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Asbury Park

Man who injured Asbury cop charged with attempted murder

Subject was shot once after he tried to disarm a police officer

By Jill Bartlett


A man who was shot once in the abdomen by police after he injured a police officer and tried to take another officer’s gun now faces an attempted murder charge. Oswaldo Torres Quiroz, 22, Iselin, has been charged with first degree attempted murder, second degree attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer, third degree resisting […]

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Sep 30, 2014
Asbury Park

Man shot, policeman stabbed in altercation on Main Street

Officer's bullet proof vest saved him from puncture to the abdomen

By Jill Bartlett


An Asbury Park police officer shot a man after the man stabbed another officer in an altercation on the sidewalk in front of a building in the 600 block of Main Street Monday. Police responded to a report of a disorderly persons at 619 Main St. around 9:20 a.m. where they found 22-year-old Oswaldo Torres […]

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Sep 29, 2014