The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has closed an investigation of voter fraud during the May 2013 Asbury Park City Council elections. No criminal charges have been filed in connection with the investigation, according to Charles Webster, spokesman for the prosecutor’s office. Investigators from the Prosecutor’s Office executed a search warrant in May 2013 at the […]

A twenty five year old Farmingdale man was arrested and charged on Wednesday with first degree Murder in connection with a daylight shooting on Washington Avenue in April, according to a news release from Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Chrisopher J. Gramiccioni. Jacquil Jones is also charged with second degree Possession of a Weapon for an […]

Cooperation from Asbury Park and Neptune Township residents helped police arrest a 15-year-old Neptune Township resident accused of stabbing an 18-year-old Asbury Park teen over the weekend, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The Ocean Township teen faces charges of first degree attempted murder and second degree unlawful possession of […]

A countywide gun buyback program is scheduled to take place at locations in Asbury Park and Rumson Friday and Saturday, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Monmouth County residents can anonymously surrender weapons Friday May 16, and Saturday, May 17, at the Asbury Park Satellite Office of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s […]

The first person to be federally prosecuted under a program for serious gun crime offenders is being made an example of through an advertising campaign paid for by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Two billboards, one in Asbury Park on Fourth Avenue between Memorial Drive and Main Street and one in Neptune on Rt. 35 South, […]

After a six-month investigation, 31 people, including several known gang members, a city police officer and two Asbury Park juveniles were charged in connection with violent street crimes and firearms offenses during a police dragnet, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. In an effort focused on addressing the number of […]

A 26-year-old Asbury Park resident pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder charges stemming from the 2010 shooting of a 29-year-old Neptune Township resident, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Felix A. Negron pleaded guilty to first degree attempted murder before a Monmouth County Superior Court Judge in connection with the August […]

Asbury Park Police responded to a call just after 3 a.m. Friday that reported multiple shots had been fired near the intersection of Monroe and Ridge avenues, according Charles Webster, public information officer for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. There are no reports of injuries or suspects at this time and it is not known […]

Monmouth County officials doled out $15,000 in exchange for 218 weapons during  their gun buyback campaign Friday and Saturday. The anonymous program was sponsored by a Rumson resident who offered $25,000 of his own money to fund the campaign under one condition: one of the host locations had to be in Rumson. Authorities in Asbury […]

Two gun buyback programs will take place in Monmouth County Friday and Saturday, one in Asbury Park and one in Rumson. On Friday, Sept. 20 and Saturday, Sept. 21 Monmouth county residents can anonymously surrender weapons as part of the countywide program. “No questions asked and get cash back — that is the philosophy behind our gun buyback program,” Acting […]