Ocean Township police are looking for a person who was captured on a surveillance video after they discarded a purse they earlier removed from an unlocked car in a series of overnight vehicle thefts. The suspect is also accused of taking cash and personal belongings from other unlocked cars that were parked overnight, all within […]

The Ocean Township Police Department will host their first tweet-along of a police patrol shift on the day before Thanksgiving, Wednesday Nov. 26, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to a news release from the department. A tweet-along is a virtual ride-along that will communicate everything from the mundane to the serious over the […]

An Asbury Park and a Neptune resident were arrested after walking out of a Target store with a full shopping cart of stolen merchandise they unloaded into a car in the parking lot before they went back in to the store to fill it again. Ocean Police responded to the Target Greatland store in reference […]

Three new probationary police officers have joined The Township of Ocean Police Department, the department announced today. Officers Christopher Stenger, Brenden Bernhard and Karen Noel were sworn into service at the Nov. 6 council meeting. Stenger had previously served as a police officer with the Spotwood Police Department and is a graduate of the Monmouth County […]

Two Asbury Park residents and a Neptune resident were arrested after they were found in an Ocean Township apartment with burglary tools and weapons in their possession. On Wednesday, Oct. 1 at approximately 12:39 a.m. township police responded to a call from a woman at an address on Aldrin Road who said she heard a […]

An Asbury Park woman has been accused of soliciting prostitution after a car she and a Toms River man were riding in was stopped at the Asbury Park traffic circle. Ocean Township police observed a vehicle travelling with a malfunctioning tail light and signaled the car to stop, according to a release from township police. […]

A 22-year-old city man was arrested after he allegedly crashed a car into a utility pole in Wanamassa while driving under the influence and fled the scene shortly thereafter, according to police. On Thursday September 4, 2014 at approximately 12:07 a.m., Ocean Township police responded to a motor vehicle crash on Sunset Avenue at the […]

The Township of Ocean Police Department is asking the public’s help in locating a missing person. On July 7, 2014 Nicholas Johnson was reported missing from the Gateway Treatment Center located on Center Street in Ocean Township, according to a news release from township police. Nicholas is a 26-year-old male who stands 6’05” tall, weighs […]

Ocean Township police are on a hunt for a man who allegedly attempted to lure two juveniles boys into a van in the Oakhurst section of the township late last week. At approximately 8:19 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, police responded to an area near the intersection of West Park Avenue and Whalepond Road after being […]

A 68-year-old man convenience store clerk has been accused of following a shopper out to her car where he hugged and kissed her, according to a news release from Ocean Township police. Malkiat Mahal, Wanamassa, was arrested and charged with one count of criminal sexual contact after police responded to a call from a woman who […]