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TOMS RIVER-The former Toms River Township Park and Ride manager has been sentenced to four years in prison today.

In June of 2013,  Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Parking Authority of Toms River Executive Director Pamela Piner  announced the arrest of Robert Pentz, 38, of Toms River for the theft of ATM monies from the Bus and Commuter facility located at 400 Highland Parkway South in Toms River.

“It is alleged, that between 2009 and April of this year, Pentz who served as the Park and Ride Manager at the commuter facility over the last five years took $75,000 or more in cash from the sites ATM machine,” Coronato said. “One of Pentz’s duties as Park and Ride Manager was to assure the onsite ATM machine had readily available cash for patrons. The investigation is continuing with the help of Toms River Parking Authority officials to determine a more exact figure. The thefts were uncovered as a result of a routine audit in early April.”

TRENTON — A state appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a man who shot and killed a Lakewood police officer in 2011. The three-judge panel rejected Jahmell Crockam’s argument that the jury was tainted by hearsay testimony claiming he was willing to kill a cop, a cell phone photo of the defendant and the…

TOMS RIVER — An elderly couple was hospitalized Tuesday morning after the vehicle they were in was t-boned at an intersection. Phyllis Scardena, 76, of Toms River, was driving in a 2004 Oldsmobile with her 87-year-old husband, whom police did not identify, at 11:30 a.m. when she ran a red light at the intersection of Vermont…

TOMS RIVER – A 27-year-old township woman was charged with multiple offenses related to the distribution of heroin on Tuesday. On Feb. 2, members of the Toms River Police Department’s special enforcement unit executed a court ordered search warrant in the Winteringham Village complex located at 1040 Route 166 in Toms River. The search was the…