Citizens and council members talked about violent crime at the Jan. 16 council meeting. The discussion began during public comment when Myra Campbell spoke about a shooting that took place last week. Campbell heard five loud shots while sitting in her living room last Thursday, she said, and later learned a young man had been shot […]

Some of the suspects arrested in a recent massive heroin sweep had ties to Asbury Park, according to Police Chief Mark Kinmon. “We were involved with the investigation, so we’ve been there from the start by assisting,” Kinmon said. The heroin ring was led mostly by members of factions of the Bloods street gang, Kinmon […]

As a result of an investigation into two shooting incidents last Tuesday night, a local man has been arrested for possession of a handgun, Asbury Park Police Captain Anthony Salerno said today. Bruce Rice, 29, of Elizabeth Avenue in Asbury Park, was arrested and charged with possession of a handgun “as a direct result of […]

A Neptune man has been arrested following “a 24-hour crime spree that took place in four separate shore area towns,” according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, including the shooting of a taxicab driver in Asbury Park. Detectives arrested Quam Wilson, 22, in connection with the shooting, which took place on the morning of Tuesday, […]

Shots were fired at two locations in the city in incidents that occurred less than an hour apart on Monday night, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said. At 7:21 p.m., shots were fired in the 1700 block of Webb Street on the East Side, between Deal Lake Drive and Eighth Avenue, Kinmon said. A car was […]

A taxicab driver was shot near the 500 block of Seventh Avenue, First Assistant Prosecutor Rick Incremona of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed today. Police arrived on the scene at approximately 8:21 a.m. today, Tuesday, Nov. 13, Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon said. The victim, a 37-year-old Neptune man, is in critical yet […]

Two Asbury Park men were shot at 1:23 a.m. this morning on Main Street, according to Marc Lemieux, director of investigations for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The shooting occurred in the street, in the area of 1217 Main St. [pictured above] between Fourth and Fifth avenues, Lemieux said. The two victims, ages 28 and […]

A man shot in the 1100 block of First Avenue last night is in critical yet stable condition, Detective Captain Anthony Salerno of the Asbury Park Police Department said today. The man, 26, was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where he underwent surgery, after being shot at about 8:30 p.m. last night, Salerno […]

A 20-year-old Neptune man was shot at about 11 p.m. last night outside Building F of the Stephen Manor apartments, said Police Chief Mark Kinmon. The man sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center. The case is being investigated by the Asbury Park Police Department Detective Bureau and the Monmouth County […]

The city is being outfitted with 18 new police surveillance cameras thanks to a grant from the Department of Justice, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said at the Oct. 3 council meeting. The police department received the technology grant worth $250,000 toward the end of 2011, Kinmon said. The grant program was administered by the state. […]