TOMS RIVER, NJ – Several hundred boats today participated in the President Donald J. Trump boat parade, filling the Barnegat Bay from Toms River north to Mantoloking.  The entire bay was a sea of Trump 2020 flags, American flags, and Trump supporters sporting signs and patriotic-themed outfits, bathing suits, and bikinis.

The parade was organized by Stafford resident Chris Molla.   Stafford Township Conservative Republican and township councilman George Williams was named parade Grand Marshall.

“I would like to thank the legendary and the great Chris Molla for putting together this wonderful event, he did a bang up job. And by the way, all of your boats just look absolutely beautiful. I see lots of red, white and blue out here! Great job everyone,” Williams said. “Today, many Americans are dealing with a growing danger. Angry mobs are unleashing a wave of violent crime in our cities while defacing monuments and statues. Radical groups are currently trying to erase everything this country was built on. One of those dangers, is the defunding, the disrespect, and the abolishment of our beloved police officers.”

Williams was part of a conservative insurgency that wrestled political power from the Stafford Township establishment Republicans who were previously running his town.

“This attack on our liberty must stop. It is a merciless campaign to wipe out our history. Some politicians, drunk with power, want these police officers, the ones who keep us safe from harm, completely gone. Well, not on my watch. They want to silence us but we will not be silenced,” Williams said.  We’re not sure if he was talking about Freeholder Virginia Haines and Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin or not, but those two would be the epitome of that remark here in Ocean County.

“We will not be intimidated by bad people. We gather today, on this beautiful bay, as a show of support and appreciation for all of our boys and girls in blue. Make no mistake, we will be clear, and today we will let them know, that we have your back,” he added. “The United States of America, is the most magnificent country in the history of the world. And in 2016, the forgotten man, the silent majority, the basket of deplorables, elected our 45th president, Donald J Trump.”

Williams said America elected Trump because at the end of the day, he’s the only guy running for President that is intent on protecting the America we all grew up with.

“We elected him for many reasons. We enjoy his straight forwardness, we love his policies, and we like how he protects our second amendment, how he drains the swamp, how he builds the wall, and how we only kneel to God, and we stand, for our great national anthem,” he added. “We believe and equal opportunity, equal justice, and equal treatment for every American. This radical left wing cultural revolution will not be allowed to destroy our way of life or take away our freedom.”

Here are the latest tweets from the parade.

JERSEY STRONG ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ Boat Parade FOR President Trump in Barnegat Bay. 3200 BOATS. What a sight. South Jersey is Trump Country. Just a great time. pic.twitter.com/GNAyLjA1F2

— MilkboneMan (@MilkboneMan) July 5, 2020

@FoxNews Hundreds of boaters with Trump flags on Barnegat Bay in NJ today. pic.twitter.com/RU7c6YLeWd

— Trudy Garofalo (@TrudyG) July 5, 2020

https://twitter.com/G1Gabrille/status/1279886615620583424

@realDonaldTrump Today on the Barnegat Bay in NJ. #Trump2020. pic.twitter.com/a1EodJSYOs

— Trudy Garofalo (@TrudyG) July 5, 2020

Toms River, New Jersey had a huge boat parade to show support for Donald Trump today. An amazing and beautiful day on the water. Over 4000 boats participated. pic.twitter.com/Gyk4oA3DzS

— Stan Skinner (@Butterand_Bread) July 5, 2020

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy today said from the state owner “Governor’s Mansion” at Island Beach State Park that he has nothing but sympathy for the thousands of restaurant owners who made huge financial investments preparing for Fourth of July weekend indoor-dining services.    Those services, of course, were cancelled by the governor early last week, after restaurants ordered extra food and bars restocked for the impending influx of new business after being shut down since mid-March.

Murphy made the statements on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.

On those losses, Murphy said it was the Trump administration’s responsibility to take care of New Jersey restaurants that remain shut down.

“Listen, we have nothing but sympathy for them,” Murphy said. “It’s why we need direct federal cash assistance to states so that we can help those restaurants and small businesses out.”

Murphy said the sedentary and indoor nature of indoor dining is a deadly risk for all involved.

“The choice is we reopen inside or based on the data we saw and the lethality of this virus inside, or we lose people. We literally lose lives,” Murphy said.  “By definition when you eat, you have to take your mask off to eat, those are bad facts, those are just bad facts, we’re just not there yet, we’ll get there I hope, but we’re not ready for it.”

Murphy said the recent uptick in COVID-19 is partially based on the reopening, but stressed those coming back from out-of-state hotspots.  He said he does not expect numbers to increase much from outdoor activities like going to the beach, protesting and watching fireworks displays…unless it’s a conservative anti-Phil Murphy protest of course.

“We’re not out of the woods yet,” Murphy said.

SEASIDE PARK, NJ – After being confronted with people not wearing masks at the beach in New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy said, “When in doubt, wear a mask.”  Murphy was interviewed by NBC’s Meet The Press from the Governor’s Mansion at Island Beach State Park.

“This thing is lethal, New Jersey’s paid an enormous price,” he said. “We’re starting to see small spikes and reinfection from folks coming back from places like Myrtle Beach and Florida,” Murphy said. “We need a national strategy and masking has to be at the core of that.”

Murphy continues to tout his state’s success despite ranking second in the nation in both cases and deaths related to COVID-19.  In the early days of COVID-19, most states were worried about infections from New Jersey and New York, now as the virus has made its way through New Jersey, Murphy has turned the table, declaring travelers from 16 states enforce a 14-day quarantine upon their return.

“We have to ask people to do the right thing and be responsible,” Murphy said. “So if folks are coming back to our state from a hot spot, we’re asking folks to self-quarantine. It’s a personal responsibility.”

Murphy said new infections in New Jersey, through contact tracing, have been traced back to a wedding in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

“It’s become almost not even debatable,” Murphy said of a national facemask requirement. “I think it should be a national requirement.”

TRENTON, NJ – By now, everyone in New Jersey knows Health Department Commissioner Judith Persichilli and the Governor’s lawyer, Matthew Platkin.  The two officials, along with New Jersey State Police Superintendent Patrick Callahan have become supporting actors in the Governor’s daily COVID-19 news briefing, which for many is more like a recreation of Bill Murray’s hit movie, Groundhog Day.

Each day since COVID-19 began, New Jersey wakes up to the morning show, grabbing on to every word the governor speaks.

Can I keep my house? Will I still have a job? Can I go outside today? Will my business survive?

Those are real questions in the minds of New Jersey residents of all ages, sexes, races and religions.

While Phil Murphy delivers a polished show for television each morning, a report today by NJ.Com suggests that all is not happy in the house that Murphy built as his top aides struggle with media leaks regarding the dysfunctionality within his adminstration.

Things have gotten so bad that Judy, who needs no introduction, even offered her resignations according to those recordings.    This came as Persichilli was accused by top Murphy Aides of recent leaks regarding the Governor’s arbitrary decisions during COVID-19 coming without health department input, frustrating those in her inner circle.

According to the report, Matt Platkin, Murphy’s most trusted advisor went so far as to tell Persichilli to fire everyone on her team.

“Well, we think it’s in your inner circle, Matt said get rid of everybody,” Persichilli said.  “So I waited, paused and I went, ‘No, I am not going to do that. This is all targeted to me. So you will have my resignation in the morning. I’m the one that should leave first.’”

NJ.Com said the audio was recorded without permission and given to them by a top aide in the Murphy administration but did not release the audio recordings.

Read the Full Story at NJ.Com

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew based out of Atlantic City rescued a man in distress from a moving fishing boat off the coast of the Jersey Shore

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew conducted a medevac this afternoon of a 45-year-old crewmember from the fishing vessel Blue Stream, 60 miles southeast of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, after he was showing signs of a stroke.

“Air Station Atlantic City performed a MEDEVAC from a fishing vessel 60 nautical miles off of Tom’s River, NJ this afternoon, delivering their patient to life-saving medical care. Pandemic or not, our crews are always ready for the call,” the Coast Guard said.

A @USCG Atlantic City-based helicopter crew hoisted a crewmember from the fishing vessel Blue Stream 60-miles southeast of Sandy Hook, NJ, after he was experiencing stroke symptoms and safely transferred him to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center. #SAR #USCG @uscgmidatlantic pic.twitter.com/KjftElKhib

— USCG_Tri_State (@USCG_Tri_State) July 3, 2020

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey’s state police unions, the State Police Fraternal Association and the State Troopers’ Superior Officers Association are both condemning the actions of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Gubir Grewal, stating the new law does nothing but

On June 15, 2020, the Attorney General announced his plan to publicly publish the names of all New Jersey State Troopers who received a suspension of more than 5 days in the past 20 years as a result of an Internal Investigation.

These names are planned to be attached to the already publicly available Office of Professional Standards case synopsis reports by July 15, 2020.

The Attorney General cites “transparency” and that “the public has the right to know that an infraction occurred and that the underlying issue was corrected before that officer potentially returned to duty.”

“These safeguards are already in place. The case synopsis reports are already published,” the union said.  “The discipline imposed is already listed. They are all available online. The retrospective attachment of Troopers’ names and republishing old annual reports serve absolutely no legitimate purpose other than to harass, embarrass, and rehash past incidents during a time of severe anti-law enforcement sentiment.”

“It can’t possibly be a deterrent because the violations have already occurred and the suspensions have already been served,” the unions said.  “It makes no sense to unmask and re-punish Troopers for administrative violations committed years ago. Furthermore, a significant portion of names would include former Troopers who have been granted honorable retirements and are no longer involved in law enforcement.”

The State of New Jersey completely removes the names of criminal offenders from the Department of Corrections Offender Search web page one year after the completion of their term. Oddly enough, if the Attorney General’s order stands, a Trooper with an administrative rule violation many years ago would have their name posted online in perpetuity while an armed robbery ex-convict has their name permanently removed.

“Let us be perfectly clear: we are more than willing to consider options such as releasing the names of Troopers who were terminated or who are found guilty of violations such as excessive use of force or racially biased incidents, but we need to be involved in these critical discussions,” the union said. “Our willingness to find sensible solutions in the past proves we do not intend to block common sense reforms. We ask the Attorney General to reconsider his decision and treat Troopers who’ve previously accepted discipline and served unpaid suspensions fairly. We ask the Attorney General to respect and honor the confidentiality of Troopers’ identities in place when they signed legally binding disciplinary agreements and voluntarily chose not to appeal. We ask the Attorney General to protect Troopers and their families from becoming potential targets of violent anti-police activists in their homes, communities, and schools. We ask the Attorney General to rescind this order, meet with us on this topic, and find sensible common ground together as we have done so many times before.”

DEAL, NJ – Joseph Ammaturo, 38, of Long Branch and a 14-year veteran of the Deal Police Department, pleaded guilty Thursday to third degree Witness Tampering before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge David Bauman, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.

During his virtual plea proceeding, Ammaturo admitted to tampering with a witness regarding a pending narcotics investigation into Ammaturo in December 2018. Pursuant to his guilty plea, Judge Bauman ordered that Ammaturo forfeit his position as a police office in the Borough of Deal, where he has been suspended without pay. The Court also ordered that Ammaturo forfeit all future public employment in New Jersey.

“We will continue to hold law enforcement officers accountable for their actions. Bad cops will be weeded out as their illegal actions or infidelity of the public trust are discovered. Mr. Ammaturo can never hold public office in New Jersey ever again – that, coupled with probation, is an appropriate sentence. The community expects better of a law enforcement officer, and the law enforcement community holds its own officers to a higher standard. Mr. Ammaturo failed us all,” Prosecutor Gramiccioni said.

Ammaturo is scheduled to return before Judge Bauman for sentencing on Sept. 4, 2020.  Along with his forfeiture of employment, Ammaturo faces an additional period of probation.

“Any violations of the law and betrayal of the public’s trust will not be tolerated by the members of the Deal Police Department,” said Deal Police Chief Ronen Neuman.  “We will not allow the actions of this officer to tarnish the commitment and integrity of the men and women of this department.  Our officers are highly trained and dedicated professionals that serve with honor, dignity, and respect. The public should be reassured that as an accredited agency our officers are held accountable in both upholding and enforcing the laws.”

The case is being prosecuted by Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Melanie Falco, Director of the Office’s Professional Responsibility and Bias Crimes Unit.

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Police are investigating the deaths of two people found in a home in Lakewood Township.  At this time, there is no further information available.  The bodies were discovered at approximately 1 pm on Friday.