A 25-year-old Eatontown man has died following a single car crash along Route 35 early Tuesday morning, according to a news release from Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Faller. Preliminary investigation found that Malik J. Edwards lost control of his 1995 Ford Mustang, Faller said. Police were called at approximately 1:52 a.m. […]

Two armed men entered a Spruce Avenue home near 8:30 p.m. Sunday and pointed black handguns at the home’s occupants, Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Faller said in a news release. No one was injured but the two suspects had already fled the home when officers responded to home for the armed […]

The Ocean Township Police Department announced it has launched a Holiday Traffic Safety Initiative, department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Faller said. “The goal of this initiative will be to target vehicle operations where the operator’s actions are aggressive, distracted, or impaired,” Faller said in a written news release. “With the hustle and bustle of the […]

DEC 1 Burglary suspect James J. Florio II, 39, a township resident, turned himself into police headquarters Tuesday after a Monday wanted person alert was distributed via Nixle emergency alert. Florio was charged with one count of burglary in connection to a Nov. 19 incident at a home on The Fellsway, Ocean Township Police Department […]

A 37-year-old Long Branch man was arrested for cocaine and marijuana possession following a motor vehicle stop Saturday, according to Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Faller. Faller said James Soweski was observed driving with defective tail light near the Asbury Park Circle. A motor vehicle stop initiated along Route 18 resulted in […]

A 42-year-old Morristown man was fatally injured Friday night along Route 35, Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Faller said. Officers responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle along the Route 35 near Logan Road, Faller said. The victim was attempting to cross the state highway from the […]

A motor vehicle stop near the Asbury Park Circle led to the drug arrest of an Asbury Park resident and charges for an Elizabeth man still at large, Det. Lt. Kevin Faller said. Robinson Marvilus, 26, of Elizabeth and Lesly Valentin, 30, of Asbury Park are charged with possession of 118 bags of heroin, cocaine […]

Ocean Township police are asking the public’s help in identifying a shoplifting suspect. The unknown accused [shown at right] was captured on video surveillance Nov. 5 shoplifting from Wegmans, Lt. Tim Torchia said. The suspect fled the area and police have been unsuccessful with their efforts in identifying him, Torchia said. Anyone able to identify the […]

A 48-year-old Wall woman was remanded to Monmouth County Jail on drug and outstanding warrant charges following a motor vehicle stop along Route 66 Tuesday, Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Faller said. Vicki Blanche was charged with possession of heroin, possession of a prescription drug [without a prescription], operating a motor vehicle […]

Two police officers were admitted to Monmouth Medical Center for smoke inhalation and 15 firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion after responding to Tuesday’s fire at Twinbrook Village Apartment Complex on Apollo Street, Ocean Township Police Detective Lieutenant Kevin L. Faller said. Officer Ryan Vaccaro and Detective Jeffrey Malone responded near 1:15 p.m. to the […]