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Toms River Man Convicted For Shooting Two Men In Head, Killing Them: Prosecutors Toms River Man Convicted For Shooting Two Men In Head, Killing Them: Prosecutors
Toms River Man Convicted For Shooting Two Men In Head, Killing Them: Prosecutors A Toms River man was found guilty of killing two men in a Lakewood apartment nearly three years ago, authorities said. After a nearly month-long trial, a jury convicted 42-year-old Tyshaun Drummond on Tuesday, Oct. 22 of two murder counts, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was charged in the deaths of 36-year-old Nicholas Hardy of Toms River and 32-year-old Sergio Chavez-Perez of Lakewood. Lakewood police responded to shots fired at an apartment complex on River Avenue at around 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Officers found Drummond matching…

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by Chris Spiker
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Gas Main Break Shuts River Road/Route 9 In Lakewood Gas Main Break Shuts River Road/Route 9 In Lakewood
Gas Main Break Shuts River Road/Route 9 In Lakewood A gas main break closed a stretch of River Avenue/Route 9 early Tuesday, Oct. 22 in Lakewood. The NJDOT site shows it happened around 3:35 a.m. at Yale Drive. As of 7 a.m., all lanes were closed from Cross Street to James Street due to emergency construction.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Takedown Of Heroin, Fentanyl, Crack, Ring Nets 6 Arrests, Guns In Ocean County: Cops Takedown Of Heroin, Fentanyl, Crack, Ring Nets 6 Arrests, Guns In Ocean County: Cops
Takedown Of Heroin, Fentanyl, Crack, Ring Nets 6 Arrests, Guns In Ocean County: Cops Six people from Ocean County were accused of taking part in a ring of selling drugs and guns, authorities said. Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives helped several law enforcement agencies throughout Ocean County in the four-month investigation. County prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced the arrests made in the case in a news release on Monday, Apr. 15. Investigators said 28-year-old Kyree Kennedy of Lakewood was using several locations throughout the township to store and sell guns, heroin mixed with fentan…

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by Chris Spiker
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Lakewood Police Investigate Assault (DEVELOPING) Lakewood Police Investigate Assault (DEVELOPING)
Lakewood Police Investigate Assault (Developing) Lakewood police are investigating an assault, authorities said. "I can confirm that we are actively investigating an aggravated assault that occurred just a short time ago at a location on River Avenue," said Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith, a spokesman for the Lakewood Police Department on Thursday, July 20. An unconfirmed report said that the afternoon assault involved a stabbing.  CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
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Toms River Man Indicted For Shooting 2 Men In The Head: Prosecutor Toms River Man Indicted For Shooting 2 Men In The Head: Prosecutor
Toms River Man Indicted For Shooting 2 Men In The Head: Prosecutor A 39-year-old man from Ocean County has been indicted for murder in connection with the shootings of two men in the head, authorities said. Tyshaun Drummond of Toms River was indicted in connection with the deaths of Nicholas Hardy, 36, of Toms River, and Sergio Chavez-Perez, 32, of Lakewood, in Lakewood Township, they said. Drummond also was indicted on weapons charges, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. On Dec. 19, 2021, at approximately 7:20 a.m., Lakewood police were called to an apartment complex on River Avenue for shots fired. Responding offic…

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by Jon Craig
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Lakewood Man Admits Guilt In Fatal 2015 Stabbing: Prosecutor Lakewood Man Admits Guilt In Fatal 2015 Stabbing: Prosecutor
Lakewood Man Admits Guilt In Fatal 2015 Stabbing: Prosecutor A 38-year-old man from the Jersey Shore has pleaded guilty in connection to a stabbing death, authorities said. Darneil Reeves of Lakewood pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in connection with the 2015 death, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. When Reeves is sentenced on Feb. 11, 2022, the state is recommending a sentence of 20 years in state prison, Billhimer said Wednesday. On June 22, 2015, off-duty Lakewood police officers witnessed a motor vehicle crash into a telephone pole at the intersection of John Street and River Avenue in Lakewood, the p…

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by Jon Craig
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Toms River Gunman Subdued By Police, 2 Victims Killed In Lakewood Shooting ID'd: Prosecutor Toms River Gunman Subdued By Police, 2 Victims Killed In Lakewood Shooting ID'd: Prosecutor
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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lakewood Suffers 5th School Bus Crash This Fall, Reports Say Lakewood Suffers 5th School Bus Crash This Fall, Reports Say
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.  …

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by Jon Craig
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Burglary Suspect Nabbed In Lakewood Burglary Suspect Nabbed In Lakewood
Burglary Suspect Nabbed In Lakewood Police recovered 23 Samsung tablets and cash as a result of a burglary investigation.  when they arrested a Lakewood man Thursday in connection with a pair of burglaries, Lakewood police said Friday. Mashon D. Wilson, 29, was arrested at a home on Lynn Court in connection with a pair of burglaries, Lakewood police said Friday. Wilson was being held at the Ocean County Jail. One of the burglaries was reported Wednesday at Bnos Yisroel School at 243 Prospect St. Wilson is accused of taking $400 in cash during that burglary, police said. During his arrest on Thursday, police saw w…

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by Jon Craig