A Willingboro woman was arrested yesterday after allegedly “pistol-whipping” an Asbury Park woman earlier this month, Asbury Park Police Detective Captain Anthony Salerno has said. Lashawn Mayfield, 39, of Willingboro, engaged in verbal conflicts with a 41-year-old Asbury Park woman over several days earlier this month, Salerno said. On March 8, the dispute culminated in […]

An Asbury Park man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl on Saturday is receiving two more charges stemming from multiple incidents, Asbury Park Police Detective Captain Anthony Salerno said. Francisco Hernandez, 30, was first charged with simple assault and sexual assault after the Asbury Park Police Department received a call from DYFS at […]

A city man has been indicted for the 2011 murder of RyeKill Agostini, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a press release yesterday. The indictment handed up by a Monmouth County Grand Jury charges Gregory Hopson Jr., 25, with “first-degree murder, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful […]

More than 1,500 guns were collected at gun buybacks in Asbury Park and Keansburg churches last weekend, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa [pictured above at podium] has announced. The firearms collected from Asbury Park comprise almost half of the 1,581 brought in through the buybacks, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said today. “This buyback was another […]

An Ocean Grove woman was arrested on March 10 after she allegedly stabbed an acquaintance with a steak knife due to an argument over food at 2 a.m., Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon said. Lorraine Swan, 49, was at her boyfriend’s house with him and his cousin when a fight broke out, Kinmon said. […]

An undercover officer was hit with a handgun by an Asbury Park teenager on Friday night, according to Paul Loriquet, spokesman for the state attorney general’s office. The incident occurred around 6:35 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, Loriquet said. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force was conducting an undercover investigation in which an […]

A city man was arrested late Sunday night when police found a firearm in his car, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said. At about 11 p.m., three police officers — Khamil Warraich, Kevin Michael and Greg Parisi — were on foot patrol in the Vita Gardens [pictured above] and Stephen Manor housing complexes, Kinmon said. The […]

A known gang member found to be in possession of three firearms was arrested on Tuesday after running from the police, Asbury Park Police Captain Anthony Salerno said. At around 5 p.m. on Jan. 29, Rahiem Gresham, 19, of Asbury Park, fled during a police investigation, Salerno said. Officer Frank Sangi pursued the suspect. The […]

Two men were injured in the Vita Gardens housing complex early Monday morning, Police Chief Mark Kinmon has said. Just before 1 a.m., a 21-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen and a 22-year-old man was shot in the arm, Kinmon said. Both are from Asbury Park. Neither sustained life-threatening injuries. The men drove themselves […]

Two men were arrested after shots were fired in the train station parking lot on Memorial Drive, Police Captain Anthony Salerno said today. Within an hour of receiving a report that shots had been fired, police arrested Donovan Bereen, 18, of Trenton, just after midnight, Salerno said. Bereen was allegedly found to be in possession […]