The Long Branch teenager who allegedly killed his parents, sister and a family friend on New Year’s Eve opened fire “at close range” using a semi-automatic rifle containing 15 bullets, prosecutors said Tuesday. Law enforcement officials also revealed a third person – a woman in her 20s – fled the house when the shots began along…
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Teenager shot parents, sister, family friend ‘at close range,’ prosecutor says
Teen killed parents, sister, family friend with assault rifle, cops say
A 16-year-old armed with a semi-automatic rifle shot and killed his parents, his sister and a family friend who lived with them in Long Branch on New Year’s Eve, authorities said Monday. The teen, whose name was not released because he is a juvenile, will be charged as an adult with four counts of murder and…
New Jersey Police ‘Charge’ A Squirrel With Criminal Mischief
The hunt launched by police in Sea Girt, New Jersey, for a vandal who damaged a popular Christmas lights display ended Saturday morning with the arrest of a squirrel. The police uploaded a picture of the perpetrator along with a statement on its Twitter page which said officials had caught the squirrel who was responsible for…
Garden State Parkway lane closed indefinitely for emergency bridge repairs
MONMOUTH COUNTY — One northbound local lane on the Garden State Parkway will be closed “indefinitely” for emergency bridge repairs, officials said. The closure north of exit 109 is necessary because the span carrying the Parkway over Middletown-Lincroft Road was damaged Thursday when it was struck by a back hoe being hauled on the bed of…
‘I just want justice,’ says husband of woman fatally struck by off-duty cop
LONG BRANCH – When Karen Borkowski was fatally struck by a car driven by an off-duty Long Branch officer last month, she was attempting to cross the street to purchase bandages at a CVS to care for her husband. That errand embodied the kind, caring person she was, according to her husband Ed Borkowski “My wife…
42 pimps, prostitutes in N.J. arrested in FBI child sex trafficking bust
NEWARK — Dozens of pimps and prostitutes were arrested in New Jersey as part of annual international sweep led by the FBI to crackdown on human trafficking, officials said. In what authorities dubbed “Operation Cross Country XI,” 42 people were arrested in the state on warrants and charges of sex trafficking, child exploitation and prostitution. It…
Off-duty cop told police the woman he struck was jaywalking before fatal crash (VIDEO)
LONG BRANCH – An off-duty Long Branch police officer who fatally struck a woman on Ocean Boulevard last month told officers at the scene he had a green light and that she was jaywalking, newly obtained dashboard camera video shows. Jake Pascucci, 28, was driving a 2016 Jeep Cherokee southbound on Ocean Boulevard when the vehicle…
Man admits to ATM theft spree along Jersey Shore
MONMOUTH COUNTY — A New Jersey man faces up to four years in prison after admitting stealing three ATMs, including one at Boardwalk Hall in Asbury Park, in a 10-day span last year, according to a report. Darren Covington, 52, of Neptune, pleaded guilty to six counts of burglary and two counts of attempted burglary, APP.com…
120 guns turned in during buyback in Asbury Park
ASBURY PARK — Authorities took in 120 guns Saturday and handed out $7,025 in the latest Guns for Cash program held in Monmouth County. The event allows people to hand in weapons in exchange for money without having to answer questions about how the gun was obtained, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement…
Driver killed in crash off Route 18 in Marlboro
MARLBORO – The driver of an SUV was killed Monday night when the vehicle veered off Route 18, crashed into trees and overturned, police said. Officers who arrived at the scene around 8:32 p.m. discovered the Nissan Xterra on the southbound side of Route 18 just north of the Route 79 overpass, Marlboro police Capt. Frederick…
Police ID man who died after being pulled from surf off Long Branch
LONG BRANCH – The man who died after he was pulled from the ocean off Seven Presidents Park on Sept. 23 has been identified as a 34-year-old Piscataway man. Weining Liu was on the beach, which is a county park, with his family when he went swimming and became distressed from the currents, Long Branch police…
Officials identify 2 killed in Neptune shooting
NEPTUNE — Officials on Saturday identified the two people found shot to death in a vehicle in Neptune. Township police were called to reports of two shooting victims around 4:30 p.m. Friday in the 500 block of Sayre Street, where they found Frantz Paraison 37, of Neptune, and Shaezeel Collins, 37, of Toms River. They were…
REPORT: Dept. of Justice Orders Monmouth Democrat to Stop Distributing Unapproved, Mislabeled Drugs
West Long Branch Democrat Chairman Ordered To Stop Distribution of Unapproved and Mislabeled Drugs
Jack Gindi, center, with Joe Grillo, left and Vin Gopal at Congressman Frank Pallone’s 2014 campaign kickoff. Photo via facebook A West Long Branch couple with ties to State Senate candidate Vin Gopal, and two of their Monmouth County based companies have been enjoined from distributing their unapproved injectable skin whitening drugs and other drugs in…
