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Brick PD: Hit-Run Driver Caught With Heroin After Foot Chase Brick PD: Hit-Run Driver Caught With Heroin After Foot Chase
Brick PD: Hit-Run Driver Caught With Heroin After Foot Chase A 33-year-old man from Ocean County faces multiple drug charges after a hit-and-run crash led to a foot chase and his arrest, authorities said. Timothy Gandy of Brick was charged with obstruction, possession of heroin, manufacturingdistributing heroin, possession of paraphernalia and receiving stolen property, Brick police said on Thursday. Another driver called police about 9 p.m. on Aug. 3 about a collision on the Garden State Parkway, Brick police said.  A hit-run suspect pulled off the parkway and drove to Lanes Mill Elementary School, police said. Brick Patrolman Evan Mancini fo…

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by Jon Craig
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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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CT Man Indicted For Shooting At Police Officer, Fleeing Ocean County Stop After Kidnapping GF CT Man Indicted For Shooting At Police Officer, Fleeing Ocean County Stop After Kidnapping GF
CT Man Indicted For Shooting At Police Officer, Fleeing Ocean County Stop After Kidnapping GF A Connecticut man who authorities said fired at a police officer following a Jersey Shore traffic stop was indicted on attempted murder, kidnapping and other charges, authorities said. Miguel Angel-Villegas, 29, of New Haven had threatened to kill his then-girlfriend if she didn't drive him from Connecticut to New Jersey, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.  After making the woman give the Tuckerton police officer a bogus name during the traffic stop last Nov. 21, Angel-Villegas forced her at gunpoint to speed away, Billhimer said. She hit the gas and the vehicle struck…

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by Jon Craig