A Neptune Township man must serve 45 years in a state prison for the the 2011 murder of a man in the Asbury Park Village housing complex, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Tuesday. Thaddeus Reevey, 23, was convicted in March of first degree murder and second degree possession of a weapon for an […]

A Monmouth County grand jury has returned an indictment charging an Asbury Park police officer and his sister with insurance fraud, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Monday. Alix Antoine, 37, a 12-year veteran of the Asbury Park Police Department was suspended immediately following the June 2015 charges. A four-count indictment charges Antoine with the second […]

An intensive 4-month investigation by County and local law enforcement agencies dubbed “Operation High Life” resulted in 9 arrests this week, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Friday evening. While the accused are all connected to an Ocean Township-based heroin trafficking network, the investigation focused on addressing the flow of heroin into the […]

Although a ballistics’ test on the bullet that grazed 8-year-old Cassie Jones’ forehead during the Nov. 4 shootout between 20-year-old suspect Dante Allen and second year police officer Terence McGhee was inconclusive, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said it is the opinion of his office that the projectile came from the police officer’s […]

A Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office investigation into the non-fatal shooting of a 20-year-old city resident and an 8-year-old female bystander, hit by a stray bullet inside her home, found that the Asbury Park Police Officers did not use excessive deadly force in their handling of the incident, according to news release issued Wednesday afternoon by […]

A Monmouth County grand jury returned a 42-count indictment Monday against former Asbury Park Housing Authority Executive Director Mark W. Holmes, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in a written news release. Holmes, 54, of Lawrence Township [Mercer County] is charged with 38 counts of official misconduct, 22 of them are second degree crimes and […]

One man is dead and another is in stable condition following gunfire Sunday afternoon along Summerfield Avenue, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. City resident Jamal Small, 24, was pronounced deceased at 2:51 p.m. at a nearby hospital, Gramiccioni said. No one has been arrested in connection with the homicide at this time, he said. […]

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden announced Thursday afternoon 19 people have been arrested as the result of an undercover prostitution investigation conducted by his office, the FBI, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the Hazlet and Wall Township Police Departments. “Prostitution is not a victimless crime and we need to put a dent in illegal sex […]

Three Asbury Park men were charged with the 2009 murder of a Red Bank school teacher, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Wednesday. James Fair, 27, Ebenezer Byrd, 35, and Gregory Jean-Baptiste, 26, all of Asbury Park, are charged with first degree felony murder, first degree robbery, second degree conspiracy, second degree burglary, second degree […]

A Monmouth County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Anthony Butts, 22, of Neptune Township, with first degree attempted murder, third degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, and fourth degree unlawful possession of a weapon, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Tuesday. The charges stem from the July 31 stabbing during […]