A 24-year-old man was fatally shot on Sewall Avenue today, Police Chief Mark Kinmon has confirmed. The shooting occurred in the 1000 block of Sewall Avenue during the mid-afternoon today. The area of Sewall Avenue between Comstock and Langford streets is currently closed off with police tape [pictured above]. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the […]

Members of the public continued to request that the city implement a civilian review board at the Sept. 5 council meeting. A civilian review board [CRB] — also known as a citizen review board or a civilian complaint review board — is a group of citizens who look into the public’s complaints against the police […]

From Sept. 3 to 10, the Asbury Park Police Department made the following arrests: SEPT. 3 • A 24-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in the 200 block of First Avenue. SEPT. 5 • A 34-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with assault […]

A local woman this weekend was arrested after allegedly attacking her boyfriend with a beer bottle, Asbury Park Police Captain Anthony Salerno said. The police were called to Jersey Shore University Medical Center when a man was brought in with stab wounds, Salerno said. Police determined through investigation that the incident stemmed from an altercation […]

An auction of the city’s used vehicles has been postponed to Wednesday, Sept. 18. The auction was supposed to take place on Wednesday, Aug. 29, but disputes over the vehicles’ titles led to postponement. “There was a serious issue with titles to all the equipment, being that it’s so old, outdated and unused,” said city […]

Most of the city’s violent crime rates are lower this year than they were last year, according to statistics released by the police department. Police Chief Mark Kinmon released the numbers at a chief’s advisory meeting held in city hall last week. “I certainly like what we’re seeing in this decrease in violent crime,” Kinmon […]

From Aug. 22 to 27, the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: AUG. 22 • A 32-year-old female from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with drug paraphernalia and possession of a hypodermic needle or syringe in the 200 block of Deal Lake Drive. • A 33-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested […]

From Aug. 15 to 21, the Asbury Park police department made the following arrests: • On Aug. 15, a 33-year-old male from Asbury Park was arrested and charged with possession of controlled dangerous substances [CDS], CDS distribution near school property, evidence tampering or fabrication, CDS distribution near a public place, manufacturing or distributing CDS, and […]

Six Asbury Park men were arrested on Aug. 9 following an investigation into a call the police department received regarding alleged drug activity. The Asbury Park Police Department received “a call about drug activity,” Chief Mark Kinmon said. When the police arrived on Bond Street where the suspects were reported to be, the men fled […]

A man was arrested and charged with burglary this week after he allegedly removed an officer’s belongings from a police car at 7-Eleven. Michael Thomas McGuirl, 30, of Colonia, allegedly removed the officer’s material from his car while it was parked at the Main Street convenient story during the midnight shift on Aug. 11, Asbury […]