Police Blotter

LAKEWOOD-At approximately 2:50pm this afternoon, Officers from the Lakewood Police Department responded to the Shore Shot Pistol Range located on Airport Road, in response to a gunshot victim. Upon arrival, Officers found a 32 year old Woodbridge man unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Further investigation confirmed that the wound was self inflicted.

BRICK-On December 31st, Detective Daniel Waleski charged Joseph T. Galucci (white male, 34 years old, Nebraska Ave, Jackson, NJ) with the theft of breast pumps from the Burlington Coat Factory. The original incident occurred on December 1st. The breast pumps had an approximate value of $1,000.00. Due to numerous tips received through social media, the Brick Township Police Department was able to identify and successfully arrest Galucci. Galucci was charged with Shoplifting, and a warrant was issued by the Honorable Judge Robert Lepore at $20,000.00 with no option to post ten percent. In addition, Galucci was charged by Barnegat Police

The following indicates some of the activity that officers of the Jackson Police Department responded to during the month of December 2014. Other information is noted in the Patrol Blotter or in Specific News Releases. – 178 Motor Vehicle Crashes – 790 Motor Vehicle Stops – 85 Disputes/Disturbances/Disorderly – 131 First Aid Calls (officer assigned) – 194 Combined Alarms (burglar, panic, hold up and fire) – 1,017 Security Checks – 151 Suspicious Activity/Persons/Vehicle Reports – 32 Animal Complaints (officer assigned) – 61 Welfare Checks/Crisis Intervention Calls/Abandoned 911 calls – 14 Domestic Disputes – 6 Burglary to Motor Vehicles – 11

STAFFORD-On Wednesday, 12/31/2014 at 8:35 PM, Patrolman Jacob Conner of the Stafford Township Police Department conducted a motor vehicle stop on a vehicle being being operated by Zackeri Gonzalez of Permberton, NJ for an expired registration. After Patrolman Conner detected an odor of suspected marijuana emanating from the vehicle a consensual search of Zackeri’s motor vehicle was conducted and yielded a suspected partially smoked marijuana cigarette and drug paraphernalia. Zackeri was placed under arrest and transported to police headquarters where he was processed and released with a future court date.

STAFFORD-On January 1, 2015 at approximately 1:00 a.m., Ptl. Griffin of the Stafford Township Police Department witnessed a white Jeep Grand Cherokee failing to maintain its lane on Route 72.  A motor vehicle stop was initiated near milepost 23.  Investigation revealed the driver, Catherine A. Bininger (18 YOA) of Appaloosa Road in Warrington, PA, to be driving while under the influence of alcohol.  Further investigation revealed that she was in possession of marijuana.  Bininger was placed under arrest and transported to police headquarters where she was charged with Driving While Intoxicated, Possession of Marijuana Under Fifty Grams, Reckless Driving, Failure

STAFFORD-On 12/29/14, Stafford Police were contacted by the Southern Ocean Medical Center at approximately 8:41 p.m. in reference to a juvenile male age 16 who was brought in for head trauma from a motor vehicle incident. At the hospital it was learned that a group of friends were behind the Wal-Mart store when the 16 year old juvenile jumped on the hood of a vehicle operated by Bailey Reid, 17 of Manahawkin. Reid started to drive with the juvenile holding onto the hood, and the juvenile fell from the hood of the vehicle sustaining major head trauma.  The juvenile was