Ocean Township Police Department is asking the public’s help in identifying an unknown suspect in crime. An image of suspect below was captured via a store’s video surveillance footage. The Police Department has not released the details of the crime but asked that anyone recognizing the suspect contact case Detective Jeffrey Malone at (732) 531-1428. […]

The Ocean Township Police Department announced it has launched a Holiday Traffic Safety Initiative, department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Faller said. “The goal of this initiative will be to target vehicle operations where the operator’s actions are aggressive, distracted, or impaired,” Faller said in a written news release. “With the hustle and bustle of the […]

DEC 1 Burglary suspect James J. Florio II, 39, a township resident, turned himself into police headquarters Tuesday after a Monday wanted person alert was distributed via Nixle emergency alert. Florio was charged with one count of burglary in connection to a Nov. 19 incident at a home on The Fellsway, Ocean Township Police Department […]

A 42-year-old Morristown man was fatally injured Friday night along Route 35, Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin Faller said. Officers responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle along the Route 35 near Logan Road, Faller said. The victim was attempting to cross the state highway from the […]

A motor vehicle stop near the Asbury Park Circle led to the drug arrest of an Asbury Park resident and charges for an Elizabeth man still at large, Det. Lt. Kevin Faller said. Robinson Marvilus, 26, of Elizabeth and Lesly Valentin, 30, of Asbury Park are charged with possession of 118 bags of heroin, cocaine […]

A 28-year-old Long Branch woman was arrested for heroin possession after police observed her throwing a lit cigarette out the passenger window of a vehicle driving unsafely along Route 35, according to news release from the Ocean Township Police Department. Heather A. Throckmorton was charged Wednesday with possession of 23 bags of heroin, possession of […]

An Asbury Park and Neptune City man were charged in relation to a car theft and burglaries in Ocean Township. Thomas Beerman, 22, of Neptune City was charged with three counts of burglary, motor vehicle theft, criminal mischief and possession of burglary tools, Ocean Township Police Department spokesman Det. Lt. Kevin L. Faller said. Beerman […]

Three adults and a 16-year-old are facing various drug charges after police executed a search warrant Tuesday at their Melville Street home. The warrant was issued following a two-month investigation led by the department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau, said Ocean Township Police Det. Lt. Kevin L. Faller. Detectives, who arrived near 8:51 a.m. Tuesday, allegedly found […]

Police are reporting a street robbery in the Wanamassa section of Ocean Township Friday night, and they’re asking the public to help identify two suspects they say were caught on a surveillance video from a Sunset Avenue convenience store. The incident occurred at approximately 9:43 pm when a male victim was robbed in the area of […]

A curfew is currently in effect for individuals under the age of 18 throughout Ocean Township until Saturday, according to a news release from the township’s police department. During the hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. through Nov. 1, no one under the age of 18 is permitted on the streets unless accompanied by […]