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Jersey Shore Man, 70, Brawls With Police, Customers At Two Wawa Stores Over Not Wearing Mask Jersey Shore Man, 70, Brawls With Police, Customers At Two Wawa Stores Over Not Wearing Mask
Jersey Shore Man, 70, Brawls With Police, Customers At Two Wawa Stores Over Not Wearing Mask Toms River police arrested a 70-year-old local man twice in less than three hours after they said he got into brawls with customers and officers at two different Wawas over his refusing to wear a mask. Stephen Breza “became belligerent when he was told to wear a mask inside the Wawa store” on Route 37 late Saturday morning, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Monday. Breza “started screaming, flailing his arms, and cursing at employees, [then] threatened a customer in the store that he was going to hit him with a pipe,” Grewal said. He screamed at responding officers and resisted …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Roommate, 56, Killed Ex-Jersey Shore Janitor Using Shower Rod Prosecutor: Roommate, 56, Killed Ex-Jersey Shore Janitor Using Shower Rod
Prosecutor: Roommate, 56, Killed Ex-Jersey Shore Janitor Using Shower Rod An Ocean County woman killed a former Manchester High School custodian she lived with using a shower rod and a tape dispenser, authorities charged. Mary Carbone, 56, was charged with murder in the slaying of 55-year-old Frank Stochel at a home they shared in Manchester, they said.  Police found Stochel dead on the floor of his 6th Avenue home in the township's Pine Lake Park-section on Feb. 24 The county Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Manchester Township Police Chief Lisa Parker said in a statement. SEE: Death Of Former Manch…

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by Jon Craig
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Prosecutor: Authorities Nab Accused Jersey Shore Child Predator Snared By YouTuber Prosecutor: Authorities Nab Accused Jersey Shore Child Predator Snared By YouTuber
Prosecutor: Authorities Nab Accused Jersey Shore Child Predator Snared By YouTuber Detectives arrested a 33-year-old Jersey Shore man on luring and attempted sexual assault charges after a YouTube creator lured him into a meeting by posing as a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. Phillip Stone, of Lacey Township, remained held in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing following his arrest Monday. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said detectives from his High Tech Crime and Special Victims units took Stone into custody while investigating the authenticity of a video made by a private citizen who claimed to be doing a research study. The man – who id…

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by Jon Craig
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Authorities: Jersey Shore Teen Theatened To Shoot Up Graduation, Sought Gun Authorities: Jersey Shore Teen Theatened To Shoot Up Graduation, Sought Gun
Authorities: Jersey Shore Teen Theatened To Shoot Up Graduation, Sought Gun Authorities in Ocean County arrested a 19-year-old high school student who they said attempted to buy a gun after threatening to shoot up a graduation ceremony. A warranted search and intensive investigation “verified the threats” by Matthew Vanderbeek of Cream Ridge and determined “that he was attempting to obtain a firearm,” law enforcement and school authorities said in a joint statement early Thursday afternoon. The alleged online threat “to shoot students and staff at the [New Egypt High School] graduation ceremony” was deemed credible, Ocean Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, Plumsted Tow…

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by Jerry DeMarco