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Car Thieves Sought In Monmouth County Car Thieves Sought In Monmouth County
Car Thieves Sought In Monmouth County Wall Township police are looking for suspects who they say stole a vehicle and tried to take others. The vehicle theft and attempted thefts happened in the Governors Crossing neighborhood overnight, the Wall Township Police Department announced on Friday, Jan. 19. Police also released a picture of one suspect. Investigators asked for anyone in the area with home video cameras to check their recordings. If you have any information that can help in the investigation, you should call the police department at 732-449-4500. Police also reminded residents to take all key fobs or valuable items o…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
Shake Shack Replacing Moe's Southwest Grill In Monmouth County Shake Shack Replacing Moe's Southwest Grill In Monmouth County
Shake Shack To Open On Route 35 In Middletown A new Shake Shack location is coming to Middletown and it will bring burgers to a building previously known for serving up burritos. A spokesperson for Shake Shack confirmed the chain will open a restaurant at 1149 Route 35 in 2024. An opening date has not yet been set. The address was last home to Moe's Southwest Grill, which is permanently closed according to Google Maps. Phone calls to the listed number for the restaurant had an automated message saying no one was available. The former Moe's Southwest Grill in Middletown, NJ. Google Maps There are 20 locations across New Jersey, acc…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Thieves Take Advantage Of Broken Lock At Jersey Shore Wawa: Police Thieves Take Advantage Of Broken Lock At Jersey Shore Wawa: Police
Wawa Wall Township New Year's Incident Police are looking for the people responsible for taking advantage of a broken lock at a Wawa store in Wall Township early New Year's Day. Wall Township police say it happened in the Wawa at the corner of New Jersey Route 35 and Lakewood Road. Officers arrived at the store at around 2 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1. When officers got to the store, they found a note on the front door saying it was closed from 11 p.m. on New Year's Eve to 6 a.m. on New Year's Day. Wawa's website lists the store as open 24 hours every day.  Wawa management told police it was an "oversight" due to the broken lock…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Man Arrested For Scamming Victim Of $100K On Jersey Shore Man Arrested For Scamming Victim Of $100K On Jersey Shore
Man Arrested For Scamming Victim Of $100K On Jersey Shore A 31-year-old man from Jersey City has been arrested in an email scam totaling nearly $100,000, authorities said. Shiva Penmetsa was charged with theft on Tuesday, Dec. 19, according to Wall Township police. Penmesta allegedly sent the woman an email on May 5 thanking her for a $400 subscription, police said. The woman called the number listed on the email and Penmetsa convinced her to give electronic access to her computer, they said.  Penmesta instructed the woman to write two cashier checks — one for $39,600 and one for $60,000 — which she deposited into a Bank of America account. …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Montreal Woman Charged In Grandparent Scam Involving Bail Money On Jersey Shore Montreal Woman Charged In Grandparent Scam Involving Bail Money On Jersey Shore
Montreal Woman Charged In Grandparent Scam Involving Bail Money On Jersey Shore A 19-year-old woman from Montreal, Canada has been charged in connection with a grandparent scam, authorities said. Shenaaya Hackett ws charged with theft by deception on Thursday, Dec. 14 after an investigation into a $10,000 bail scam involving a jailed "grandson," Wall Township police said. At approximately 2:15 p.m. Wall Township Police Department responded to the Manasquan Park section of the township after a resident reported they received a phone call advising that their grandson had been arrested and that he needed to pay $10,000 to be released from custody. The caller advised that …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Woman Struck, Killed While Waiting For Ride On Jersey Shore Woman Struck, Killed While Waiting For Ride On Jersey Shore
Woman Struck, Killed While Waiting For Ride On Jersey Shore A 40-year-old woman from Wall Township was struck and killed while waiting for a ride from a friend, authorities said. Georgina M. Stelman was standing on Brighton Avenue when she was struck by a 64-year-old driver from Oakhurst, Wall Township police said. The crash occurred at about 8:25 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6. Stelman was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune by Wall Township Emergency Medical Services where she was pronounced dead approximately three hours later, police said. The accident is being investigated by Sergeant Andrew Baldino and Patrolman Johan Moren…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Pair Arrested In String Of Break-Ins In Monmouth County: Police Pair Arrested In String Of Break-Ins In Monmouth County: Police
Pair Arrested In String Of Break-Ins In Monmouth County: Police Two men have been charged in more than a dozen home and vehicle break-ins in Wall Township. Kevin J. Yuille, 24, of Elizabeth was arrested in Newark on Saturday, Nov. 4, stemming from an investigation conducted by Detective Zach Honecker. Yuille was charged in connection to a residential burglary on Riverside Terrace and attempted residential burglaries on Deer Run and Equestrian Lane, Wall police said. Wall police in mid-October charged co-defendant Ahmad Singletary, 24, of Newark, with 15 counts of motor vehicle burglary, three counts of residential burglary and numerous other offenses. …

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by Jon Craig
Schools
4th Grader Shut In Closet By Teacher, Ridiculed By Peers During Music Class In NJ: Lawsuit 4th Grader Shut In Closet By Teacher, Ridiculed By Peers During Music Class In NJ: Lawsuit
4th Grader Shut In Closet By Teacher, Ridiculed By Peers During Music Class In NJ: Lawsuit Two parents have filed a lawsuit alleging that an elementary school teacher in Wall Township locked their 11-year-old child in a closet for laughing during class, and another teacher ordered another student to delete a recording of the alleged incident. The suit (see attachment) filed Friday, Oct. 13 in Monmouth County Superior Court alleges that Central Elementary School music teacher Jessica Berube shut their fourth grader in a storage closet on April 8. 2022, for laughing. Daily Voice reached out to the Wall Township Board of Education, the district's superintendent, and Central Elementa…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
'You Are Not Alone': NJ Woman Wins Revenge Porn Suit Against Ex-Math Teacher 'You Are Not Alone': NJ Woman Wins Revenge Porn Suit Against Ex-Math Teacher
'You Are Not Alone': NJ Woman Wins Revenge Porn Suit Against Ex-Math Teacher "This is not your fault and you are not alone." That's the message New Jersey's Kaitlyn Cannon is sending to other victims of "revenge porn," after she successfully sued her former high school math teacher who shared her naked photos. An Ocean County jury last week ruled Cannon should be awarded $10,000 in damages, as first reported by Insider. Cali Madia, one of Cannon's attorneys said that she, Cannon, and lead trial attorney Daniel Szalkiewicz are largely pleased with the trial's outcome. "While we can’t help but be a little dismayed by the amount of damages awarded," said Madia, "we …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Driver, 55, Killed In Crash On Jersey Shore Driver, 55, Killed In Crash On Jersey Shore
Driver, 55, Killed In Crash On Jersey Shore A 55-year-old man from Wall Township was killed in a three-car collision on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. On Saturday, July 29, at approximately 5 a.m. the Wall Township Police Department responded to the intersection of State Highway 138 and Old Mill Road for a report of a serious motor vehicle crash, Wall police said. Police found a Toyota 4-Runner driven by a 44-year-old man from Howell Township, a Dodge Ram driven by a 62-year-old man from Howell Township, and a Ford Fusion driven by a 55-year-old man from Wall Township, police said. The 55-year-old was taken to Jersey Shore Univ…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Wall Twp. Pulmonologist Sexually Assaulted Child For 10 Years: Prosecutor Wall Twp. Pulmonologist Sexually Assaulted Child For 10 Years: Prosecutor
Wall Twp. Pulmonologist Sexually Assaulted Child For 10 Years: Prosecutor A New Jersey pulmonologist has been arrested for sexually assaulting a child over the course of a decade, authorities said. Cornelius Gallagher, 62, of Wall Township, was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual assault, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. An investigation by members of the Wall Township Police Department revealed that the alleged sexual abuse began nearly 20 years ago and continued for more than a decade. Gallagher was arrested without incident late last week, then lodged in the Monmo…

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by Jon Craig
Traffic
Driver Escapes Serious Injury In Garden State Parkway Rollover Driver Escapes Serious Injury In Garden State Parkway Rollover
Driver Escapes Serious Injury In Garden State Parkway Rollover A driver escaped serious injury when his vehicle flipped and went off the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 10 a.m. Monday June 26 on the parkway southbound North of I-195 in Wall Township, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Trooper Charles Marchan, a New Jersey State Police spokesman, said there were no serious injuries.

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by Jon Craig