Several community stakeholders will meet at Asbury Park’s St. Stephen AME Zion Church Saturday to engage in a discussion of long- and short-term solutions to mitigate the issue of violence on the city’s Westside. George Corbin and St. Stephen’s Pastor Derinzer Johnson have organized the “Summit to End the Violence in Asbury Park.” The summit […]

The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office today unveiled a program that will enable residents to give law enforcement officials anonymous tips through text message. Officials announced the program through a press conference in Freehold. “In an effort to fight crime continuously and effectively in Monmouth County, we need the public’s input when it comes to reporting suspicious […]

An Ocean Grove woman was arrested on March 10 after she allegedly stabbed an acquaintance with a steak knife due to an argument over food at 2 a.m., Asbury Park Police Chief Mark Kinmon said. Lorraine Swan, 49, was at her boyfriend’s house with him and his cousin when a fight broke out, Kinmon said. […]

Two men were injured in the Vita Gardens housing complex early Monday morning, Police Chief Mark Kinmon has said. Just before 1 a.m., a 21-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen and a 22-year-old man was shot in the arm, Kinmon said. Both are from Asbury Park. Neither sustained life-threatening injuries. The men drove themselves […]

Citizens and council members talked about violent crime at the Jan. 16 council meeting. The discussion began during public comment when Myra Campbell spoke about a shooting that took place last week. Campbell heard five loud shots while sitting in her living room last Thursday, she said, and later learned a young man had been shot […]