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Grenade Strapped To Utility Pole Brings Bomb Squad To Area Near Lakewood Synagogue Grenade Strapped To Utility Pole Brings Bomb Squad To Area Near Lakewood Synagogue
Grenade Strapped To Utility Pole Brings Bomb Squad To Area Near Lakewood Synagogue Reports of an explosive device strapped to a utility pole brought the New Jersey State Police Bomb Squad to an area near a Lakewood synagogue Sunday, Nov. 19, authorities said. The device — which was discovered to be inert — was found attached to a utility pole at 4th and Forest avenues around 7:45 a.m., Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lakewood Township Police Chief Gregory Meyer said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) The intersection is near the Satmar Shul on Forest Avenue…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bicyclist Struck, Killed In Hit-Run Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor Bicyclist Struck, Killed In Hit-Run Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor
Bicyclist Struck, Killed In Hit-Run Lakewood Crash: Prosecutor An unidentified bicyclist was killed in a collision with a pickup truck that fled the crash scene, authorities said. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lakewood Township Police Chief Gregory Meyer are seeking the public’s assistance with the fatal hit and run crash that occurred at 8:12 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1 at the intersection of Route 70 and New Hampshire Ave. in Lakewood Township. “We are seeking assistance in locating a full size, four-door ‘Pepsi Blue’ pick-up truck with possible front, driver’s side headlamp damage," they said. The vehicle was last se…

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by Jon Craig
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Lakewood Fugitive, 24, Arrested In Fatal Shooting Lakewood Fugitive, 24, Arrested In Fatal Shooting
Lakewood Fugitive, 24, Arrested In Fatal Shooting A 24-year-old man from Lakewood has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this week. Jahvontae Debose has been charged with murder in the multiple shooting death of Da'Jour Randolph, 20, of Little Egg Harbor on Sunday night in Lakewood, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lakewood Township Police Chief Gregory Meyer. Debose was arrested on Tuesday during a motor vehicle stop in Pleasantville, authorities said. He also was charged with several drug and weapons possession offenses, the prosecutor said. Debose was taken to the Ocean County Jail, w…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NO JOKE: Six More Lakewood Residents Ticketed For Violating Coronavirus Gathering Ban NO JOKE: Six More Lakewood Residents Ticketed For Violating Coronavirus Gathering Ban
NO Joke: Six More Lakewood Residents Ticketed For Violating Coronavirus Gathering Ban Lakewood police cited a half-dozen people – including a 99-year-old man—after they found them having an engagement party during the coronavirus outbreak, authorities said. The group of adults and children had gathered on the front lawn of a Spruce Street home late Tuesday afternoon, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lakewood Township Police Chief Gregory Meyer said in a joint release. The gathering violated Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19, they said. Police issued summonses to six people for violating the state of emergency order. …

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by Jerry DeMarco