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Ex-NJ Police Officer Gets 10 Years State Prison For Basement Meth Lab: Prosecutor Ex-NJ Police Officer Gets 10 Years State Prison For Basement Meth Lab: Prosecutor
Ex-NJ Police Officer Gets 10 Years State Prison For Basement Meth Lab: Prosecutor A former Long Branch police officer has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison for manufacturing methamphetamine in his basement and a shed at his home last year, authorities said. Christopher Walls, 50, was sentenced on Friday, March 4 by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Jill G. O’Malley, having previously pleaded guilty to causing a risk of widespread injury and for manufacturing drugs. Walls also permanently forfeited public office, as well as his firearms and firearms ID card, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Police were called to…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Man Convicted Of New Year's Eve Slaying Of 4 Family Members: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man Convicted Of New Year's Eve Slaying Of 4 Family Members: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man Convicted Of New Year's Eve Slaying Of 4 Family Members: Prosecutor A Monmouth County jury has returned guilty verdicts against a Long Branch man who fatally shot four members of his own family with a high-powered rifle on New Year’s Eve 2017, authorities said. Scott Kologi was 16 at the time of the fatal shootings, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Kologi was convicted on all charges, including four counts of first-degree murder and a second-degree weapons offense, Linskey said. Long Branch police and Monmouth County Sheriff’s officers responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting shots fired at 635 Wall Street at…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Erratic Driver Who Struck Jersey Shore Police Officer Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor Erratic Driver Who Struck Jersey Shore Police Officer Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor
Erratic Driver Who Struck Jersey Shore Police Officer Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor A 49-year-old man from Middlesex County has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left an off-duty Aberdeen police official hospitalized, authorities said. Christopher Uszenski, of Old Bridge, was charged with first-degree attempted murder and third-degree knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision with serious bodily injury, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey Shortly before 12:15 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 21, Aberdeen police responded to a call for service originating from the area of North Concourse and Wayside Drive in the Cliff…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Woman Killed In Route 9 Crash On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor Woman Killed In Route 9 Crash On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor
Woman Killed In Route 9 Crash On Jersey Shore: Prosecutor A woman was killed in a crash along Route 9 in Marlboro Township, authorities said. On Sun. Feb. 13 at 2:22 a.m., a 2019 Cadillac XT5 traveling southbound on Route 9, collided with a 2018 Nissan Altima at the intersection on the southbound side of Route 9 and Route 520, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. The Altima then proceeded to strike a nearby telephone pole, Linskey said. The driver of the Altima was taken to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at 3:04 a.m., the prosecutor said. The victim's name o…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Pair Arrested In Fatal Double Shooting Of 2 Teenagers In Parked Car: Monmouth County Prosecutor Pair Arrested In Fatal Double Shooting Of 2 Teenagers In Parked Car: Monmouth County Prosecutor
Pair Arrested In Fatal Double Shooting Of 2 Teenagers In Parked Car: Monmouth County Prosecutor Two Bayshore men have been arrested in connection with a fatal double shooting of two teenagers in a parked vehicle, authorities said. Gabriel Braithwaite, 19, of Keansburg and Jerod Dearin, 22, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen were both charged with two counts of first-degree murder and single counts of first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, two related second-degree weapons offenses, and third-degree hindering apprehension, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. The Friday, Feb. 4 arrests are in connection with last month's Neptune Township …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Ex-Jersey Shore Administrator Admits Stealing $450K From Affordable Housing Group: Prosecutor Ex-Jersey Shore Administrator Admits Stealing $450K From Affordable Housing Group: Prosecutor
Ex-Jersey Shore Administrator Admits Stealing $450K From Affordable Housing Group: Prosecutor A former administrator of a Jersey Shore-based affordable housing organization admitted stealing nearly $450,000 from the non-profit, authorities said. The Affordable Housing Alliance provides housing, support, and services to low- and middle-income families in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties.  Debra Agresti, 59, of Long Branch was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison on Friday after pleading guilty to the thefts over the course of nearly seven years, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Agresti reportedly admitted that while working for th…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Authorities ID One Of Two Victims Slain In Jersey Shore Shooting Authorities ID One Of Two Victims Slain In Jersey Shore Shooting
Authorities ID One Of Two Victims Slain In Jersey Shore Shooting Two people died Wednesday in a Monmouth County, authorities said. A female victim has been identified as 18-year-old Samore Edwards of Plainfield in Union County, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. A male victim had yet to be positively identified as of Thursday. Neptune Township police responded to the 1300 block of Washington Avenue on a report of a shooting around 8:15 p.m., according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Police found the two victims in a parked vehicle, she said. Edwards was pronounced dead at the …

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by Jon Craig
News
Feds: Pistol-Packing Ex-Con Busted At Jersey Shore ER Claiming To Be With DEA Feds: Pistol-Packing Ex-Con Busted At Jersey Shore ER Claiming To Be With DEA
Feds: Pistol-Packing Ex-Con Busted At Jersey Shore ER Claiming To Be With DEA An ex-con was charged federally after he showed up at a Jersey Shore emergency room for treatment packing a handgun and then claimed he was DEA agent, authorities said. Staff members at Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank spotted Wesley Rucker, 34, of Tinton Falls carrying the gun in his waistband, federal authorities said. “Rucker showed the security officer two identification cards in a leather bifold wallet with the Drug Enforcement Administration (”DEA”) logo embossed on the outside,” a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives complaint on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Florida Woman Burns Down NJ Psych Ward Turned Mansion Causing $3.5M In Damages: Police Florida Woman Burns Down NJ Psych Ward Turned Mansion Causing $3.5M In Damages: Police
Florida Woman Burns Down NJ Psych Ward Turned Mansion Causing $3.5M In Damages: Police A woman from Florida was charged with arson in the fire that destroyed a historic mansion and former psychiatric hospital in New Jersey, authorities said. Evelyn V. Alvino, 20, of Pinellas Park, FL, was charged with aggravated arson, burglary, criminal trespassing, and criminal mischief after an 18-month investigation into the fire, NJ State Police said. On May 30, 2020, detectives began investigating a fire at the Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center. The former psychiatric hospital was closed in 2005 due to complaints about the conditions there, and it has since been abandoned, accord…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Consent? Videos Of Naked Woman Found On Central Jersey Man's Phone: Prosecutor Consent? Videos Of Naked Woman Found On Central Jersey Man's Phone: Prosecutor
Consent? Videos Of Naked Woman Found On Central Jersey Man's Phone: Prosecutor A 35-year-old man from Monmouth County has been found guilty of having videos of a naked woman without her permission, authorities said. He also shared child pornography, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Robert Mack of Tinton Falls was convicted of third-degree invasion of privacy as well as second- and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child charges, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said.  The charges stem from the 2017 possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials, Linskey said. An investigation by the Monmouth County Pr…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
7 Wall High School Students Suspended Days After Football Hazing Allegations: Report 7 Wall High School Students Suspended Days After Football Hazing Allegations: Report
7 Wall High School Students Suspended Days After Football Hazing Allegations: Report Seven Wall High School students were suspended last month in the wake of hazing allegations on the school's football team, NJ Advance Media reported. The suspensions lasted 10 days and were expected to be discussed during Tuesday's board meeting, the outlet said. It was not immediately clear if the students were football players, though the suspensions occurring days after the hazing allegations were reported. Nicholas Pizzulli was expected to be appointed "consultant for athletics," following the administrative leave of AD Tom Ridoux. Pizzulli was the interim athletic director for Say…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ Woman Charged With Murder In Husband's 'Accidental' Shooting Death: Prosecutor NJ Woman Charged With Murder In Husband's 'Accidental' Shooting Death: Prosecutor
NJ Woman Charged With Murder In Husband's 'Accidental' Shooting Death: Prosecutor A 73-year-old woman from Monmouth County has been charged with murder in the shooting death of her husband, authorities said. Michele Linzalone was charged with first-degree murder and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Middletown police were called to 29 Borden Road for a shooting just before 10:15 a.m. Monday. Linzalone had called 9-1-1 and reported the accidental shooting of her husband, later identified as 74 year old Rocky V. Linzalone, the prosecutor said.  …

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by Jon Craig