A 20-year-old man turned a gun on himself after shooting a 30-year-old male victim Thursday afternoon at a residence near Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, according to a Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office news release. Both men, residents of Asbury Park, remain in critical condition at an area hospital, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Charles Webster […]

The Asbury Park Police Department charged arrested and charged a Neptune man Friday night with the stabbing of a 25-year-old city man, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Monday. Anthony J. Butts, 21, is charged with first-degree attempted murder, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a […]

This weekend’s Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office gun buyback program yielded 428 weapons that resulted in over $30,000 pay out, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Monday afternoon. The program, held in Asbury Park and Keansburg, was a success, he said. “There was an overwhelming response to the gun buyback program this year,” Gramiccioni […]

An Asbury Park man was arrested Tuesday on child pornography charges after Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detectives launched an investigation into a series of CyberTips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in news release. Johan J. Murrieta, 20, of the 300 block of Eighth Avenue is charged […]

Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni has announced the launch of a formal investigation into the actions of responding police officers during last week’s tragic shooting and death of Neptune resident Tamara Seidle. Veteran Neptune Township police officer Phil Seidle, 51, was immediately charged with the first degree murder of his 51-year-old ex-wife on June […]

In an effort to curb gun violence, the state Attorney General’s office and local law enforcement are joining to hold gun buybacks in the city in early March. Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa [pictured above, at podium] announced the program at a press conference in the city this morning. “Like all of you here today, […]