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COVID-19: Possible Outbreak Among Lakewood Police Linked To Funeral Of 23-Year-Old Officer COVID-19: Possible Outbreak Among Lakewood Police Linked To Funeral Of 23-Year-Old Officer
Covid-19: Possible Outbreak Among Lakewood Police Linked To Funeral Of 23-Year-Old Officer Several Lakewood police officers are self-quarantining after attending a fellow officer's funeral where they came in contact with a case of coronavirus, authorities said. The department learned of the positive test late Monday afternoon and has asked officers to quarantine as a precaution, a spokesman for Lakewood Police told NJ Advance Media. Lakewood Police Captain Gregory Staffordsmith said that none of the quarantined officers have tested positive, and that they will continue to be monitored. Officer Nicklas Shimonovich, 23, died in an off-duty motorcycle crash in his hometow…

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by Jon Craig
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Motorcyclist Killed In Crash ID'd As Off-Duty Lakewood Police Officer, 23 Motorcyclist Killed In Crash ID'd As Off-Duty Lakewood Police Officer, 23
Motorcyclist Killed In Crash ID'd As Off-Duty Lakewood Police Officer, 23 A motorcyclist killed in a Jackson Township crash Saturday was an off-duty Lakewood police officer, authorities confirmed. Nicklas Shimonovich, 23 -- whose parents are both longtime members of the Lakewood Police Department -- died in a crash on Thompson Bridge Road sometime before 5 p.m., his department announced late Saturday night. Initial and unconfirmed reports say Shimonovich's motorcycle slammed into a tree around 4:45 p.m.  The off-duty officer was transported to Monmouth Medical Southern Campus, where he died a short time later. Shimonovich's father is Lt. Rob Shimonovich an…

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by Cecilia Levine