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‘That’s Not A Lake’: Police Warn This Popular NJ Spot Could Kill You ‘That’s Not A Lake’: Police Warn This Popular NJ Spot Could Kill You
‘That’s Not A Lake’: Police Warn This Popular NJ Spot Could Kill You Manchester police are stepping up enforcement at the Heritage Minerals property after a spike in trespassing and noise complaints, warning that the site may look like a summer playground, but it’s anything but safe. The 7,000-acre property, also known as the former ASARCO site, stretches between Route 37 and Route 70 in Ocean County. It’s dotted with deep pits and groundwater aquifers left behind from decades of mining, Manchester police said in a release Wednesday, July 9. But don’t let the calm blue water fool you. “These are not recreational lakes,” police said. “They contain unstable b…
$25K Raised For Family Of Dirt Biker Killed At Private Jersey Shore Area $25K Raised For Family Of Dirt Biker Killed At Private Jersey Shore Area
$25K Raised For Family Of Dirt Biker Killed At Private Jersey Shore Area Support is on the rise for the family of a 28-year-old man who police say was trespassing at a popular Jersey Shore site when he crashed his dirt bike and died over the weekend. Joseph W. Maffia, 28, was riding a blue 2024 Yamaha YZ450F when he hit the crest of a hill and dropped ten feet into a sand embankment at ASARCO, or Heritage Minerals, in Manchester Township, ejecting him from the bike, just before noon on Saturday, March 15, Manchester police said. Other dirt bike riders found Maffia unresponsive, face down in the sand, and started life-saving measures, according to police. He was …
Jersey Shore Man, 44, Indicted In Drunken Utility Terrain Vehicle Crash: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man, 44, Indicted In Drunken Utility Terrain Vehicle Crash: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man, 44, Indicted In Drunken Utility Terrain Vehicle Crash: Prosecutor A 44-year-old man from Ocean County has been indicted in connection with the death of another man after crashing a Utility Terrain Vehicle into a lake, authorities said. Stephen McGuire of Howell Township was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on the charges of vehicular homicide in connection with the death of James Grover, 62, also of Howell, in December 2020 in Manchester Township, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.  At the time of the crash, McGuire was found to be legally too drunk to drive a vehicle, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.…