The Ocean Township Police Department has released news statements that outline arrests for drug possession and lewdness as well as a Saturday paper shredding program and bicycle auction in Joe Palaia Park. First up is a Tuesday drug possession arrest by Ptl. Dean Schoch after conducting a motor vehicle violation stop near 4:10 a.m. along […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A 23-year-old Asbury Park woman was arrested on drug charges after police spotted her fighting with a Target store employee, according to a news release from Ocean Township Police. Police witnessed Kara Fitzpatrick of Summerfield Avenue involved in a physical altercation with a loss prevention employee outside of the Seaview Square Mall’s Target Greatland store […]