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PA Man Attacked Middle Township Homeowner With Thermos In Side Yard, Police Say A Pennsylvania man was accused of hitting a Middle Township man in the head with a metal thermos early one morning, authorities said. Michael Bogue of Marcus Hook, PA, was arrested in the attack, the Middle Township Police Department said in a news release on Wednesday, Dec. 4. He was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon, unlawful possession of a weapon, and criminal trespassing. Middle Township police responded to an assault report on Lafayette Avenue in the Green Creek section at around 5:46 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Officers learned the homeowner first spotted a m…

by Chris Spiker

12/04/2024

Police & Fire

Former Woodbridge Corrections Officer Confesses To Beating Resident Who Died From Stroke: AG A former New Jersey corrections officer admitted to assaulting a resident who died several days after the attack, authorities said. Giuseppe Mandara of Brick Township pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 3 to third-degree aggravated assault, Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the state's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability said in a news release on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Mandara confessed to attacking Darrell "Malik" Smith on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Smith served more than 23 years in state prison on convictions for kidnapping and aggravated assault on a police officer. Man…

by Chris Spiker

12/04/2024

News

Whale In 'Extremely Poor' Health Euthanized On Sunset Beach, Marine Biologists Say (Update) A minke whale that stranded itself on a Cape May Point beach needed to be euthanized, marine biologists said. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) said the animal was unlikely to survive, according to a Facebook update posted on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The whale was discovered on Sunset Beach in Lower Township at around 2:10 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The whale was first believed to be dead when it washed ashore. First responders discovered the whale was alive but stranded on dry sand as the tide receded. An MMSC team with a veterinarian soon arrived at the scene and iden…

by Chris Spiker

12/04/2024

News

Pregnant Woman With 'Heart Of Gold' Killed By Boyfriend In Pleasantville Home: Fundraiser A Pleasantville woman was six months pregnant when police said she was killed by her boyfriend, according to a fundraising campaign. A GoFundMe page was created for 25-year-old Leslianet Quintana-Betancourt. Investigators said the woman expecting a baby boy died from “multiple blunt force injuries” on Monday, Dec. 2. Quintana-Betancourt's family is now mourning the loss of both her and her unborn son, who would have been named Mateo, according to an obituary from Greenidge Funeral Homes. Her brother Jefra Castro started the fundraiser to honor their memory. The GoFundMe had …

by Chris Spiker

12/04/2024

Police & Fire

Man, Teen Hospitalized After Crash At Manchester Township Intersection: Police A Manchester Township man was airlifted and a teen boy was significantly injured in an evening crash, authorities said. Manchester police responded to the intersection of Ocean County routes 547 and 571 at around 6:19 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, the department said in a news release. Two cars sustained heavy front-end damage in the collision. Officers found a blue 2004 BMW facing south in the intersection's northeast corner and a white 2022 Nissan Altima on the side of County Route 547. Investigators said a Manchester teen driving the BMW was heading north on County Route 547 w…

by Chris Spiker

12/04/2024

Police & Fire

Man Killed By NJ Transit Train In Middletown, Line's Service Suspended (Developing) A man was hit by a New Jersey Transit train and killed in Monmouth County, shutting down one rail line's service during the morning commute, officials said. North Jersey Coast Line train No. 3224 struck the man in Middletown at around 7:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, an NJ Transit spokesperson said. The pedestrian was hit at the Normandy Road bridge. None of the 120 customers and crew members on the train were injured. The train had left the Long Branch station at 7:10 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive at New York Penn Station at 8:41 a.m. North Jersey Coast Line rail service…

by Chris Spiker

12/04/2024

Police & Fire

Drunk Driver In Forked River Struck Woman, Crashed Into Her Parked Car: Police A Forked River woman was accused of driving drunk when she hit another woman standing behind her parked car, authorities said. Kathleen Colaio, 44, was charged with driving while intoxicated, the Lacey Township Police Department said in a news release on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The crash happened near a home on the 400 block of Lake Barnegat Drive North on Monday, Dec. 2. Police and paramedics responded to the scene at around 5:09 p.m. Investigators said Colaio was driving a blue Honda Civic south when the car struck a 63-year-old Bayville woman. The victim was behi…

by Chris Spiker

12/03/2024

Police & Fire

Update: Long Branch Man Killed On Bicycle Near West Long Branch Intersection Identified Authorities have identified the bicyclist who died when an SUV struck him in West Long Branch. John Martin of Long Branch was killed in the crash, a Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office spokesperson said on Tuesday, Dec. 3. He was 55 years old. West Long Branch police responded to the scene near the intersection of Route 36 and Monmouth Road just after 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30. Paramedics rushed Martin to Monmouth Medical Center and he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the Long Branch hospital. The 18-year-old Tinton Falls man who drove a 2018 Range Rover …

by Chris Spiker

12/03/2024

Police & Fire

Update: Pedestrian Identified In Deadly Howell Township Crash On Route 9 Authorities have identified the Howell Township man as the pedestrian struck by an SUV and killed. Frank Santomauro, 71, died in the Route 9 crash, a Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office spokesperson said on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The wreck happened near Strickland Road on Saturday, Nov. 30. Howell police responded to the scene just before 7:45 p.m. Officers found Santomauro and he was pronounced dead shortly after their arrival. Route 9 near the intersection with Strickland Road in Howell Township, NJ. Google Maps The 58-year-old Howell man who drove a …

by Chris Spiker

12/03/2024

Police & Fire

17-Year-Old Gloucester Twp. Girl Missing For Almost A Month, Police Ask For Help Finding Her Gloucester Township police are looking for a teen girl who has been missing for nearly a month, authorities said. Damoni Mason, 17, was reported missing in Sicklerville on Thursday, Nov. 7, the Gloucester Township Police Department said in a news release on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Mason was described as 5-foot-7, about 150 pounds with brown eyes and blonde braided hair. Police haven't been able to confirm what she was wearing at the time she disappeared. Investigators say it was possible that Damoni was with her biological mother, Capri Mason. She was known to frequent areas in Sicklerville, Wash…

by Chris Spiker

12/03/2024

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