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Suspect Fleeing Pre-Dawn Home Invasion Dies In Crash With Long Branch Police Car: NJAG Suspect Fleeing Pre-Dawn Home Invasion Dies In Crash With Long Branch Police Car: NJAG
Suspect Fleeing Pre-Dawn Home Invasion Dies In Crash With Long Branch Police Car: Njag UPDATE: A passenger in a vehicle fleeing a home invasion died after a collision with a Long Branch police cruiser driven by an officer responding to the call, authorities said. The call of an armed break-in on Elmwood Avenue near MacArthur Avenue came in at 3:59 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said Tuesday. "As officers were responding in marked police vehicles, one of the law enforcement vehicles was involved in a collision with a vehicle believed to be operated by a suspect from the reported incident," the attorney general said. Witnesses said the fleei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Train On Jersey Shore Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Train On Jersey Shore
Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Train On Jersey Shore A pedestrian died after being struck by a New Jersey Transit train, authorities said. At approximately 8:57 a.m. on Wednesday, June 7, North Jersey Coast Line train 4334 struck and fatally injured a pedestrian in the vicinity of Roseld Avenue in Deal, a NJ Transit spokesman said. That's between the Allenhurst and Elberon stations. The train departed Bay Head at 8:27 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Long Branch at 9:07 a.m. There were no injuries reported to the approximately 100 customers or crew on board, the spokesman said. Trains 4334 and 4323 were canceled due to incident. New Je…

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by Jon Craig
News
Body Of Critically Endangered Whale Found Floating Off Jersey Shore Coast Body Of Critically Endangered Whale Found Floating Off Jersey Shore Coast
Body Of Critically Endangered Whale Found Floating Off Jersey Shore Coast The body of a critically endangered whale species was found floating off the Jersey Shore Thursday, federal authorities said. The carcass of the North Atlantic right whale was spotted by an aerial survey team from the Center for Coastal studies off the coast of Elberon (part of Long Branch), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a statement. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC), Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, and NOAA are working with area resources in the area to secure a necropsy location, officials said. Members of the stranding network are making …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Trapped Fire Chief Low On Air 'Self-Rescues' From Engulfed Jersey Shore Home Trapped Fire Chief Low On Air 'Self-Rescues' From Engulfed Jersey Shore Home
Trapped Fire Chief Low On Air 'Self-Rescues' From Engulfed Jersey Shore Home A photographer captured an image of a working fire chief escaping a multi-alarm blaze that destroyed two Jersey Shore homes Tuesday. Long Branch Fire Chief Ronald Guidetti was trapped by flames on the top floor of one of the Monmouth Beach homes, the Long Branch Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 68 said Wednesday in a post. “Unable to utilize the interior stairwell, he made his way to a window and found no egress ladder,” the firefighters association said. “He removed his face piece as he was running out of air to get the attention of members operating on the exterior. “The chief self…

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by Jerry DeMarco