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Asbury Park

City man suffers gunshot wound, walks to fire station

Incident occurred around 1 a.m. Tuesday

By Asbury Park Sun


A city man who suffered a nonfatal gunshot wound showed up at the Asbury Park Fire Department headquarters on Main Street Tuesday, according to a spokesman from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Around 1 a.m., a 20-year-old resident walked into the station, located on the northwest corner of Main Street and Asbury Avenue, and reported he […]

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Dec 10, 2013
Asbury Park

VFW picks fireman, police officer of the year

Pettway, Ryan honored

By Molly Mulshine


Police Officer Lorenzo Pettway and Firefighter Joseph P. Ryan III were honored at last week’s council meeting as firefighter and police officer of the year, thanks to the city’s Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] Post. “A man’s home is his castle,” VFW past president Lou Parisi said at the meeting. “Once we walk through that […]

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Feb 11, 2013