Lakewood, NJ
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Teenager Arrested In Ocean County Shooting Teenager Arrested In Ocean County Shooting Teenager Arrested In Ocean County Shooting
Teenager Arrested In Ocean County Shooting A 17 year-old juvenile was arrested by an Ocean County SWAT team on Tuesday night in connection with a shooting in Seaside Park, authorities said. The juvenile was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, robbery and several weapons charges, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Seaside Park police responded to I Street about 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday on a 9-1-1 call for a reported shooting.  Patrol officers were met by witnesses to the shooting. A short time later, a white BMW pulled up to a marked Seaside Heights Police vehicle in the Borough&n…

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Lakewood, NJ
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Prosecutor: Toms River Man Conned Blind 'Friend' Out Of $100K Prosecutor: Toms River Man Conned Blind 'Friend' Out Of $100K Prosecutor: Toms River Man Conned Blind 'Friend' Out Of $100K
Prosecutor: Toms River Man Conned Blind 'Friend' Out Of $100K A Toms River man has admitted to stealing more than $100,000 from a 73-year-old blind woman, authorities said. Tyler Dietlmeier, 28, pleaded guilty to theft by deception and criminal coercion on Friday, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.  Toms River police initially received a complaint about Dietlmeier on Jan. 27, Billhimer said.  Dietlmeier had befriended, under false pretenses, the elderly blind woman who lived alone. An investigation found that starting in October 2019, Dietlmeier opened numerous credit card accounts in the vic…

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Lakewood, NJ
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Brick Woman Who Stabbed Fiancé In Self-Defense Sentenced To Four Years Prison Brick Woman Who Stabbed Fiancé In Self-Defense Sentenced To Four Years Prison Brick Woman Who Stabbed Fiancé In Self-Defense Sentenced To Four Years Prison
Brick Woman Who Stabbed Fiancé In Self-Defense Sentenced To Four Years Prison A 28-year-old woman who stabbed her fiancé in self-defense was sentenced to four years in state prison, authorities said. Ciara Williams of Brick previously pleaded guilty on July 2 to reckless manslaughter for the Sept. 29, 2019, stabbing. She was sentenced on Wednesday by Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski.  Williams drove Dennis Power, 35, of Brick to Ocean Medical Center with a stab wound to his chest and then fled before Brick Township police arrivved, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Hospital staff found Power in the vehicle unconscious but b…

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Lakewood, NJ
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Man Shot In Head Leaving Toms River Apartments Dies, 19 Man Shot In Head Leaving Toms River Apartments Dies, 19 Man Shot In Head Leaving Toms River Apartments Dies, 19
Man Shot In Head Leaving Toms River Apartments Dies, 19 A 19-year-old Bayville man shot in the head leaving Toms River apartments over the weekend died of his injuries, authorities said. Javon Cutler of Bayville succumbed to his injuries at approximately 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune City, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Cutler was in the rear passenger's seat of a friend's car leaving the Toms River Apartments on Main Street on Sunday when he was shot around 8:15 p.m. by an unknown person, Billhimer and Toms River Township Chief of Police Mitch Little prev…

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Lakewood, NJ
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Ocean County Man, 42, Admits Possessing Child Pornography Ocean County Man, 42, Admits Possessing Child Pornography Ocean County Man, 42, Admits Possessing Child Pornography
Ocean County Man, 42, Admits Possessing Child Pornography A 42-year-old man from Ocean County has admitted to possessing more than 1,000 child pornography images, authorities said. Michael Delia, 42, of Waretown faces four years in state prison on the charge, Ocean Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Delia pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child by possessing child pornography on Wednesday before Superior Court Judge Linda G. Baxter,  A January 2019 investigation by the county prosecutor's High Tech Crime Unit found an internet provider address belonging to Delia was being used to download child p…

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Lakewood, NJ
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Authorities: Forked River Trio Arrested With 9,800 Doses Of Heroin, Fentanyl Authorities: Forked River Trio Arrested With 9,800 Doses Of Heroin, Fentanyl Authorities: Forked River Trio Arrested With 9,800 Doses Of Heroin, Fentanyl
Authorities: Forked River Trio Arrested With 9,800 Doses Of Heroin, Fentanyl Three residents of Forked River have been arrested for dealing heroin and fentanyl in Ocean County, authorities said. Law enforcement officers searched three suspects' residences in Lacey Township -- seizing about 9,800 individual doses of heroin/fentanyl and five grams of unpackaged heroin/fentanyl, according to Ocean County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael T. Nolan, Jr.  Arrested on various drug possession and distribution charges were: Larry Negron, 44; Bryanna Negron, 24; and Saul Padilla, 42, all of Forked River. Local police joined the investigation wi…

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