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Toms River Gunman Subdued By Police, 2 Victims Killed In Lakewood Shooting ID'd: Prosecutor
A Toms River man was charged with two counts of murder in a shooting that left two dead early Sunday in Lakewood, authorities said. Tyshaun Drummond, 39, shot and killed Nicholas Hardy, 36, of Toms River, and Sergio Chavez-Perez, 32, of Lakewood, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Their bodies were found inside of the River Avenue apartment complex after the 7:20 a.m. shooting, Billhimer said. The Lakewood Scoop obtained exclusive footage from the scene in the original reporting of the story. View this post on Instagram A po…
Police & Fire
Repeat Jersey Shore Offender Admits Child Porn Possession: Feds
A 34-year-old repeat offender from the Jersey Shore has admitted to possessing thousands of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse, authorities said. Andrew Ramey, 34, of Brick, pleaded guilty on Tuesday by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti to a possession of child pornography charge, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig. According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, between March 13, 2020, and June 8, 2020, Ramey allegedly downloaded and shared material containing images of child sexual abuse,…
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Manchester Fire Was 'Intentionally Set': Prosecutor
A fire in a vacant structure earlier this week was intentionally set, authorities said. On Tuesday, Manchester police and Manchester Fire Department were dispatched on a report of a fire at a vacant structure on Ridgeway Road. Once the fire was extinguished, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Arson Unit, Ocean County Fire Marshal’s Office, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and Manchester Township Detective Bureau, were requested to respond to the scene and conduct an examination into the origin and cause of the fire. The result of the…
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Jersey Shore Man Admits Robbing Wawa, Shoprite, 7-Eleven, Other Stores: Prosecutor
A Jersey Shore man has pleaded guilty to robbing several stores and burglarizing a home, authorities said. Thomas Jann, 34, of Beachwood, pled guilty to six counts of robbery and one count of burglary, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The string of alleged crimes occurred between July 27, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2020, in Toms River, Berkeley Township and Beachwood, the prosecutor said. The State will seek a term of 16 years in New Jersey State Prison when Jann is sentenced on Jan. 14, 2022. A joint investigation between the Toms River, Berke…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Suspect Nailed For Using Knife, Then Handgun
A real estate agent from Landenberg, PA, was nailed on charges of using a knife then a gun, authorities said. Sherry Lee Heffernan, 55, is to remain detained in the Ocean County Jail pending trial on two counts of murder relative to the deaths of John Enders and Francoise Pitoy in Surf City on or about Sept. 29, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Heffernan also is charged with possession of a weapon, specifically a knife. and possession of a weapon, specifically a handgun, Billhimer said. On Oct. 4, Heffernan was taken into custody by…
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PA Realtor Accused Of Killing Dad, GF In Surf City Returns To NJ With New Weapons Charges
A real estate agent accused of killing her dad and his girlfriend on the Jersey Shore was hit with new charges upon her extradition from Pennsylvania, authorities said. Sherry Lee Heffernan was initially charged with stabbing her dad, John Enders, and his girlfriend, Francoise Pitoy, to death in his Surf City home earlier this month, Ocean County Prosccutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Further medical examination found that both Enders, 87, and Pitoy, 75, had also been shot in the face, Billhimer said. Heffernan, 55, of Landenberg, PA, has been charged with possession of a handgun, in a…
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Jersey Shore Drug Dealer Charged In Victim's Heroin/Fentanyl OD Death, Prosecutor Says
A Jersey Shore man has been criminally accused of giving a 35-year-old man a lethal combination of heroin and fentanyl in August. Dandre Tubbs, 33, of Manchester, supplied the drugs that killed the unidentified victim on Aug. 15, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Manchester Township Police Chief Robert Dolan said. The victim was found unresponsive of an apparent drug overdose the following day, authorities said. Tubbs was arrested and charged on three counts of heroin distribution, two counts of heroin possession, possession of Alprazolam, possession of a hypodermi…
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Animal Cruelty Suspect Escapes Jail Sentence: Gets Lifetime Ban On Owning Pets: Prosecutor Says
Over objections from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, a 30 year-old woman from Toms River will not get any jail time on an animal cruelty charge in which three dogs died. Instead, Alyssa DeStefano was sentenced on Friday to 60 hours of community service, probation and a lifetime ban on owning animals, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. DeStefano was sentenced by the Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski to a two- year term of probation as a result of a previously entered guilty plea in July to animal cruelty, the prosecutor said. Gizinski …
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Brick Son Faces Life-In-Prison In Father's 'Murder-For-Hire', Ocean County Prosecutor Says
A 30-year-old man from Ocean County has been indicted in connection with his father's alleged murder-for-hire, authorities said. Mark J. Austin, 30, of Brick Township, was charged Thursday with murder and weapons offenses, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The son faces life in prison without parole if found guilty of murder-for-hire, the prosecutor said. Austin allegedly killed his father, Mark Richard Austin, on Sept. 7, 2019, in Brick Township, the prosecutor said. Thursday's Grand Jury "superseding Indictment" charges that Austin "procured the …
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PA Woman Charged In Stabbing Death Of Her Jersey Shore Dad, His GF
.A 55-year-old Pennsylvania woman has been arrested on accusations she stabbed her Jersey Shore dad and his girlfriend dead, authorities announced. Sherry Lee Heffernan, of Landenberg, is accused of killing John Enders, 87, of Surf City, and Francoise Pitoy, 75, of Manchester, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Surf City Police Chief John N. Casella, Jr. said. Surf City police found the bodies of Enders and Pitoy on Sunday around 4 p.m. at a North 7th Street home while conducting a welfare check, police said. The victims suffered multiple stab wounds, police said. Heffernan w…
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Jersey Shore Man Admits Stabbing Victim Dead During Argument
A New Jersey man admitted to stabbing another man to death during an argument at an Ocean County home over three years ago, authorities said. Kendrick Coley, 29, of Little Egg Harbor, pled guilty Thursday to aggravated manslaughter in the May 2018 stabbing death of Richard Pone, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. In response to a 911 call, officers arrived at a home on Maplewood Drive in Little Egg Harbor to find Pone in an upstairs bedroom with multiple stab wounds, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators discovered that Cole…
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Knife-Wielding Man Admits Stalking, Stabbing Woman In Jackson, Prosecutor Says
A 38-year-old Jersey Shore man has admitted to stalking and stabbing a woman last spring, authorities said. Michael Mahan, 38, of Ewing Township, pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated assault and making terroristic threats as well as driving while intoxicated according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. His guilty plea came in connection with several incidents on May 8 in Jackson Township, the prosecutor said. Mahan allegedly held a knife to the victim’s neck, threatened to kill her and then punched while holding the knife, slicing her face. Jackson Township polic…
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