A 28-year-old Long Branch woman was arrested for heroin possession after police observed her throwing a lit cigarette out the passenger window of a vehicle driving unsafely along Route 35, according to news release from the Ocean Township Police Department. Heather A. Throckmorton was charged Wednesday with possession of 23 bags of heroin, possession of […]

The Ocean Township Police Department has issued a rabid wildlife advisory after a fox captured in the attack of a dog tested positive for the rabies virus. The fox was sent to the state Department of Health for a rabies examination after it attacked and bit a dog on June 7 near West Lincoln Avenue […]

Ocean Township police said the 17-year-old female missing since March 3 has been found. According to a news release Ariel Warren of Ocean Township was known to frequent the Asbury Park and Neptune communities. Police officials provided no details on the teens whereabouts but announced near 4 p.m. Thursday that she was found. For full […]

Three adults and a 16-year-old are facing various drug charges after police executed a search warrant Tuesday at their Melville Street home. The warrant was issued following a two-month investigation led by the department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau, said Ocean Township Police Det. Lt. Kevin L. Faller. Detectives, who arrived near 8:51 a.m. Tuesday, allegedly found […]

A 41-year-old township man was charged Monday with child endangerment after his 4-year-old son crashed his car into a building on Rustic Drive, Det. Lt. Kevin L. Faller said in a news release. An investigation led by PO Alisa Martinez and Det. Michael Melody revealed the township resident left his two children, the 4-year-old boy […]

An Asbury Park woman and a Long Branch man were caught with crack cocaine, marijuana and prescription drugs in their possession Friday after their car was pulled over near the Asbury Park circle, according to Ocean Township police. Police observed a 2001 Mazda being “operated erratically” through the circle around 1:00 a.m. on Jan. 9 […]

Ocean Township police officers used the life-saving drug Narcan on Saturday to revive a man they found unconscious in the bathroom of a Starbucks on Route 66 in the township. On Dec. 6 at 5:13 p.m. officers Brenden Bernhard, Raheem Carter and Timothy Kolodziej responded to an unresponsive, unconscious male located inside the men’s bathroom […]

A man who allegedly robbed a nearby Target store on Halloween tried to throw away a plastic bag that contained heroin and marijuana while in Ocean Township Police Headquarters, according to a news release from township police. On Oct. 31, Ocean police responded to a strong arm robbery at the Target Greatland Store located in […]

The message this holiday season from Ocean Township police is clear: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. From Nov. 28 through Jan. 2, 2015, the Township of Ocean Police Department will conduct a Holiday Traffic Safety Initiative, according to a release issued Tuesday. The goal of the initiative is to target unsafe vehicle operations and […]

Ocean Township police are looking for a person who was captured on a surveillance video after they discarded a purse they earlier removed from an unlocked car in a series of overnight vehicle thefts. The suspect is also accused of taking cash and personal belongings from other unlocked cars that were parked overnight, all within […]