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Jersey Shore Man Tells Brother To 'Come Back With Coroner' After Killing Dad: Report
"Come back with a coroner" is allegedly what a Jersey Shore man told his brother after killing their father on Sept. 7, NJ Advance Media reports. Justin Donaldson was found by his brother next to the body of his dad, 67-year-old David Donaldson, in the kitchen of their Weehawken Avenue home in Lacey Township the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 7, as previously reported by Daily Voice. The elder Donaldson had suffered trauma to his face, chest and neck, and his son had a wooden bottle opener shaped like a horse in his pocket, NJ.com says citing court papers. Justin Donaldson allege…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Cocaine, LSD, Pot Bust: Prosecutor
A Lacey Township man on Friday, Feb. 11 pleaded guilty to his role in a Jersey Shore drug bust, authorities said. Detectives discovered several ounces of cocaine, LSD, marijuana, and more during a warranted search of the car and home of Andrew Bradley, 22, in October 2021, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Bradley was storing and selling cocaine and marijuana out of a home in the Forked River section of the township between 2017 and 2020, the prosecutor said. Lacey Township police launched an investigation on Oct. 1, 2021, when they stopped Bradley in his car.&nb…
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Prosecutor: 1,400 Wax Folds Of Heroin, ~$16,700, Firearm Seized In Jersey Shore Drug Bust
Four New Jersey residents were arrested for distributing heroin, fentanyl and cocaine following an investigation involving nearly a dozen law enforcement agencies, authorities said Thursday. Kevin Collins, 37, and Daysha Kelly, 35, operated out of a Pine Beach home, while Elex Hyman, 49, and Jamie Steen, 38, used a Lakewood home, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. All four acted together to carry out the distribution scheme, Billhimer said. Detectives on Aug. 10 set up surveillance on the Pine Beach home, and saw Collins and Kelly get on public transportation to go to …
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Construction Accident At Nuclear Plant Knocks Out Power Along Jersey Shore
A construction accident at a defunct nuclear plant in Ocean County knocked out electricity in several towns, authorities said. A machine reportedly took down a utility pole and some power lines at Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant on Monday afternoon. The accident triggered a power outage throughout Berkeley Township, Lacey Township, Barnegat Township and Waretown, initial reports said. Electricity was lost by at least 30,000 households and businesses, Jersey Central Power and Light reported about 2 p.m. Ocean Township police reported that crews were working to restore power. Police departme…
Police & Fire
Man Charged In Fatal Biker Night Assault At Controversial NJ Diner
A 54-year-old man was being held in the Ocean County Jail in connection with Wednesday night's fatal assault at a popular Jersey Shore diner that left another dead. Robert Clarke, 78, of Manchester was airlifted to an area hospital after the 7:30 p.m. incident at the Lakeside Diner in Lacey Township, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Edward Charles Chandler of Manalapan was charged with aggravated assault, which was upgraded to aggravated manslaughter on Thursday night. Billhimer said that Clarke was removed from life support about 1:30 a.m. after he was airlifted to …
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Man Found Hanging From Tree In Jersey Shore Town
DEVELOPING: A man was found hanging from a tree in Lacey Township on Wednesday afternoon, reports say. The man's body was spotted by a passerby on Caruso Lane in the Bamber Lake section of the township around 2:30 p.m., initial reports say. The man was purple in the face when the passerby cut him down from the tree, according to Exit 74 scanner news on Facebook. It wasn't clear where exactly the man's body was found, or how long it had been there. His condition was unclear. South Toms River medics were responding, the scanner page said. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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Jersey Shore Restaurant Owner Admits Ducking $185,000 In Federal Taxes
The owner of a Jersey Shore Italian restaurant admitted stiffing the IRS out of $185,000 in personal and corporate taxes. Raimondo Schiano, 55, admitted diverting unreported income from Biagio’s Trattoria in Lacey Township to his personal account for four straight years, beginning in 2014, during a video conference with a federal judge in Trenton on Wednesday, Special IRS Agent Robert Glantz said. None of the diverted funds was reported as income on either the corporate tax returns for the Lanoka Harbor restaurant or on Schiano’s personal tax returns, Glantz said. As a result, Schiano, of…
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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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Authorities: Police Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Jersey Shore Kidnapper Justified
Police were justified in shooting an Ocean County ex-con who cornered them with a knife after stabbing a K-9, authorities announced Wednesday. “Drop the knife!” the officers yelled repeatedly as Edward Walsh advanced at least 20 feet toward them, refusing to stop, during a November 2018 encounter in a Mantoloking home, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. “Officers found a large knife with a brown handle next to Walsh and a second knife in his waistband,” the prosecutor said. They administered first aid until EMS arrived, Billhimer said. The K-9 was treated at a local animal…
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Man Who Sold Fentanyl, Heroin That Killed Ocean County User Gets 7 Years In Prison
A Lacey Township resident who sold a mix of heroin and fentanyl that killed a 25-year-old Berkeley man last spring must spend nearly six years in state prison before he’s eligible for parole. Charles Rice, 58, was sentenced Friday in Toms River to a plea-bargained seven years behind bars, 85 percent of which he must serve under New Jersey’s No Early Release Act, for manslaughter, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski also sentenced Rice to a concurrent six-year sentence for distributing heroin and fentanyl. Rice pleaded guilty to both cha…
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Child Porn Case: Ex-NJ Youth Corrections Officer Gets 7 Years In Fed Pen
A former state youth facility corrections officer from Ocean County was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for trafficking child porn. Michael A. Ruggiero, 38, of Lacey Township, was nabbed by federal Homeland Security agents after an online contact of his was arrested in Canada, authorities said. Members of the Saskatchewan Police Service contacted them after finding online exchanges between a man they took into custody for downloading and sharing images of child sexual abuse off a mobile app and a user in the U.S. IP addresses led the agents to Ruggiero, who was living in Berkel…
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