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Man, 23, Found Hanging In Tree Of Family's Front Yard In New Jersey, Police Say Man, 23, Found Hanging In Tree Of Family's Front Yard In New Jersey, Police Say
Man, 23, Found Hanging In Tree Of Family's Front Yard In New Jersey, Police Say A New Jersey man was found hanging in the front yard of his family's home over the weekend, police said. Lakewood officers responding to a home on Cedar Street found the 23-year-old man hanging from a tree in the yard, Lakewood Police Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith said. Life-saving efforts were unwarranted and the man was pronounced dead. The investigation is considered closed.
Mom Stabs Baby, Toddler Dead In Lakewood: Prosecutor Mom Stabs Baby, Toddler Dead In Lakewood: Prosecutor
Mom Stabs Baby, Toddler Dead In Lakewood: Prosecutor A woman in Lakewood has been charged with two counts or murder and weapons offenses in the deaths of her two children, authorities announced. Naomi Elkins, 27, is believed to have stabbed a 1- and 3-year-old child, who were found in cardiac arrest by responders at a home on Shenandoah Drive around 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Paramedics from Hatzolah Medical Services were performing lifesaving efforts when police arrived and the children were pronounced dead at the scene. Elkins was arrested at the scene and lodged in the county jail p…
Knife Wielder, 71, Who Threatened Pro-Palestinian Protestor In Teaneck Nabbed In Lakewood: PD Knife Wielder, 71, Who Threatened Pro-Palestinian Protestor In Teaneck Nabbed In Lakewood: PD
Knife Wielder, 71, Who Threatened Pro-Palestinian Protestor In Teaneck Nabbed In Lakewood: PD A 71-year-old out-of-state man who threatened a woman with a knife at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Teaneck last month was captured Friday by police in Lakewood, authorities said. Pro-Palestinian protestors have been facing off against Jewish counter-demonstrators in Teaneck for more than two months. Cellphone video from the April 14 motor vehicle procession on Teaneck Road shows Ebrahim Yehounatan of Flushing, Queens pulling up alongside the victim’s car, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. Yehounatan “brandished a knife in his right hand directed at the victim,” the chief sa…
Distressed Naked Man Causes $100K In Damage To Lakewood Restaurant: Police Distressed Naked Man Causes $100K In Damage To Lakewood Restaurant: Police
Distressed Naked Man Causes $100K In Damage To Lakewood Restaurant: Police A "distressed and naked" vandal is accused of breaking into a Lakewood bar and turning things upside-down. Lakewood police responded to a reported burglary at Maggie's Bar & Restaurant on Country Club Drive at around 10 a.m. on Sunday, Apr. 7, police said. An employee said a man was in the restaurant destroying furniture, equipment, and inventory. Officers found a 29-year-old Lakewood man "unclothed and exhibiting signs of emotional distress." An officer approached him calmly and he was arrested. The man was charged with burglary, theft, and criminal mischief. About $100,000 in damage…
Drug Dealer Admits To Selling Cocaine In Union, Ocean Counties: Prosecutors Drug Dealer Admits To Selling Cocaine In Union, Ocean Counties: Prosecutors
Drug Dealer Admits To Selling Cocaine In Union, Ocean Counties: Prosecutors A Kenilworth man admitted to selling cocaine throughout Ocean and Union counties, authorities said. Pedro Reyes-Sevilla, 32, pleaded guilty on Friday, Feb. 16 to possession of five ounces or more of cocaine with intent to distribute. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced the guilty plea in a news release on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, Lakewood police officers, and investigators from Union and Ocean counties conducted a two-week-long investigation in January 2021. Investigators said Reyes-Sevilla was distributing cocaine throughout Ocean Co…
Jersey Shore Man Admits Anti-Semitic Rampage: Running Down Victims, Stabbing, Carjacking Jersey Shore Man Admits Anti-Semitic Rampage: Running Down Victims, Stabbing, Carjacking
Jersey Shore Man Admits Anti-Semitic Rampage: Running Down Victims, Stabbing, Carjacking A Jersey Shore man admitted in federal court on Thursday that he committed a series of violent assaults on members of the Jewish Orthodox community in and around Lakewood. What became a rampage over roughly seven hours began when Dion Marsh, 29, of Manchester, dragged a "visibly identifiable" Orthodox Jew out of his car, beat him and sped off in the victim's vehicle on April 8, 2022, authorities said. Marsh was driving a different car in the heavily Orthodox community hours later when he ran down victims in three separate incidents, attempting to kill each of them, U.S. Attorney for New Jer…
Skull Fracture Among Injuries Suffered In Lakewood Carnival Accident Skull Fracture Among Injuries Suffered In Lakewood Carnival Accident
Skull Fracture Among Injuries Suffered In Lakewood Carnival Accident Three people were hospitalized, including one with a possible skull fracture, after an accident at a Lakewood carnival Monday, April 9, authorities said. Two other people sustained less serious injuries at the event, according to Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith, a Lakewood Police Department spokesman. The accident happened at a private event on Summer Avenue. According to abc7, an inflatable bounce house blew over. A pregnant woman suffered abdominal pain and two other adults suffered head injuries, the outlet said citing police. No other details were immediately available. 
Machete-Wielding Man's Lakewood Menacing Not Considered Anti-Semitic, Authorities Say Machete-Wielding Man's Lakewood Menacing Not Considered Anti-Semitic, Authorities Say
Machete-Wielding Man's Lakewood Menacing Not Considered Anti-Semitic, Authorities Say An incident involving a man who menaced pedestrians with a machete in Lakewood was not believed to have been an anti-Semitic attack, authorities said. Max Sanchez, 22, approached five pedestrians along Forest Avenue near 6th Street with the weapon around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, March 13, local police said. Although the incident occurred in a neighborhood where a large portion of Orthodox Jewish families live, "there is nothing that indicates that Sanchez chose to menace the victims based on their religious beliefs," police said in a statement. Although no specific threats were made to a…
Pig Carcass Left On NJ Rabbi's Doorstep Pig Carcass Left On NJ Rabbi's Doorstep
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…
Motorcyclist Killed In Crash ID'd As Off-Duty Lakewood Police Officer, 23 Motorcyclist Killed In Crash ID'd As Off-Duty Lakewood Police Officer, 23
Motorcyclist Killed In Crash ID'd As Off-Duty Lakewood Police Officer, 23 A motorcyclist killed in a Jackson Township crash Saturday was an off-duty Lakewood police officer, authorities confirmed. Nicklas Shimonovich, 23 -- whose parents are both longtime members of the Lakewood Police Department -- died in a crash on Thompson Bridge Road sometime before 5 p.m., his department announced late Saturday night. Initial and unconfirmed reports say Shimonovich's motorcycle slammed into a tree around 4:45 p.m.  The off-duty officer was transported to Monmouth Medical Southern Campus, where he died a short time later. Shimonovich's father is Lt. Rob Shimonovich an…
Police Raid Lakewood Religious School, Disperse Dozens Violating State Order Police Raid Lakewood Religious School, Disperse Dozens Violating State Order
Police Raid Lakewood Religious School, Disperse Dozens Violating State Order Lakewood police on Monday broke up another large gathering, this one at a religious, for violating a statewide coronavirus order, authorities said. They charged building owner David Gluck, 42, and Abraham Haberfeld, 32, the building manager, with maintaining a nuisance after finding nearly three dozen people at Bais Horaah on Madison Avenue around 8:30 a.m., authorities said.  The building houses a school for Talmudic studies, a synagogue and a banquet hall, according to the Asbury Park Press. It marked no fewer than seven gatherings dispersed by borough police over a week for vi…
Lakewood Couple Who Partied Amid COVID-19 Outbreak Charged With Child Endangerment Lakewood Couple Who Partied Amid COVID-19 Outbreak Charged With Child Endangerment
Lakewood Couple Who Partied Amid Covid-19 Outbreak Charged With Child Endangerment A Lakewood couple endangered five children by hosting a party that violated a state emergency ban on large gathering amid the COVID-19 outbreak, authorities charged. Police broke up a crowd of 40 to 50 people, including children, who were gathered Sunday on the front lawn of an Alamitos Drive home, they said. They charged the property owners -- Eliezer Silber, 37, and Miriam Silber, 34, -- with five counts of child endangerment (one for each minor), while issuing summonses for violating Gov. Phil Murphy's executive order banning large geaetherings, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley …
Authorities: Jersey Shore Man Threatened Lakewood Jews In Facebook Message To Murphy, Others Authorities: Jersey Shore Man Threatened Lakewood Jews In Facebook Message To Murphy, Others
Authorities: Jersey Shore Man Threatened Lakewood Jews In Facebook Message To Murphy, Others A Jersey Shore man sent Facebook messages to Gov. Phil Murphy and others threatening to go to Lakewood with a baseball bat and assault members of the Orthodox community for violating the governor's coronavirus restrictions, authorities charged. Anthony Lodespoto, 43, of Howell, remained held Saturday in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River pending a detention hearing on charges of making terroristic threats during a state of emergency, records show. Lodespoto “made threatening statements by way of the direct messaging feature of Facebook against the Jewish community of Lakewood,” Ocean Count…