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Jersey Shore Man Stabbed Victim Dead During Fight: Prosecutor

A 32-year-old man from Neptune Township man has been charged with murder after stabbing another man dead during an argument, authorities said.

Derrick Simms

Derrick Simms

Photo Credit: Facebook/ Derrick Simms

Derrick Simms stabbed the victim, who was found unresponsive outside of a Squirrel Road home in Neptune around 5:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, Linskey said.

Simms was being held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institute (MCCI) pending a detention hearing.

If anyone has any information regarding this case, please contact Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Christopher Guy at 800-533-7443 or Neptune Township Police Officer Robert Hagerman at 732-988-8000.

The case is assigned to Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Matthew Bogner.

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