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NJ Officer Who Looked Up People He Knew On Police Database Suspended, Prosecutor Says NJ Officer Who Looked Up People He Knew On Police Database Suspended, Prosecutor Says
NJ Officer Who Looked Up People He Knew On Police Database Suspended, Prosecutor Says A Brielle police officer is accused of illegally using police databases to look up people he knew, authorities said. Brian Dreher, 37, of Brick Township, is charged with third-degree computer theft, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced on Friday, Jan. 12. Dreher faces up to five years in state prison If he's convicted. “Any transgression of this nature by an officer is unacceptable,” Santiago said in a news release. “While this officer’s action is not indicative of the majority of our police officers across Monmouth County, we must continue to hold our officers r…

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by Chris Spiker
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Rockland Fugitive Barricades Himself In Jersey Shore Club, Authorities Say Rockland Fugitive Barricades Himself In Jersey Shore Club, Authorities Say
Rockland Fugitive Barricades Himself In Jersey Shore Club, Authorities Say This story has been updated. A SWAT team was called to a vacant beachfront club in Central Jersey after a Rockland County fugitive refused to leave, authorities said. The man was wanted for making terroristic threats against law enforcement in Ramapo, New York, they said. Deal police responded to a call about a trespasser at 12:41 p.m. on Wednesday. The man became uncooperative, prompting an hours-long standoff with multiple police agencies and help from the SWAT team, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. After entering the vacant Loch Arbour Beach…

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by Jon Craig