A twenty one year old city man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the August shooting death of 20-year-old Tyrell Howard, according to a news release from Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. After his arrest on Sunday, Bryan Burford was charged with Murder, Possession of a Firearm for an […]

Police Chief Mark Kinmon [pictured above and at right] will continue with his plan to retire from the Asbury Park Police Department effective Jan. 1, 2014, he said. Kinmon had announced his plans to retire in June. He had tossed the idea around in his mind beginning in December of last year, he said. Prompted by […]

A search subsequent to a motor vehicle stop led to the arrest of three men and two women in Asbury Park on Saturday night on various weapons charges, according to a statement from Det. Lt. David DeSane of the Asbury Park Police Department. At approximately 10:30 p.m., the Street Crime Unit of the Asbury Park […]

Three Asbury men were wounded in mid-day gunfire on Sunday in the 900 block of Mattison Avenue, according to Charles Webster, spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, Webster said. The three victims are all in their twenties and their injuries are non-life-threatening, he said. […]

Police with a search warrant forced their way into a Langford Street apartment Friday morning in an incident that led to the arrest of four suspects on drug-related charges, according to a press release from the Asbury Park Police Department. The Asbury Park Police Department’s Street Crime Unit, assisted by the department’s Detective Bureau and […]

The death of a 20 year old Asbury Park man shot and killed in the city on Friday night has been declared a homicide, according to Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Marc LeMieux. The county medical examiner completed the autopsy today of victim Tyrell Howard to determine the manner of death, said LeMieux, who declined to […]

The Monmouth County DWI Task Force will operate a DWI checkpoint on Main Street in Asbury Park on Friday night and Saturday morning to detect for drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to a task force news release. The checkpoint will be conducted from 11:00 p.m. on Friday until 3:00 a.m. on […]

Arrests were made during the weekend in connection with a July 30 robbery at a food store on Springwood Avenue in Asbury Park, in which six suspects allegedly attacked the victim before removing items from his pockets, according to Detective Lt. David DeSane. Police became involved after patrol officers responded to a report of a […]

An Asbury Park man allegedly swinging a machete at a woman on Saturday afternoon was arrested for possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, aggravated assault and terroristic threats, according to Detective Lt. David DeSane. Officers responded to a report of a disorderly female at 1239 Washington Avenue at 3:00 p.m., when they encountered […]

Two teenagers are now facing felony murder charges in connection with an alleged assault and robbery early Saturday morning in Asbury Park. The victim, Brick resident Thomas Sudano, 35, died on Tuesday after being taken to the hospital for treatment. The two suspects —  Spencer Young, 19, Asbury Park and a 17-year-old juvenile —  were […]