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Driver Was High On Pot In Double Deadly Crash Involving NJDOT Truck Driver Was High On Pot In Double Deadly Crash Involving NJDOT Truck
Driver Was High On Pot In Double Deadly Crash Involving Njdot Truck A 30-year-old Toms River woman was high on pot when she caused a four-car crash that left two people dead last March, authorities said. Danielle Bowker was behind the wheel of a 2018 Honda Civic heading westbound on Route 571 when she swerved while negotiating a right-hand curve around 7:15 a.m. March 29 in Manchester, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The Civic then struck a New Jersey Department of Transportation Ford F-550 pickup truck driven by Eduardo Rivera, 30, of Hamilton Township, which was traveling eastbound on Route 571. Daniel Septor, 26, of the …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
State Park Drowning Victim ID'd As Toms River Woman State Park Drowning Victim ID'd As Toms River Woman
State Park Drowning Victim ID'd As Toms River Woman Authorities have identified the 59-year-old woman who drowned Monday, June 13 at Island Beach State Park as Toms River woman, NJ Advance Media reported. Elizabeth Treharne was swimming alone near Area 22 around 8:20 p.m. when she was swept away by a rip current, the outlet said.  Her body was recovered at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday. Click here for the complete story by NJ Advance Media.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Passenger Seriously Hurt When SUV Goes Wrong Way On Garden State Parkway: State Police Passenger Seriously Hurt When SUV Goes Wrong Way On Garden State Parkway: State Police
Passenger Seriously Hurt When SUV Goes Wrong Way On Garden State Parkway: State Police A wrong-way crash on the Garden State Parkway left a passenger seriously hurt, authorities said. The crash occurred at 11:12 p.m. on Sunday, June 12 near milepost 48.4 in Port Republic in Atlantic County, New Jersey State Police said.  A 43-year-old Toms River man driving a Honda Pilot the wrong way — north in the southbound lanes — struck a Chevy Equinox before being hit by a Kia K5, police said. Dwight Phillips, 22, of New York City — a passenger in the Kia — was hospitalized with serious injuries while the drivers of the two SUVs suffered moderate injuries, State Police said. The …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
State Police ID Toms River Man Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash State Police ID Toms River Man Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash
State Police ID Toms River Man Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash A 47-year-old man from Toms River was killed in a two-car crash on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. The crash occurred at 10:10 a.m. Thursday, June 2 on parkway southbound at milepost 61.8 in Eagleswood Township, according to New Jersey State Police.  Preliminary investigation revealed that a Mercedes-Benz, operated by Frederick Esser of Toms River, was involved in a sideswipe collision with a VW Passat.  As a result of the crash, the VW ran off the road to the right and came to a stop off the right shoulder. The Mercedes-Benz overturned, struck the left guardrail, an…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Buffalo Mass Shooter 'Cut And Pasted' Earlier Manifestos: NJ Prosecutor Buffalo Mass Shooter 'Cut And Pasted' Earlier Manifestos: NJ Prosecutor
Buffalo Mass Shooter 'Cut And Pasted' Earlier Manifestos: NJ Prosecutor The Buffalo mass shooter who called several New Jersey communities "deplorable," cut and pasted large sections of earlier manifestos in his diatribe, authorities said. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer issued a statement on Tuesday, May 17, saying that there are no direct threats to any local communities as implied by a 180-page manifesto authored by the alleged Buffalo shooter. Payton Gendron, 18, was arraigned Saturday on first-degree murder charges and ordered detained without bail on accusations he carefully planned the massacre at a Buffalo supermarket that left ten people d…

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by Jon Craig
News
MANIFESTO: Buffalo Mass Shooter Says These NJ Communities Are 'Deplorable' MANIFESTO: Buffalo Mass Shooter Says These NJ Communities Are 'Deplorable'
Manifesto: Buffalo Mass Shooter Says These NJ Communities Are 'Deplorable' Lakewood, Toms River, Jersey City and Brooklyn, NY, are among the Jewish communities that Buffalo's accused mass shooter considers "deplorable'' in a 180-page manifesto, according to multiple news reports. Payton Gendron, 18, was arraigned Saturday on first-degree murder charges and ordered detained without bail on accusations he carefully planned the massacre at a Buffalo supermarket that left ten people dead. Eleven of the 13 people he shot were black, reports say. Gendron had penned a 180-page manifesto that named Lakewood and Toms River among the communities that the alleged shooter con…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Meth, Heroin Seized From Pair In Jersey Shore Traffic Stop: Authorities Meth, Heroin Seized From Pair In Jersey Shore Traffic Stop: Authorities
Meth, Heroin Seized From Pair In Jersey Shore Traffic Stop: Authorities A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of two Jersey Shore suspects on multiple drug charges involving heroin and methamphetamines, authorities said. On Tuesday, May 10, at approximately 4:50 p.m., Sgt. Jason Guide stopped an Infiniti sedan at the Travel Inn and Suites Motel for careless driving, Lakehurst police said. The passenger of the vehicle, John E. Rivera, 40, of Jackson, was found to have an active criminal warrant and placed under arrest without incident.  A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of approximately 45 wax folds of heroin, a quantity of suspected methampheta…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Cocaine Dealer Caused 29-Year-Old Victim's Overdose Death: Prosecutor Cocaine Dealer Caused 29-Year-Old Victim's Overdose Death: Prosecutor
Cocaine Dealer Caused 29-Year-Old Victim's Overdose Death: Prosecutor A 57-year-old man from Burlington County has been indicted in connection with the drug overdose death of an Ocean County man, authorities said. The 29-year-old victim overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.  On May 4, William Anderson, of Browns Mills, was indicted by a Grand Jury on charges of strict liability drug-induced death and other drug offenses, Billhimer said. On Feb. 28, 2019, Toms River police were summoned to the Pelican Inn for a report of an unresponsive male. Police Officers found a 29-year-old…

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by Jon Craig
News
Accused Police Imposters From Jersey Shore Charged In Botched Bergen County Kidnapping Accused Police Imposters From Jersey Shore Charged In Botched Bergen County Kidnapping
Accused Police Imposters From Jersey Shore Charged In Botched Bergen County Kidnapping It took over a year and a half, but relentless detective work aided by modern tech produced the arrests of two accused police imposters from the Jersey Shore who authorities said tried to abduct an East Rutherford man from outside his home. Anthony Naso of Seaside Heights, Nicholas Polimeni of Toms River and an unidentified accomplice were all wearing bogus police badges when they rushed the victim on Sept. 11, 2020, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim told police he'd just returned to his Lincoln Place home shortly before 10 p.m. when the trio “grabbed him on his stairca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
1 Killed, Multiple Injuries Reported In Four-Vehicle Ocean County Crash 1 Killed, Multiple Injuries Reported In Four-Vehicle Ocean County Crash
1 Killed, Multiple Injuries Reported In Four-Vehicle Ocean County Crash A car veered out of its lane in Ocean County, resulting in a four-vehicle crash that killed one person and injured four others on Tuesday, March 29, authorities said. Manchester Township police were called to the crash on Route 571 and Whitesville Road around 7:15 a.m., Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Danielle Bowker, 30, of Toms River, was driving westbound on Route 571 in a 2018 Honda Civic when she failed to maintain her lane of travel while negotiating a right-hand curve, the prosecutor said. The sedan then struck an eastbound New Jersey Department of Trans…

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by Nicole Acosta
Obituaries
Jersey Shore Native, Beloved Ironworker Dies Suddenly, 25 Jersey Shore Native, Beloved Ironworker Dies Suddenly, 25
Jersey Shore Native, Beloved Ironworker Dies Suddenly, 25 Jersey Shore native and beloved ironworker Steven Michael Viel died unexpectedly on Friday, March 18. He was 25. Viel grew up in Monroe Township before moving to Toms River, where he lived at the time of his death, his social media page says. He was employed as an ironworker/welder at East Coast Metal Structures Corp. Viel formerly worked with iron at Jersey Shore Steel and as an assistant supervisor at Pinnacle Commercial Development, his page says. Viel was remembered for his kind and outgoing personality, his obituary says. Meanwhile, $7,600 had been raised on GoFundMe as of Friday fo…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Good Samaritan Keeps Knife-Wielding Man From Attacking Victim Until Police Arrive In Toms River Good Samaritan Keeps Knife-Wielding Man From Attacking Victim Until Police Arrive In Toms River
Good Samaritan Keeps Knife-Wielding Man From Attacking Victim Until Police Arrive In Toms River A Good Samaritan helped rescue a stabbing victim who was attacked by her passenger while driving, authorities said. On Wednesday, March 23, at approximately 4:45 p.m., Toms River police were dispatched to North Bay Avenue, near the intersection of Whitty Road, for a reported domestic violence incident involving a stabbing, police said. A woman was driving when her passenger began stabbing her. She pulled over to the side of the road and exited the vehicle, and a male suspect followed and continue to attack her, police said. A passerby jumped in to stop the suspect and detai…

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by Jon Craig