A Neptune man has admitted he stabbed a dog in the chest during an altercation with its owner in December, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Altarik Cullum, 27, of Neptune, pleaded guilty on Friday, March 22, to one count of animal cruelty in front of Asbury Park Municipal Court […]

Asbury Park’s city council is scheduled to meet in council chambers tonight, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m.; and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. The workshop and executive agendas were not available online at the time of this posting. Items on the regular meeting agenda […]

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. […]

From Feb. 19 to 26, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: FEB. 19 • A 38-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and possession of unlawful weapons. FEB. 20 • A 46-year-old female from Neptune was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS], possession […]

The city’s overall violent crime rate dropped to its lowest point in 10 years in 2012, although the rate of confirmed shootings was twice as high as it had been two years ago. Police Chief Mark Kinmon [pictured above, right, at a prior council meeting] shared these statistics and more in his annual public safety […]

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 […]

A Neptune man was arrested just after 2 p.m. yesterday after giving police chase, according to Asbury Park Police Captain Anthony Salerno. The man allegedly had been in possession of a gun. During an investigation in the area of Sewall Avenue and Winn Street, the department’s narcotics and gang unit attempted to stop Lancelot Groves, […]

From Jan. 15 to 20, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: JAN. 15 • A 57-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with theft of an automobile. JAN. 16 • A 25-year-old male from East Orange was arrested and charged with possession of CDS, manufacturing or distribution of CDS, CDS […]

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 […]