Two shooting incidents took place in Asbury Park over the weekend. On Saturday at approximately 7 p.m., a 20 year old male suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound in the area of Emory Street, according to Charles Webster, public information officer at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office. A few hours later, at 1:53 a.m. early Sunday morning […]

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office issued a news release on Thursday regarding the arrest of an Asbury Park man in connection with a shooting on Wednesday night in the western section of the city. Asbury Park police earlier on Thursday had named James Scott as the suspect, the Sun previously reported. The following is the […]

Asbury Park Police are searching for a man who they believe shot a 21-year-old Asbury Park resident at the intersection of Bangs and Ridge avenues at around 2:40 a.m. Friday. Police received a call that about five shots had been fired at the intersection where the man was standing, according to Capt. Anthony Salerno. The […]

The victim of a fatal stabbing earlier this week in Asbury Park has been identified as city resident Leroy Kyles, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Kyles, 57, illegally entered an apartment in a building where a fire had earlier occurred, and there was no power in the structure, according […]

A local man was charged with attempted murder and related weapons offenses for the March shooting of a man in Neptune Township, acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni has announced. Eli Dennis, 23, of Washington Avenue in Asbury Park, was charged on Friday with attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, […]

The victim of a shooting was found on a porch in Asbury Park early Sunday morning, according to Charles Webster, the communications officer for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. An Asbury Park police officer was patrolling the area of the 1500 block of Sewall Avenue, between Prospect and Ridge avenues, when he heard shots fired, […]

A man was shot in Neptune last night, several blocks from Asbury Park’s western border. The Neptune Township police responded to the corner of Monroe Avenue and George Street after receiving multiple 9-1-1 calls at 8:58 p.m. on March 24, said Charles Webster, public information officer for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Police found a 22-year-old male […]

A city man has been indicted for the 2011 murder of RyeKill Agostini, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in a press release yesterday. The indictment handed up by a Monmouth County Grand Jury charges Gregory Hopson Jr., 25, with “first-degree murder, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful […]

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, […]

Citizens and council members talked about violent crime at the Jan. 16 council meeting. The discussion began during public comment when Myra Campbell spoke about a shooting that took place last week. Campbell heard five loud shots while sitting in her living room last Thursday, she said, and later learned a young man had been shot […]