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NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most
NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most Nearly 40% of all hate crimes reported in New Jersey last year were against Blacks, more than the combined total against whites, Jews, Latinos and Muslims, according to State Police crime figures released Tuesday. The town with the most reported bias incidents in 2020 was Lakewood, the figures show. More than half of all reported bias incidents in New Jersey last year involved straight harassment, as opposed to vandalism and other related crimes. More than 13% occurred at schools, parks or playgrounds. The county with the most, overall, was Monmouth. The preliminary data released Tuesday…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
CAUGHT: US Border Patrol Nabs Jersey Shore Fugitive In Texas For Howell Woman's Hit-Run Death CAUGHT: US Border Patrol Nabs Jersey Shore Fugitive In Texas For Howell Woman's Hit-Run Death
Caught: US Border Patrol Nabs Jersey Shore Fugitive In Texas For Howell Woman's Hit-Run Death A fugitive in a fatal hit-and-run Christmas Eve crash on the Jersey Shore has surrendered in Texas, authorities said. Roberto Alcazar-Sanchez, 27, of Jackson, who had fled to Mexico after a fatal motor vehicle crash was captured on Wednesday, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.  Alcazar-Sanchez surrendered to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Protection Agents in Laredo, Texas, the prosecutor said on Friday.  Alcazar-Sanchez previously was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, according to Billhimer.…

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by Jon Craig
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Prosecutor: Fugitive Sought In Fatal Jersey Shore Christmas Eve Crash Prosecutor: Fugitive Sought In Fatal Jersey Shore Christmas Eve Crash
Prosecutor: Fugitive Sought In Fatal Jersey Shore Christmas Eve Crash Authorities are searching for an Ocean County man believed responsible for a fatal crash on Christmas Eve. Roberto Alcazar-Sanchez,, 27, of Jackson, has been charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, but he remains at large, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.  At 6 p.m. on Dec. 24, patrol officers with the Jackson Township Police Department were called to Cedar Swap Road and Interstate-195 for a motor vehicle crash with serious injuries.  An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Fugitive Sought In Fatal Christmas Eve Crash Jersey Shore Fugitive Sought In Fatal Christmas Eve Crash
Jersey Shore Fugitive Sought In Fatal Christmas Eve Crash Ocean County authorities seek the public's help in locating a suspected hit-and-run driver in a fatal crash on Christmas Eve. About 6 p.m. on Dec. 24, Jackson Township police were called to Interstate-195 and Cedar Swap Road on a report of a motor vehicle crash with serious injuries, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. An investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and the Jackson Township Police Department found that a 2010 Mercedes Benz driven by Norman Shtab, 83, of Howell Township, was exiting I-195 at Exit 21.…

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by Jon Craig
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Englewood PD: Illegal Nightclub Had 200 Guests, Drugs, Booze, COVID Violations Englewood PD: Illegal Nightclub Had 200 Guests, Drugs, Booze, COVID Violations
Englewood PD: Illegal Nightclub Had 200 Guests, Drugs, Booze, COVID Violations Police said they found 200 or so partiers – few wearing masks or social distancing – along with drugs, alcohol and disabled fire alarms during a pre-dawn raid of a rented space above a Domino's in Englewood. Criminal charges and summonses for COVID offenses and building violations were pending after the raid shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday at the space rented by multi-entertainment company Feenx Enterprises above the Domino's on West Palisade Avenue. Officers responding to a noise and disturbance complaint found the throng of attendees, “most not wearing masks or practicing social distancing,”…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HERO: Police Officer Rescues Driver From Fiery Central Jersey Wreck HERO: Police Officer Rescues Driver From Fiery Central Jersey Wreck
Hero: Police Officer Rescues Driver From Fiery Central Jersey Wreck A Howell Township patrol officer saved a driver from a burning car on Saturday night, authorities said. Police Officer Nicholas Volpe spotted the car, which was fully engulfed in flames, on Manassa Road about 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, Howell police said. The officer pulled the disoriented driver from his car window and helped walk the injured driver away from the inferno, Howell Police Chief Andrew Kudrick told News12. In a video posted on the Howell Township Police Department Facebook page, Volpe can be seen running to the driver's side of the burning car. The driver is doing fine and Volpe…

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by Jon Craig
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Prosecutor: Freehold Man Faces 5 Years In State Prison For Killing Stolen Puppies Prosecutor: Freehold Man Faces 5 Years In State Prison For Killing Stolen Puppies
Prosecutor: Freehold Man Faces 5 Years In State Prison For Killing Stolen Puppies A man from Monmouth County has admitted to causing the deaths of four stolen German Shepherd puppies, authorities said. Daniel McDonald, 26, of Freehold, pleaded guilty on Thursday to four counts of animal cruelty before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Vincent N. Falcetano, Jr., according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. A co-defendant from Howell, Tricia Jaccoma, 24, was caught by U.S. Marshals after evading law enforcement as a fugitive for nearly three months as reported here on Sept.. 5 The puppies were found dead in May on a property where …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Pickup Plunges Into Monmouth Reservoir VIDEO: Pickup Plunges Into Monmouth Reservoir
Video: Pickup Plunges Into Monmouth Reservoir A pickup truck had to be pulled from a Monmouth County reservoir on Thursday. Two occupants from Toms River escaped without injury after the truck fell into the Manasquan Reservoir in Howell Township during a boat launch, police said. The Squankum Fire Dive Team secured straps so Certified Auto could tow it out. For some reason, the driver put the pickup into reverse after the boat was in the water, sending it into the drink, as well, township police wrote in a Facebook post. "It is still unknown who turned on the windshield wipers," the post said. "Well played."

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by Jon Craig
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Howell Police Arrest Pair Of Suspected Valentine's Day Bandits Howell Police Arrest Pair Of Suspected Valentine's Day Bandits
Howell Police Arrest Pair Of Suspected Valentine's Day Bandits A Howell Township couple who, police say, spent their Valentine's Day evening ransacking cars in the Toscana neighborhood has been arrested. One of the alleged partners in crime turned herself in Tuesday. Police said they tracked down the male suspect on Friday. On the night of Feb. 14 and early morning of Feb. 15, several vehicles were entered and valuables were stolen off of Fort Plains Road. A resident confronted the two and chased them into the Home Deport parking lot, Howell police said. "We obtained video footage and have a good idea who they are," police announced on Facebook. …

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by Jon Craig
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Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel
Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel A 27-year-old Monmouth County man jailed for a pair of North Jersey robberies also broke into a Secaucus motel, sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint and robbed her, authorities charged. Dajan Mindingall of Eatontown forced his way into a room at the Red Roof Inn on Meadowlands Parkway around 1 a.m. Jan. 15, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement Friday. He sexually assaulted her and took more than $400, the statement said. Mindingall was served with the complaints at the Bergen County Jail, where he has remained since authorities captured him on Feb. 6 in Asb…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police, Prosecutors Unite To Probe Pair Charged In Bergen Gunpoint Robberies Police, Prosecutors Unite To Probe Pair Charged In Bergen Gunpoint Robberies
Police, Prosecutors Unite To Probe Pair Charged In Bergen Gunpoint Robberies UPDATE: Two men charged with the gunpoint robberies of an Edgewater massage parlor and a private escort at a Rutherford hotel are suspected in a statewide crime spree investigated by nearly 20 law enforcement agencies, authorities confirmed Monday. One of the two, Dajan Divine Mindingall, 27, of Eatontown, is a U.S. Army reservist from Monmouth County who was preparing to report this past weekend when he was captured Thursday in Asbury Park, Daily Voice reported Friday. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team went to Monmouth County to assist with arresting Mindingall, who was consider…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Howell Police Investigate Gun Complaint Howell Police Investigate Gun Complaint
Howell Police Investigate Gun Complaint A complaint about "someone waving a gun" in Monmouth County turned out to be false, and now the caller is under investigation, according to Howell Township police. The incident started in the Point O Woods development, when the caller told police someone was waving a gun out the window of a vehicle on Bergerville Road, police said. The minivan was pulled over near the Howell Township Library. Police investigating the report found the firearms were legally owned and properly secured in locked cases. They were stored in a rear cargo area of the minivan. The minivan's occupants were on their …

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by Jon Craig