Editor, Asbury Park Sun, It is time to wake up the true spirit and the rock and roll grit that is the true Asbury Park and rally against the Lieutenant Brannigan’s that march all over us each and every year. And, you can ask any local, they get ruder and ruder when it comes to […]

The Asbury Park Police Department is asking residents and businesses throughout the City to register privately owned surveillance cameras in order to assist the department with investigations when necessary, city officials announced via a news statement Thursday afternoon. “The Asbury Park Police Department is committed to utilizing every resource to prevent and solve crimes, and […]

Asbury Park, Deal and Ocean Township are among the Jersey Shore police departments launching local Click It or Ticket enforcement on Monday. A part of the national seat belt enforcement and education campaign, the police departments will be cracking down on unbuckled motorists and passengers, according to a written statements. The specialized enforcements, which runs […]

An Asbury Park man has pleaded guilty to firing into a crowd of people and injuring a 15-year-girl in the leg during a city block party last year, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Tuesday. Josiphiah Fowlkes, 23, of Washington Avenue was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a handgun for unlawful purpose, and […]

A Tuesday morning bomb threat to the Motor Vehicle Commission on Third Avenue resulted in officials evacuating the building and placing the neighboring Bradley Elementary School on a temporary lockdown, Deputy Chief David Kelso said. Asbury Park Police Officers responded near 9:47 a.m to the 1010 Comstock Street location, department spokesman Sgt Michael Casey said. […]

An Asbury Park man was arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with the Sunday afternoon shooting of a 24-year-old man along Ridge Avenue, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni has announced. Trey Lentz, 21, of Asbury Park, is charged with first degree attempted murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon […]

The Asbury Park Police Department has received its accreditation from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police [NJSACOP], city officials announced in a written statement. In January, 2018 the Asbury Park Police Department passed an on-site assessment conducted by two NJSACOP examiners. The examiners checked all aspects of the Asbury Park Police Departments […]

A Neptune man was sentenced to eight years for drug and weapon possession, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced via a news statement. Salik Hinton, 29, of Neptune, was charged with the third degree crime of possessing a controlled dangerous substance, second degree unlawfully possessing a handgun, and the second degree crime of being […]

An Asbury Park man was sentenced Friday to 17 years for the 2015 stabbing death of Prize Johnson, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Tyreek Williams, 24, of Asbury Park, pleaded guilty in December to the first degree aggravated manslaughter charge, in connection with the 2015 stabbing death of the 19-year-old Neptune resident. Officials […]

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s has confirmed that the 18-year-old victim in an Easter Sunday stabbing incident in Asbury Park remains in stable condition at an area hospital. Spokesman Charles Webster said Asbury Park police responded near 9:50 p.m. Sunday to the area of Monroe and Prospect avenues but no victim was located at the time. […]