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Jersey Shore Home Invader Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Home Invader Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Home Invader Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor A 38-year-old Seaside Heights man broke into a victim's home and stabbed him multiple times, authorities said. Porfirio Serrano-Cruz's 39-year-old victim was flown to  Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune with stab wounds to his arms, chest, abdomen and groin after the 5:15 a.m. incident on Thursday, June 30, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The victim was in critical condition, Billhimer said, while Serrano-Cruz was charged with attempted murder, weapons offenses and possession of Clonazepam without a prescription. The Ocean County Prosec…
Carjacker's Anti-Semitic Jersey Shore Rampage Sparks Sadness, Outrage Carjacker's Anti-Semitic Jersey Shore Rampage Sparks Sadness, Outrage
Carjacker's Anti-Semitic Jersey Shore Rampage Sparks Sadness, Outrage Jewish communities around the world were left reeling following a series of anti-Semitic attacks against Orthodox Jews carried out by a carjacker on the Jersey Shore last week. All three victims of 27-year-old Dion Marsh's violent crime spree in Jackson and Lakewood were believed to have been Orthodox Jews. Marsh struck two pedestrians and stabbed a victim before his arrest on Friday, April 8, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was "saddened and outraged" by the attacks. “I am personally horrified at the cruelty with which the suspect alle…
Drunken Man Who Stalked, Sliced Jersey Shore Woman With Knife Gets Prison Time Drunken Man Who Stalked, Sliced Jersey Shore Woman With Knife Gets Prison Time
Drunken Man Who Stalked, Sliced Jersey Shore Woman With Knife Gets Prison Time A 38-year-old man was sentenced to prison after he pleaded guilty to stalking a woman, threatening to kill her, slicing her face, then crashing into two cars while leading police on a chase across the Jersey Shore in May 2021. Michael Mahan, of Ewing Township, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Michael T. Collins to eight years in prison on Friday, Feb. 4, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The sentencing comes after Mahan entered a guilty plea to eluding, terroristic threats, and aggravated assault, from the May 8, 2021 incident in Jackson Township. Collins also su…
Jersey Shore Pair Indicted On Charges In 16-Year-Old Boy's OD Death Jersey Shore Pair Indicted On Charges In 16-Year-Old Boy's OD Death
Jersey Shore Pair Indicted On Charges In 16-Year-Old Boy's OD Death A pair of Jersey Shore residents have been indicted in charges stemming from the overdose death of a 16-year-old boy, authorities said. David Belk, 45, and Stephanie O’Neill, 44, both of Little Egg Harbor, were indicted by an Ocean County Grand Jury Nov. 4 on charges of strict liability drug induced death, endangering the welfare of a child, distribution of heroin, possession of heroin with intent to distribute and possession of heroin, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Belk and O’Neill supplied heroin and fentanyl to the 16-year-old boy, who was found unresponsive on the f…
Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Pair Supplied Heroin/Fentanyl In 16-Year-Old Boy's OD Death Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Pair Supplied Heroin/Fentanyl In 16-Year-Old Boy's OD Death
Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Pair Supplied Heroin/Fentanyl In 16-Year-Old Boy's OD Death A Jersey Shore couple was jailed in connection with an overdose heroin/fentanyl death of a 16-year-old boy last month, authorities said. David Belk, 45, and Stephanie O’Neill, 44, both of Little Egg Harbor, have been charged with strict liability, endangering the welfare of a child, and drug related charges, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Captain James Hawkins said. Belk and O’Neill supplied heroin and fentanyl to the 16-year-old boy, who was found unresponsive on the floor of an East Susquehanna Driver on July 3, authorities said. Responding officers administered li…
Prosecutor: Toms River Woman Stabs Ex-Boyfriend To Death Prosecutor: Toms River Woman Stabs Ex-Boyfriend To Death
Prosecutor: Toms River Woman Stabs Ex-Boyfriend To Death A Toms River woman was arrested after stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death early Saturday, Oct. 24, authorities said. Samantha Massimino, 33, of Toms River, was charged with aggravated manslaughter and several weapons offenses in the death of Reinaldo Feliciano, Jr., 35, also of Toms River, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Toms River Township Police Chief Mitch Little said.  Massimino and Feliciano, who previously dated, had gotten into a physical altercation when Massimino stabbed Feliciano in the leg, according to an investigation by several law enforcement agencie…