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Police & Fire
Antisemitic Arsonist Sentenced For Rampage In South Jersey Neighborhood, Prosecutors Say
A Manchester Township man will spend several years in prison after admitting to an antisemitic crime spree, including arson and spray painting Nazi symbols on homes, authorities said. Ron Carr, 35, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 16 to seven years in state prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He pleaded guilty on Thursday, June 20 to arson, bias intimidation, and two counts of criminal mischief. Manchester police responded to vandalism reports at homes in Pine Lake Park at around 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Officers found 14 ho…
Police & Fire
AG Releases Bodycam Footage Of Deadly Officer Involved Shooting In New Jersey Town (
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The New Jersey State Attorney General's Office has released bodycam footage of a police involved shooting that left a 39-year-old man dead. Police were called to a home on Elizabeth Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 2023, for a man later identified as Shannon Rose, 39, of Manchester, who was in distress, the AG's office said (scroll for video). Rose was found in a wooded area nearby and repeatedly tells Manchester Police Officers Nicholas Greenwood and Michael Anderson that he intends to die. "We're not killing anyone today," Greenwood says. The officers spent more than 20 minutes urgi…
Police & Fire
Teen Drove Drunk, High On Marijuana In South Jersey Crash That Killed Passenger: Prosecutors
A Toms River teen was accused of driving while drunk and high on marijuana in a crash that killed one of her passengers, authorities said. Kailyn Gorga, 18, was charged on Friday, May 31 with vehicular homicide and assault by auto, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release on Tuesday, June 4. Her charges were from an early morning crash in Manchester Township on Sunday, Apr. 14 that killed 18-year-old Catalina Reinoso of Brick Township. Manchester police responded to the one-car crash on Lacey Road in the Whiting section of the township at around 2:50 a.m. G…
Police & Fire
Gymnastics Coach Sexually Assaulted Three Teen Athletes On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor
A former Jersey Shore gymnastics coach has been accused of sexually assaulting three of his teenage athletes, authorities announced. Sasha C. Raught, 55, of Manchester Township is charged with aggravated sexual assault and three counts of sexual assault, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. An investigation by members of the MCPO Special Victims Bureau revealed that Raught entered into sexual relationships with three of his former athletes when they were each teenagers, Santiago said. The incidents took place before he was suspended from coaching gymnastics in…
News
Wildfire Spreads To 3,800 Acres In Ocean County
UPDATED: Residents in Ocean County were allowed to return to their homes after a wildfire was 60 percent contained Wednesday, April 12. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service made substantial progress in Manchester Township fighting the fire that destroyed 3,859 acres. The Jimmy’s Waterhole Fire had only been 10 percent contained as of 1:30 a.m., and 75 structures were threatened. That number dropped to 20 structures by noon Wednesday. On Tuesday 4/11 at approx 6:11pm Station 33 was dispatched to the area of 539/Horicon for a heavy smoke condition. Upon... Posted by Whiting Fire Company …
Police & Fire
1 Dead, 2nd Critical In House Fire In Manchester
One person was killed and a second woman is in critical condition after a fire at a multi-family home Sunday night, March 19, authorities said. Three Manchester police officers were brought to the hospital for smoke inhalation and released, they said. The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said one woman was killed and a second remained in critical condition on Monday, March 20. The fire broke out at 6:51 p.m. at a quadplex on Heron Street in the Cedar Glen West section of town, Manchester police said. Arriving police saw a home fully engulfed in flames and were told by family members that …
Police & Fire
NJ Woman Pours Gasoline On Man After Arranging To Buy Sneakers From Him Via SnapChat: Police
A 27-year-old woman of Manchester was arrested after offering to buy clothes from a man and then dousing him with gasoline and robbing him, authorities said. An unidentified man, 18,, had arranged via SnapChat to meet a woman outside a Dollar General Store on Route 37 in Manchester to sell sneakers and other clothing, police said. When the man arrived at the store on Thursday, July 28, a woman poured a water bottle filled with gasoline on him, held a butane torch near him and ordered him to surrender his possessions, police said. She was later identified as Eboni Hester of Manchester…
Police & Fire
Manchester Fire Was 'Intentionally Set': Prosecutor
A fire in a vacant structure earlier this week was intentionally set, authorities said. On Tuesday, Manchester police and Manchester Fire Department were dispatched on a report of a fire at a vacant structure on Ridgeway Road. Once the fire was extinguished, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Arson Unit, Ocean County Fire Marshal’s Office, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and Manchester Township Detective Bureau, were requested to respond to the scene and conduct an examination into the origin and cause of the fire. The result of the…
Obituaries
Michael Reilly, Owner Of Toms River Company That Sanitized Police Vehicles, Dies Of
Covid-
19
Toms River and surrounding communities are mourning the loss of Michael Reilly, the owner of a local sanitization company who died after battling COVID-19. Reilly died Dec. 9 at Community Medical Center. He was 47 years old. A Denville native, Reilly served in the U.S. Marines and most recently served as the owner and operator of Servpro, in Toms River. He supported countless local charities and always found a way to give back to his community. "Michael was an upstanding local businessman who, along with his crew, had been assisting our Department with decontamination efforts since the CO…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Toms River Man, 23, Used Brass Knuckles In Motel Robbery
Authorities arrested a Toms River man in connection with armed robbery at the Travel Inn and Suites. Daniel M. Balwierczak, 23, was charged with robbery, theft, assault and weapons charges on Wednesday, Lakehurst Police Officer Robert Schroeck said in a statement. Schroeck and Officer Christian Hernandez responded to the motel on Route 70 in Lakehurst at 1:33 a.m. on Friday on a report of a robbery. Officers met multiple people who said they had been victimized by a man who was later identified as Balwierczak, Schroeck said. Balwierczak used a pair of brass knuckles to intimidate victims i…
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HIM? Fugitive Sought By Manchester Police After Evading Arrest
Authorities are searching for a 43-year-old man with active arrest warrants who they said fled the scene of a motor vehicle stop. Police tried to stop a car about 10 a.m. Wednesday driven by Craig Orler of Jolson Court in Manchester, who is wanted on burglary and theft charges, Manchester police said in a statement. Orler was last seen in the area of Northampton Boulevard and the entrance to the Heritage Minerals property, police said. Orler is described by police as a white male, about 6 feet tall and around 170 pounds. Orler was last seen wearing a black baseball hat, a black jacket and …
Police & Fire
Manchester's K-9 Officer Storm Down But Not Out
A South Jersey K-9 officer will be off-duty for a few more weeks because of a battle against cancer. Manchester Officer Storm is a solid black, 6-year-old German Shepherd, and one of two members of the township’s K-9 Unit. “Our entire department’s thoughts are with K-9 Storm, who underwent successful surgery this morning (March 10) to remove his left eye due to a cancer diagnosis," the Manchester Police Department announced on its Facebook page. "Thankfully, Storm is resting comfortable under the care of his partner, Patrolman Marc Micciulla, and testing showed that there are no signs of…
Police & Fire
Death Of Former Manchester High School Custodian, 55, Ruled Homicide
A 55-year-old Manchester Township man whose body was found in a local home was killed, authorities said Wednesday. The body of Frank Stochel, who'd been a custodian at Manchester High School, was found on the floor of a 6th Avenue home in the township's Pine Lake Park section by police who responded to a call Monday of an unresponsive victim, they said. The Ocean County Medical Examiner ruled the Elizabeth native's death a homicide after conducting an autopsy on Tuesday, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Manchester Police Chief Chief Lisa Parker said in a joint re…
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Teen Killed In One-Car Jackson Crash
A teenage driver died after losing control of his car and striking several trees near a golf course in Jackson, authorities said. Jackson police identified the motorist killed in the Friday night crash as Austen Hunter, 19, of Jackson. A passenger, Hasson Renouf, 23, of Jackson, was listed in stable condition, police said. The accident was reported at 10:30 p.m. when police officers from the Jackson and Manchester police departments responded to a 911 call about a crash on South Hope Chapel Road. Upon arriving at the scene, police officers located a 1997 Chrysler Sebring which had gone of…