An Asbury Park man was arrested Wednesday for shoplifting after a witness saw him place eyeglasses in a potato chip bag, according to a news release from Ocean Township police. Imhotep Muhammad, 50, was allegedly spotted by an employee of the Eye Diagnostic and Surgery Center placing several pairs of eyeglasses in the chip bag in an […]

Ocean Township police are searching for a township resident who was reported missing on July 3. Nicholas Johnson, 26, is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He has hazel eyes and brown hair. Johnson likes to walk along beachfront area and was last seen wearing black pants and a black wool coat, […]

An Eatontown man was arrested Wednesday after he asked an 11-year-old girl if he could hide in her house in an attempt to elude police, according to a news release from the Ocean Township Police Department. Michael T. Thompson, 28, Eatontown, was seen fleeing Wegman’s Supermarket on foot Tuesday after he allegedly stole items from […]

Just two days after receiving Narcan kits, Ocean Township Police report they have already saved a woman’s life. Police responded to a reported overdose at an address in the Wayside section of the Township Thursday at approximately 8:09 p.m. where they found a 44-year-old woman unresponsive in the basement of the home, according to a […]

A man who was allegedly spotted tucking a handgun into the waistband of his pants was arrested on drug charges when police found 30 bags of heroin in his possession. At approximately 4:30 p.m. on May 20, Ocean Township police responded to a call from a witness who said they saw a man place a […]

Two Ocean Township Police officers helped a 28-year-old woman deliver her baby in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven convenience store in the township, according to a new release from Ocean Township Police. Ocean Police received a call at 5:49 p.m. Wednesday alerting them to a woman in a vehicle who was in labor in […]

Ocean Township Police are searching for two suspects who are believed to be involved with a strong arm robbery that took place at the Wanamassa Garden Apartment Complex Tuesday night. Police responded to a call around 8:17 last night alerting them to a strong arm robbery that had just occurred at the apartment complex on […]

An Asbury Park man was arrested after a routine traffic stop Wednesday evening when police found him to be in possession of drug paraphernalia along with stolen goods he and a Highlands man had taken from a local supermarket, according to a news release from Ocean Township police. Patrick H. Buckley of Asbury Park and Robert […]

Two Asbury Park residents face drug charges after heroin was discovered in a vehicle they were riding in during a routine traffic stop near the Asbury Park traffic circle, according to a news release from Ocean Township Police. On Dec. 4, Ocean Township Police detectives Bryan Morgan and Michael Legg pulled 27-year-old Old Bridge resident […]

A 27-year-old Neptune man was arrested Monday and charged in connection with four burglaries in the Wanamassa section of Ocean Township, according to a news release from Ocean Township Police. Just before 3 p.m. police received a call from woman reporting her teenage son heard a knock at the front door of their Sunset Avenue […]