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Shoplifting from Jersey Shore Premium Outlets filled the blotter:
At 1:40 a.m. Monday — the height of the storm — Lincroft First Aid received a call: A woman was 36 weeks pregnant and was in pain.
Tinton Falls Police say they have been getting reports of theft since December.
The first time they had intercourse, Justin McGhee sent the teen girl a late-night text message, asking her to pick him up from a bar.
A woman was hit by a car Thursday night in Atlantic Highlands, police in that town reported.
Released by Middletown Police on Tuesday, here is the December 2025 and January 2026 Middletown Police blotter.
The man suffered a severe spinal injury and is now a quadriplegic.
It was Gov. Murphy who nominated Raymond Santiago, in 2022, to serve as Monmouth County Prosecutor.
Wilson Avenue is currently closed between Rt. 36 north and Campbell Ave, said Middletown Police. Avoid the area.
Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said he was in "revulsion and disbelief" at Murphy's decision.
The Attorney General released footage of the October 2025 crash on Rt. 36, when an Atlantic Highlands Police officer hit a man on an e-bike.
Sea Bright is not answering when Patch asked if Brett Friedman was allowed to remain police chief after he was charged with DWI in 2024.
Federal prosecutors say he used the Tor network to post and trade child sexual abuse materials.
The fire broke out Saturday in the votive candle rack, and people in the chapel at the time jumped into action to put it out.
The now-retired Sea Bright Police Chief, Brett Friedman, was arrested Nov. 29, 2024 and charged with DWI, while he was still police chief.
As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, all water has been restored to homes in the area. However, that intersection remains closed.
The crash backed up traffic for miles in both directions Sunday, as the SUV was headed south but flipped and landed in the northbound lanes.
Encounters took place at the church, as well as in the towns of Eatontown, Neptune Township and Ocean Township, said the prosecutor.
The bicyclist, who was seriously injured, was airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
In 2023, police executed search warrants at his home on Carol Court in Tinton Falls.
Witnesses reported a possible medevac helicopter evacuation from a nearby field.
Three men, including one from Middletown, were indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury for a fatal shooting of a Long Branch teen.
The Tinton Falls man was indicted on first-degree attempted murder charges for the Sept. 18 shooting.
Released by Middletown Police, all the arrests in town last month:
Released by Middletown Police, all the arrests and police activities in October:
The Attorney General identified the e-bike rider and the Atlantic Highlands Police officer involved in a deadly collision in Middletown:
The former head coach of the Middletown North girls' basketball team pleaded guilty Monday to sex assault of an underage student.
The head chef of Emilio's Kitchen, taken into ICE custody Oct. 19, had a hearing Thursday before an immigration judge:
A Middletown man who police say punched his father in the head multiple times, killing him, was found not guilty of manslaughter.
A Keansburg man is accused of strangling his girlfriend and then leaving her body at a hospital, where she later died.
Human skeletal remains were found near the Henry Hudson Trail in Middletown and in October, they were identified as a missing local man.
An Atlantic Highlands Police officer, driving a marked patrol car, collided with a man riding an e-bike on Rt. 36 in Middletown.
Joseph Manzi, 78, was served with a summons to appear in court on his criminal charge of theft, said a spokesman for the Attorney General.
If found guilty, Joseph Manzi is facing prison. He spent church funds on his daughter's wedding, home landscaping and more, said the AG.
The driver that hit him, a 25-year-old Middletown man, remained on the scene and cooperated with police.
Three men, including a 19-year-old from Middletown, are charged with the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Long Branch teen in March.
The Middletown Police Department is currently investigating multiple incidents of vandalism at McMahon Park, police announced Tuesday.
A Keansburg man was arrested:
Released by Middletown Police Friday, all the arrests in the month of September: