Villanueva, 29, of Lakewood, on a charge of First Degree Murder in the...
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WHAT DOES OCPO’S HIGH TECH CRIME UNIT HEAD JAMES HILL DO WHEN NOT BUSTING...
Miss Kayleigh Hill, age 9, has been chosen as a State Finalist in the National American Miss New Jersey Pageant to be held on August 14 -15 at the beautiful Hyatt Regency New Brunswick. Kayleigh’s...
View ArticleAntoine Henderson Guilty of Various Heroin Drug Related Charges
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced today that Antoine Henderson, 44, with a last known address in Freehold, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury in Toms River jury of: Possession...
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KING PIN EMPLOYING JUVENILES IN A DRUG DISTRIBUTION RING SENTENCED
Toms River, NJ – On Friday, July 24, 2015, Ocean County Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski, J.S.C., sentenced defendant Enzo Pena, 29, of May’s Landing to 30 years New Jersey State Prison with a 10...
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DOES SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE USE HEROIN/OPIOIDS? DON’T IGNORE THIS LIFESAVING INFO!
The post DOES SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE USE HEROIN/OPIOIDS? DON’T IGNORE THIS LIFESAVING INFO! appeared first on Ocean County Prosecutor Office.
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IGNORING MEGAN’S LAW REGISTRATION ENDS IN ARREST
On Monday July 27, 2015 the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Megan’s Law Unit opened an investigation at the direction of Det. Sgt. Michael V. Cecchini into Robert Hudson, 37, of Jackson, NJ for the third...
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ARREST IN ILLEGAL POSSESSION/SALE OF FIREARMS INVESTIGATION
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Stafford Township Police Chief Joseph Giberson announced today the arrest of Dennis Ayala, 56, of Manahawkin, NJ. Ayala was arrested and charged with...
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PILL DROP OFF PROGRAM PREVENTS ABUSE OF 5400LBS OF UNUSED PRESCRIPTION...
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced that the concerted efforts of Ocean County Law Enforcement and residents have brought great success in disposing of unused prescription...
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ARREST IN AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF 4 YEAR OLD
On August 2, 2015, Pt. Pleasant Borough Police Det. Michelle Hill and Ocean County Prosecutor Special Victims Det. Melissa Matthews arrested Russell Cortese, 66, of Jersey City for the alleged...
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SENTENCING IN $740,000 MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE
On Friday, July 31, 2015, Christopher Colatrella, 43, Wall Township was sentenced to 5 years in state prison after pleading guilty to 2nd Degree Financial Facilitation of Criminal Activity (Money...
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GUILTY PLEA IN AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE
Carl A. Creadle, 47, of Lakewood, NJ entered a guilty plea yesterday (8/4) before Judge Wendel E. Daniels to 1st degree Aggravated Sexual Assault. The prosecution, led by Senior Assistant Prosecutor...
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A Local Hero’s Tribute
This past Sunday (8/2) Lacey Elks graciously paid tribute to OCPO Detective John Scott Stevens of Forked River who was killed on January 21, 2015 in a single car crash while working undercover....
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UPDATE IN TOMS RIVER SUNKEN PICK-UP CASE
Andrew L. Mayer, 28, of Toms River, who was indicted on June 30, 2015, for 3rd Degree Animal Cruelty in the death of his dog (Rolo) and 3rd Degree Criminal Mischief for causing a substantial...
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