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Police & Fire
Squatters Hospitalized In Lakewood Lumber Yard Fire: Police
A fire tore through a Lakewood lumber yard on Monday evening, Jan. 8, as first reported by The Lakewood Scoop. Footage from the outlet shows flames shooting from the scene shows flames ripping through the structure at Ocean Avenue (Route 88) near Monmouth Avenue, just before 5 p.m. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) Lakewood police Capt. Gregory Staffordshire said…
Traffic
Crash Closes Route 9 In Lakewood
A crash and fluid spill closed Route 9 in Lakewood, authorities said. the crash occurred at about noon on Wednesday, Sept. 6 northbound north of Route 88, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. A video posted by The Lakewood Scoop shows heavy machinery being righted after the rollover crash. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
Police & Fire
3-Alarm Blaze Destroys Home On Jersey Shore
A three-alarm fire raged in Toms River on Monday, Aug. 21. The fully-involved structure fire was on Chanticleer Court in the Greenbrier Woodlands community. The Lakewood Scoop posted photos including aerial shots provided by a pilot. House fire as viewed from a plane above Toms River. (Photo courtesy The Lakewood Scoop (TLS))The Lakewood Scoop
Police & Fire
Fire Erupts At UPS Facility At Jersey Shore
Firefighters worked to knock down a massive fire that broke out at a UPS facility in Ocean County Wednesday, June 28. The blaze erupted just before 7 p.m. at the Vassar Avenue facility in Lakewood. According to CBS, at least six trailers and part of the warehouse were damaged. JUST IN: UPS truck on fire at the @UPS facility in Lakewood pic.twitter.com/ouz9rKSK95 — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) June 28, 2023 The Lakewood Scoop posted footage from the scene.
Police & Fire
Six Children Attacked By Fox In Lakewood: Report
Six children were attacked by a fox in separate incidents throughout the day Tuesday, Aug. 30 in Lakewood, The Lakewood Scoop reports. The first incident happened around 10 a.m., while the child was playing at the John Street playground around 10 a.m. The child was hospitalized and released. Another child was jumped by the fox on Rose Park Circle around 7:15 p.m. Fifteen minutes later, three children were bitten in their yard on Regal Court. Finally, at 9:40 p.m., another child was bitten while at the John Street playground. Lakewood Police Capt. Greg Staffordsmith said all children w…
Police & Fire
No AC Closes Jersey Shore Hospital ER, Patients Diverted (
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Air conditioning was not working at a Jersey Shore hospital forcing its emergency room to temporarily close Wednesday, July 20, officials confirmed. The malfunction at Riverview Medical Center occurred around 9 a.m. as temps climbed into the 90s. HAPPENING NOW: Riverview Medical Center in Redbank transporting multiple patients to other facilities after experiencing a power outage. pic.twitter.com/XX0aesZgcW — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) July 20, 2022 The following statement was released to News12: This morning, some of the air conditioning units at Hackensack Meridian Rivervie…
Police & Fire
Victims Of Triple Fatal Garden State Parkway Crash ID'd
Police have identified the three young women killed in a violent crash on the Garden State Parkway over the weekend. Detronia Young, 26, and Janiyah Rudolph, 24, both of Asbury Park, along with Ajene Brodie, 25, of Shrewsbury, died in the Sunday, July 10 crash, according to New Jersey State Police. Brodie was driving, police said. BREAKING: At least one reported killed in GSP overturn accident [PHOTO] - https://t.co/THrsEHoEJa pic.twitter.com/GMSByMXfT7 — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) July 10, 2022 The two-car crash happened around 7:20 p.m. in the southbound lanes in Aberdeen, N…
Police & Fire
Two Dead In Garden State Parkway Crash (
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Two people died in a crash on the Garden State Parkway Sunday, July 10 in Monmouth County, authorities said. BREAKING: At least one reported killed in GSP overturn accident [PHOTO] - https://t.co/THrsEHoEJa pic.twitter.com/GMSByMXfT7 — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) July 10, 2022 BREAKING: More from the fatal accident scene on the GSP. https://t.co/Ec2qZA7Fc0 pic.twitter.com/fGCzG56RKC — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) July 11, 2022 The two-car crash happened around 7:20 p.m. in the southbound lanes in Aberdeen, New Jersey State Police said. One person was seriously injure…
Police & Fire
Wires Smoking, Poles Downed In Toms River School Bus Crash
A school bus crash backed up Route 37 in Toms River, downing poles and spilling fuel across the roadway Friday, June 10, as first reported by The Lakewood Scoop. The crash that apparently involved another overturned car happened around 1:35 p.m. at Romana Lane. The State DOT was investigating.
Police & Fire
Serious Motorcycle Crash Reported On Garden State Parkway (
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There was a serious motorcycle crash on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said.. The crash occurred before 10 a.m. on Friday, June 10 on the parkway northbound at milepost119.6 in Aberdeen, New Jersey State Police said. The Lakewood Scoop posted this video of a motorcycle crash on the Garden State Parkway. The crash resulted in serious injuries to the motorcycle rider, police said. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES.
Police & Fire
Driver Assaults Orthodox Man In Lakewood Road Rage Incident (
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): Report
A road rage incident involving an Orthodox Jewish man being assaulted by another driver was captured on video, according to The Lakewood Scoop. While it was not clear exactly what happened leading up to the incident, witnesses told TLS that a black man got out of his car to scream at the Jewish driver then grabbed his phone. Police are investigating a road rage incident caught on video in Lakewood pic.twitter.com/96x57AwJVG — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) June 1, 2022 The black man was captured assaulting the Jewish man on camera and later apparently got in his car and left, tos…
News
Manifesto
: Buffalo Mass Shooter Says These NJ Communities Are 'Deplorable'
Lakewood, Toms River, Jersey City and Brooklyn, NY, are among the Jewish communities that Buffalo's accused mass shooter considers "deplorable'' in a 180-page manifesto, according to multiple news reports. Payton Gendron, 18, was arraigned Saturday on first-degree murder charges and ordered detained without bail on accusations he carefully planned the massacre at a Buffalo supermarket that left ten people dead. Eleven of the 13 people he shot were black, reports say. Gendron had penned a 180-page manifesto that named Lakewood and Toms River among the communities that the alleged shooter con…
Police & Fire
Pilot, Flight Instructor Unscathed In Jersey Shore Plane Crash: Report
Two people walked away unscathed after his plane crashed on the Jersey Shore Sunday, May 1, as first reported by the Lakewood Scoop. The single-engine Cessna 172 crashed at Ocean County Airport in Bayville around 6 p.m., the FAA said in a release. The aircraft had departed from Old Bridge Airport in Englishtown. The occupants were a pilot and flight instructor, the Asbury Park Press reports. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. At the scene.The Lakewood Scoop (with permission) Click here for more photos from The Lakewood Scoop.
Police & Fire
(
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) Dog Under Van Causes Traffic Jam In Lakewood
A dog looking like he didn't want to move anywhere too fast was perched under a van, causing a traffic jam, The Lakewood Scoop reported. The dog appeared to be uninjured on New Hampshire Avenue on Monday morning, April 11. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES Click here to watch a video by TLS
News
Missing NJ Man Found Dead In New Orleans Died In 'Tragic Accident,' Rescuers Say
A funeral was held on Tuesday, March 22 for a New Jersey man whose body was found in New Orleans nearly two months after his disappearance. Michael Gelfand, a father of four from Jackson, arrived in NoLa for a one-day business trip on Jan. 5, but had not been heard from since Jan. 6. Yeshiva World News said only that the 33-year-old dad "perished in a tragic accident... while on a business trip to the city and was later confirmed to have been involved in a terrible mishap that cost him his life." The discovery of Gelfand's body was originally reported by The Lakewood Scoop. Mordy a’’…
News
Body Of NJ Man Found In New Orleans 2 Months After Disappearance: Report
The body of a 33-year-old New Jersey man was found in New Orleans more than two months after his disappearance, The Lakewood Scoop reports. Michael Gelfand, of Jackson, was found dead in NoLa on Monday, March 21, the outlet said citing sources. His body was being flown to New Jersey for burial. Authorities in New Orleans did not immediately return Daily Voice's request for comment placed at 7:15 p.m. Gelfand arrived in New Orleans on Jan. 5 for business and was scheduled to return to his home in New Jersey on Jan. 6, police said. His family has not heard from him since Jan. 6. This i…
Police & Fire
Lakewood Snowplow Driver Splashing Slushy Snow Onto Orthodox Jews Under Investigation
A snowplow operator was suspended after a video was posted on social media showing a pile of slushy snow being tossed onto a pair of Orthodox Jewish people walking in Lakewood, NJ Advance Media reported. The original story about Saturday's incident -- now under investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and Lakewood police -- was broken by The Lakewood Scoop. A spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office confirmed the joint investigation for Daily Voice. The video shows the plow's operator driving on a snow-covered street as two men in traditional Orthodox Jewish attire…
News
Lakewood Shooting Victim Survived By 3 Young Children
The Lakewood community is rallying after a father of three was shot to death on Sunday. He was one of two shooting victims. Toms River resident Tyshaun Drummond, 39, was charged with two counts of murder in the shooting that killed Nicholas Hardy, 36, of Toms River, and Sergio Chavez-Perez, 32, of Lakewood, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. "No money can bring him back, but with their breadwinner gone, the least we can do as a community is help them get over this shock by covering funeral expenses, and other basic needs for the family," The Lakewood Scoop wrote while s…
Police & Fire
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
2 Firefighters Reported Hurt In Lakewood Blaze: Developing
A serious multiple-unit house fire left at least two firefighters injured on the Jersey Shore, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The two-alarm fire broke out about 8:30 a.m. Friday at 544 Davids Court in Lakewood, initial reports said. Fire was reported shooting through the roof. Video taken by The Lakewood Scoop showed heavy smoke. An unconfirmed report said one of two firefighters injured was taken to a burn center. Details were not immediately available from Lakewood police. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
News
'Lakewood Scoop' Reporter Assaulted During DUI Arrest: Report (
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A Lakewood Scoop reporter was apparently assaulted while on the scene of a DUI arrest on Thanksgiving Day, the outlet reported. The son of the man being arrested on Pine Street allegedly shoved the reporter, struck him across the face and then fled, the outlet reports. He was later apparently placed under arrest, TLS said. A teen is in custody after assaulting a TLS reporter in Lakewood this afternoon. The assault was witnessed by a police officer and Shomrim memberThe suspect ran, but was tracked down by a Shomrim member and taken into custody. pic.twitter.com/FN5i9WrVuL — The Lakewood…
Police & Fire
Police ID Boy, 9, Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash
Authorities have identified the 9-year-old boy killed late Saturday night in a crash on the Garden State Parkway. UPDATE: Grieving Parents Scramble To Give Son Proper Burial Following Horrific Parkway Crash Jake Olivos, of Beachwood, was ejected when the Volkswagen Passat he was traveling in ran off the road to the left and overturned on the entrance ramp to exit 89A south around 10:20 p.m., New Jersey Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. The crash was first reported by The Lakewood Scoop. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Lakewood…
Police & Fire
Child Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash
A child was killed in a crash on the Garden State Parkway Saturday night in Ocean County, as first reported by The Lakewood Scoop. UPDATE: Grieving Parents Scramble To Give Son Proper Burial Following Horrific Parkway Crash The incident occurred on the Exit 89A ramp on the southbound side of the highway in Lakewood, 511NJ says. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) Footage from the scene shows a vehicle overturned in a ditch. The Lakewood Scoop is reporting that the child was 9 years. State Pol…
Police & Fire
Nypd
Helicopter Tails Brooklyn Chopper To Lakewood
A helicopter owned by the NYPD chased a helicopter from New York City to Lakewood, according to The Lakewood Scoop. The chopper had landed in a vacant lot in Brooklyn where it picked up passengers before heading to Lakewood, TLS reported on its Twitter feed.
Police & Fire
Lakewood Suffers 5th School Bus Crash This Fall, Reports Say
A head-on school bus crash occurred Thursday night in Lakewood, police said. It was at least the firth school bus crash in Lakewood this fall, police said. Two school bus crashes happened on Thursday according to Parch, the fourth and fifth since mid-September. In a crash about 9 p.m. Thursday on River Avenue, a 2019 Ford Expedition collided with a 2020 Dodge Challenger which allegedly struck a school bus head-on, police said. There were no serious injuries, police said, but the driver of the Challenger suffered ankle pain and was treated at a local hospital. …
Police & Fire
School Bus Lands On Car In Lakewood, 10 Injured
Ten people suffered minor injuries in a three-car crash that ended with a school bus on top of another vehicle Tuesday morning in Lakewood, first reported by The Lakewood Scoop. The bus was carrying 17 students to private, all-girls high school Bais Shaindel, when the driver tried cutting off a car turning left near the intersection of Forest Avenue and 11th Street, NJ Advance Media reports. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) View this post on Instagram …
Obituaries
NJ Yeshiva Student, 19, Killed In Denver Crime Spree
A 19-year-old man from New Jersey was killed during a crime spree outside of his Yeshiva Tuesday night in Denver. Shmuel Silverberg's body has been flown to Lakewood for a funeral service. The incident started with a call of a carjacking, in which a suspect got into a Honda CRV with the driver inside and pointed a gun at them. That victim was not injured, police say. The suspects then robbed and shot a man walking on nearby streets about an hour later. That victim remains critical, police say. Silverberg was walking out of Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudical Seminary when someone fired at…
Police & Fire
'Lucky To Be Alive': Young Man Found Frozen Solid In Lakewood Forest
A young Jewish man who went missing in Lakewood Sunday evening was found alive Monday morning inside a wooded area, so cold he was unable to move. The man, believed to be 18 years old, was dropped off by friends at a Drake Road Yeshiva Sunday evening, The Lakewood Scoop reports. But when the friends went back to pick him up, he'd gone missing, the outlet says. A massive search utilizing a police K9 was launched and, around 10 a.m. Monday, the man was found approximately 300 feet inside a wooded area off of Whitesville Road, the article says. The young man was not wearing a jacket when he …
Police & Fire
Pig Carcass Left On NJ Rabbi's Doorstep
Authorities are investigating after a pig carcass was left on a New Jersey rabbi's doorstep. Police responded to the rabbi's Treetop Lane home just after 7 a.m. Saturday, after someone called to report the dead animal's body on the porch, Lakewood police said in a statement. The incident was first reported by The Lakewood Scoop, and is being investigated as a bias crime, Lakewood Police Chief Greg Meyer told the outlet. "The incident is beyond horrifying and should be condemned by the all," the Anti Defamation League said. This incident is beyond horrifying & should be condemned b…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Lakewood Man Charged In Fatal Stabbing
A 32-year-old man from Lakewood has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of another man, authorities said. The 29-year-old victim's name had not been released pending next-of-kin notification. Jorge Santiago-Garcia was charged with murder and two weapons possession violations, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said on Tuesday. Lakewood police responded to a business on 2nd Avenue after multiple 9-1-1 calls on Monday about a stabbing, Billhimer said. Officers found the 29-year-old victim with a stab wound to his chest, according to Billhimer. Photos taken o…
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