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Suspected Toms River Hookah Lounge Killer Will Stay In Jail For Trial: Prosecutors Suspected Toms River Hookah Lounge Killer Will Stay In Jail For Trial: Prosecutors
Suspected Toms River Hookah Lounge Killer Will Stay In Jail For Trial: Prosecutors The man accused of murder in a triple shooting at a Toms River hookah lounge will have to stay in jail through his trial. A judge ordered on Thursday, Feb. 22 that Eric Manzanares, 24, of Asbury Park, will remain detained in the Ocean County Jail pending his trial, county prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced. He was charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon. Manzanares has been held in the county jail since Wednesday, Jan. 24, when he was extradited to New Jersey from Virginia. H…
Suspected Toms River Hookah Lounge Killer Extradited Months After Virginia Capture Suspected Toms River Hookah Lounge Killer Extradited Months After Virginia Capture
Suspected Toms River Hookah Lounge Killer Extradited Months After Virginia Capture Nearly nine months after his Virginia capture, a Monmouth County man will face charges in New Jersey, authorities announced. Asbury Park's Eric Manzanares, 24 — the accused gunman in a triple shooting that left one man dead and two others injured at a Toms River hookah lounge in 2022 — has been extradited from Prince William County, VA, to Ocean County, NJ, Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced on Thursday, Jan. 25.  Toms River police responded to a shooting at Top Tier Hookah Lounge on Hooper Avenue at around 1:20 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Officers found three victim…
Point Pleasant Fugitive Accused Of Choking Woman Unconscious Point Pleasant Fugitive Accused Of Choking Woman Unconscious
Point Pleasant Fugitive Accused Of Choking Woman Unconscious A Point Pleasant man is accused of nearly choking a woman to death and knocking her unconscious, authorities said. Juan Santiago-Rojas, 31, was charged with attempted murder on Monday, Jan. 22, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Santiago-Rojas was wanted in an incident in Point Pleasant on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Point Pleasant police responded to a report of an unconscious female at a home on Butler Avenue. When officers arrived, they found the woman also had serious injuries to her head and neck. The woman was rushed to Hackensack Meridian O…
Remains Found In North Jersey Woods Believed To Be Of Missing Local Woman, 63 Remains Found In North Jersey Woods Believed To Be Of Missing Local Woman, 63
Remains Found In North Jersey Woods Believed To Be Of Missing Local Woman, 63 Remains found in a wooded area in Wayne are believed to be those of a 63-year-old woman who went missing a week ago, the township’s police chief said on Friday. An intense search for Maria Ferrigno of Pompton Lakes began after her car was found abandoned on Farmingdale Road, next to a wooded area along the Pompton River, on Monday, July 17, Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said. A concerned resident told police the vehicle had been there for several days without being moved, McNiff said Friday in a detailed first public announcement about Ferrigno's disappearance and the subseq…
Union County Fugitive Charged In Fatal Toms River Hit-Run Crash Union County Fugitive Charged In Fatal Toms River Hit-Run Crash
Union County Fugitive Charged In Fatal Toms River Hit-Run Crash A 74-year-old man from Union County remains at large in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Ocean County, authorities said. Milciades Oviedo, of Elizabeth, was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death on Tuesday, Oct. 25, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Toms River Township Police Chief Mitch Little. The crash occurred at about 2:10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 23, in Toms River, resulting in the death of Sierra Fisher, 28, of Manchester Township, they said. According to a witness on the scene, the driver exited his veh…
MURDER: Jersey Shore Hookah Lounge Shooter At Large, Prosecutor Says MURDER: Jersey Shore Hookah Lounge Shooter At Large, Prosecutor Says
Murder: Jersey Shore Hookah Lounge Shooter At Large, Prosecutor Says The gunman accused of opening fire at a Jersey Shore hookah lounge killing one person and wounding two others last month is wanted on a warrant, authorities announced. Eric Manzanares, 22, has been charged with murder in the Aug. 27 death of Nymere Tinsley, 25, of Brick Township, at Top Tier Hookah in Toms River, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Manzanares was also charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and more for hurting the two other victims:,Anthony Miller, 29, of Neptune Township, and Jamal Bland, 24, of Asbury Park, Billhimer said. Officers respondi…
DNA In VIctim's Bite Mark Helps Send Jersey Shore Carjacker To Prison: Prosecutor DNA In VIctim's Bite Mark Helps Send Jersey Shore Carjacker To Prison: Prosecutor
DNA In VIctim's Bite Mark Helps Send Jersey Shore Carjacker To Prison: Prosecutor A 36-year-old man from Ocean County was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for a carjacking, authorities said. DNA in the victim's bite mark helped send the suspect to prison, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. John Bailey of Bayville was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 26 in connection with an incident that occurred in Lakewood Township on Dec. 5, 2018. Lakewood police were summoned to Hearth Court for a report of a carjacking.  Responding Officers learned that a 20-year-old female was sitting inside her motor vehicle, outside of her home, when an…
US Marshals Nab NYC Woman Who Threatened Ex-Colleague, Central Jersey Employer: Prosecutor US Marshals Nab NYC Woman Who Threatened Ex-Colleague, Central Jersey Employer: Prosecutor
US Marshals Nab NYC Woman Who Threatened Ex-Colleague, Central Jersey Employer: Prosecutor A New York City woman was tracked down by US Marshals after she threatened to kill a former colleague and also made threats against the victim's new employer in Central Jersey, authorities said. Quanajah Pinnock, 27, had been calling her former colleague and sending threatening text messages directed at her and her new Branchburg employer, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Officers began investigating at the victim's place of work on June 21, 12:15 p.m., when the incident was reported, McDonald said. Pinnock was subsequently charged with terroristic threats and false p…
UNLOCKED: Lamborghini, BMW, Mercedes Stolen From Same NJ Home, Arrest Made UNLOCKED: Lamborghini, BMW, Mercedes Stolen From Same NJ Home, Arrest Made
Unlocked: Lamborghini, BMW, Mercedes Stolen From Same NJ Home, Arrest Made A fingerprint lifted from a luxury SUV led Cliffside Park police to a Newark man who they said stole three high-end vehicles from the same home. Borough police said the owner not only didn't lock the Lamborghini Huracan, Mercedes G-Wagon and BMW X7. He told them he also left the key fobs inside one of the vehicles and the garage door open but fell asleep. Authorities recovered all three vehicles. They were impounded and examined by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, Cliffside Park Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The forensic experts then matched a fin…
Psych Hospital Resident Wanders Off From Facility, Search Launched In South Jersey Psych Hospital Resident Wanders Off From Facility, Search Launched In South Jersey
Psych Hospital Resident Wanders Off From Facility, Search Launched In South Jersey Police in Trenton were on the lookout for a man who walked away from a psychiatric facility Sunday night and has been missing ever since. NJ Human Services were notified around 10:05 p.m. that Brian Thorne, 48, wandered off from Trenton Psychiatric Hospital around 8:30 p.m. He was at TPH on a non-criminal hold. Thorne is a black male, partially bald, approximately 6’1” and 176 pounds.  On Saturday, a man who wandered off from a North Jersey nursing home was found dead. Human Services Police have entered Thorne into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as a missing perso…
Police: Monmouth County Man, 32, Sexually Assaulted Woman On Video Police: Monmouth County Man, 32, Sexually Assaulted Woman On Video
Police: Monmouth County Man, 32, Sexually Assaulted Woman On Video A Monmouth County man police say took videos while raping a woman he lived with in Warren County was arrested Thursday at JFK Airport, authorities said. Andres M. Cardenas Ortega, 32, lived in Hackettstown between Sept. 2018 and July 2019 with the victim, who allegedly found several videos on a digital device and Google account that showed her being sexually assaulted, town police said. The victim “had not consented to these sexual acts and did not know this happened before seeing the videos,” according to police. Ortega was scheduled to come to Hackettstown Police headquarters Wednesday a…
SEEN HIM? Central Jersey Boy, 15, Missing For Days SEEN HIM? Central Jersey Boy, 15, Missing For Days
Seen HIM? Central Jersey Boy, 15, Missing For Days Police are turning to the public in locating a 15-year-old boy from Monmouth County reported missing since last Thursday, authorities said. Sammie Boynton III is known to hang out around the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, Stony Hill apartment complex and Wykoff Park, Middletown police said.  Sammie also spends time at the Keansburg Boardwalk area. Boynton was last seen on Thursday by his mother, wearing gray sweatpants and a black hoodie with a picture of him and his grandmother on it.  He does not own a cellphone, police said. He is 5-foot 7-inches tall and weighs 135 pounds, wit…
Fugitive Sought In Jersey Shore Hotel Attack, Stabbing Victim Critical Fugitive Sought In Jersey Shore Hotel Attack, Stabbing Victim Critical
Fugitive Sought In Jersey Shore Hotel Attack, Stabbing Victim Critical Authorities in Ocean County seek the public's help locating a suspect believed to have critically wounded a woman from Toms River in a hotel lobby last week. Carles Bryant, 34, of Millville remains at large but has been charged with attempted murder, contempt and weapons offenses, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Toms River Township Police Chief Mitchell Little. At about 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Toms River Township Police responded to a 9-1-1 call to the Howard Johnson Hotel on Hooper Avenue about a fight in the lobby of the hotel, …