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Prosecutor: New Suspect Charged With Threatening Jersey Shore Detective Prosecutor: New Suspect Charged With Threatening Jersey Shore Detective
Prosecutor: New Suspect Charged With Threatening Jersey Shore Detective Charges against one Brick Township man were dropped and complaints against another brought for threats made earlier this week against a local police detective and his family, Ocean County's prosecutor announced Friday. Connor White, 22, was charged with making the threats along with Anthony Chieffo, 25, after another man was wrongly accused in the case, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The detective had received calls and texts threatening him and his family Monday on his department-issued cellphone, Billhimer said. Detectives from Billhimer’s office quickly identified C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DWI Driver Gets 7 Years Behind Bars For Jersey Shore Crash That Killed 24-Year-Old Passenger DWI Driver Gets 7 Years Behind Bars For Jersey Shore Crash That Killed 24-Year-Old Passenger
DWI Driver Gets 7 Years Behind Bars For Jersey Shore Crash That Killed 24-Year-Old Passenger A 25-year-old Barnegat man will spend seven years behind bars for a  crash that killed his 24-year-old passenger in March 2020, in which speed and alcohol were both factors, authorities said Thursday. Jeydon Lowe pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and DWI on Jan. 17, and was sentenced before Superior Court Judge Linda G. Baxter, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Lowe will be required to serve at least 85 percent of his prison sentence before he is eligible for parole, subject to the No Early Release Act. Baxter also suspended Lowe’s driving privileges for …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Garden State Parkway Wildfire 'Intentionally Set' Prosecutor: Garden State Parkway Wildfire 'Intentionally Set'
Prosecutor: Garden State Parkway Wildfire 'Intentionally Set' Authorities say that Sunday's wildland fire, which jumped over the Garden State Parkway in Lakewood, was intentionally set. “We have located the origin of the fire and have concluded that the fire was intentionally set,” Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said on Friday. No other new details were released by the prosecutor. Earlier news coverage and video of the fire by Daily Voice can be found by clicking here.  About 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service Observation Tower in Lakewood reported a wildland fire in the area of Cedarbridge Aven…

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by Jon Craig
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Jersey Shore Man Gets 4 Years State Prison For Possessing 1,000 Child Pornography Images Jersey Shore Man Gets 4 Years State Prison For Possessing 1,000 Child Pornography Images
Jersey Shore Man Gets 4 Years State Prison For Possessing 1,000 Child Pornography Images A 42-year-old man from Ocean County has been sentenced to four years in state prison for possessing child pornography, authorities said.  Michael Delia of Waretown previously pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child by possessing child pornography, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Delia was sentenced on Friday by Superior Court Judge Linda G. Baxter. Delia’s sentence will be served at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, Billhimer said. Delia also will be subject to parole supervision for life and be requi…

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by Jon Craig
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CAUGHT: US Border Patrol Nabs Jersey Shore Fugitive In Texas For Howell Woman's Hit-Run Death CAUGHT: US Border Patrol Nabs Jersey Shore Fugitive In Texas For Howell Woman's Hit-Run Death
Caught: US Border Patrol Nabs Jersey Shore Fugitive In Texas For Howell Woman's Hit-Run Death A fugitive in a fatal hit-and-run Christmas Eve crash on the Jersey Shore has surrendered in Texas, authorities said. Roberto Alcazar-Sanchez, 27, of Jackson, who had fled to Mexico after a fatal motor vehicle crash was captured on Wednesday, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.  Alcazar-Sanchez surrendered to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Protection Agents in Laredo, Texas, the prosecutor said on Friday.  Alcazar-Sanchez previously was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, according to Billhimer.…

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by Jon Craig
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Prosecutor: Fatal Jersey Shore Crash Is 'Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare' Prosecutor: Fatal Jersey Shore Crash Is 'Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare'
Prosecutor: Fatal Jersey Shore Crash Is 'Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare' The speeding driver in a head-on crash is now charged with manslaughter after a high school passenger in the other car died on Tuesday, authorities said. Michael Pillarella, 26, of the Manahawkin section of Stafford, has been newly charged with aggravated manslaughter, vehicular homicide and speeding, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Pillarella was driving north on Radio Road near Baltusrol Court in Little Egg Harbor at about 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 30 when he lost control of his car on a curve, crossed over the center line and struck a southbound vehicle, auth…

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by Jon Craig
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US Marshals Capture Fugitive In Jersey Shore Shooting In Atlantic City US Marshals Capture Fugitive In Jersey Shore Shooting In Atlantic City
US Marshals Capture Fugitive In Jersey Shore Shooting In Atlantic City U.S. Marshals captured a fugitive in an attempted murder on Thursday in Atlantic City, authorities said. Donald Rutter, 61, of Tuckerton was charged in the shooting on Jan. 6 and remained at large, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced that Donald Rutter, 61, of Tuckerton, a fugitive. Rutter is accused of trying to kill Thomas Jarvis, 55, of Little Egg Harbor, Billhimer said. On Jan. 5 at about 7:30 p.m., Little Egg Harbor Township police were called to Jarvis Marine on Radio Road in response to a 9-1-1 call about someone being shot, authori…

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by Jon Craig
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Asbury Park Teen Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence In Shooting Near Jersey Shore High School Asbury Park Teen Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence In Shooting Near Jersey Shore High School
Asbury Park Teen Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence In Shooting Near Jersey Shore High School A teenager from Asbury Park was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for his role in a shooting outside an Ocean County high school, authorities said. Alonzo Legrande, who is now 18, pleaded guilty in September to aggravated assault and weapons charges, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Legrande originally was charged as an adult on Sept. 10 with four counts of attempted murder and weapons charges, Billhimer said. Legrandes' reduced charges were part of his  agreement to plead guilty as an adult before Judge Wendel E. Daniels.  Legrande was 17 when the crimes occurred, …

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by Jon Craig
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Jersey Shore Man Faces 15 Years State Prison For Dealing Cocaine Jersey Shore Man Faces 15 Years State Prison For Dealing Cocaine
Jersey Shore Man Faces 15 Years State Prison For Dealing Cocaine A 35-year-old man from Ocean County has admitted to dealing large quantifies of cocaine,, authorities said. Michael Trotman of Beachwood pleaded guilty on Monday to possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute it, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Trotman appeared before Superior Court Judge Michael T. Collins Trotman was stopped by Brick Township police on March 4. He'd previously been arrested in possession of more than five ounces of cocaine on May 30, 2018 in Manchester Township, Billhimer said. When Trotman is sentenced on March 5, prosecutor…

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by Jon Craig
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Ocean County Couple Arrested For Drug Dealing, 2,400 Heroin Bags Seized Ocean County Couple Arrested For Drug Dealing, 2,400 Heroin Bags Seized
Ocean County Couple Arrested For Drug Dealing, 2,400 Heroin Bags Seized Authorities in Ocean County have arrested a couple accused of drug dealing and seized 2,400 bags of heroin. John Vaughn, 47, and Jennifer Vuono, 38, of Beachwood, were arrested on several drug dealing charges, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer  Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force and the Beachwood Police Department Detective Bureau identified a residence in Beachwood being used to store and distribute heroin, Billhimer said. On Dec. 18, authorities made a warranted search at a Beachwood residence.…

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by Jon Craig
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Jersey Shore Fugitive Sought In Fatal Christmas Eve Crash Jersey Shore Fugitive Sought In Fatal Christmas Eve Crash
Jersey Shore Fugitive Sought In Fatal Christmas Eve Crash Ocean County authorities seek the public's help in locating a suspected hit-and-run driver in a fatal crash on Christmas Eve. About 6 p.m. on Dec. 24, Jackson Township police were called to Interstate-195 and Cedar Swap Road on a report of a motor vehicle crash with serious injuries, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and the Jackson Township Police Department found that a 2010 Mercedes Benz driven by Norman Shtab, 83, of Howell Township, was exiting I-195 at Exit 21.…

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by Jon Craig
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Jersey Shore Man Gets 7 Years State Prison For Bilking Blind, Elderly Woman Out Of $100,000 Jersey Shore Man Gets 7 Years State Prison For Bilking Blind, Elderly Woman Out Of $100,000
Jersey Shore Man Gets 7 Years State Prison For Bilking Blind, Elderly Woman Out Of $100,000 A 28-year-old man from Ocean County has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for stealing more than $100,000 from a blind, elderly woman, authorities said. Tyler Dietlmeier of Toms River previously pleaded guilty to theft by deception, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan also sentenced Dietlmeier on Friday to four years in state prison for his previously entered guilty plea to criminal coercion., Billhimer said. The two prison sentences will run concurrently. Dietlmeier pleaded guilty to both charges befor…

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by Jon Craig