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Lakewood, NJ
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: 60-Year-Old Man With Dementia Went Missing
UPDATE: Charles DiBiase has been found safe and sound, Mancester police said. ORIGINAL STORY: Manchester Township police seek the public's help finding a 60-year-old man with dementia and multiple sclerosis. Charles DiBiase was last seen on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 6:30 a.m. in the Silverwoods Independent Living & Senior Apartments, 1700 Route 37 West. DiBiase was last seen wearing a brown zip-up hoodie, light grey sweatpants, and black and white slip-on sneakers. He does not currently operate any vehicles and uses a walker. Charles goes by the name "Bloom." Numerous inves…
Lakewood, NJ
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Monster Sandbar Dangerous To Fishing Industry Looms In Manasquan Inlet, Congressman Says
Federal officials have agreed to inspect a rising sandbar that threatens commercial fishing and other navigation in Manasquan Inlet. The Army Corps of Engineers will return to the Manasquan Inlet next week to assess the large and potentially dangerous sandbar that has developed in the busy waterway, according to Congressman Chris Smith, a Republican from Manchester. Smith said that the “shifting sands in the Inlet are not new, but this oversized low-tide sandbar in the inlet has not been seen in our lives.” “The Corps’ new survey now scheduled for next week will help them better evaluate t…
Lakewood, NJ
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Jersey Shore Man Sentenced In Fentanyl Overdose Death: Prosecutor
A 34-year-old man from Ocean County was sentenced to seven years in New Jersey state prison in connection with a fentanyl overdose death, authorities said. Dandre Tubbs, of Manchester,, was sentenced Friday, Aug. 5 as a result of a previously entered guilty plea to manslaughter in connection with the death of a 35-year-old man in Manchester last August, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. He was additionally charged with the possession and distribution of fentanyl. On Aug. 16, 2021, Manchester police responded to a residence for a report of an unr…
Lakewood, NJ
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NJ Woman Pours Gasoline On Man After Arranging To Buy Sneakers From Him Via SnapChat: Police
A 27-year-old woman of Manchester was arrested after offering to buy clothes from a man and then dousing him with gasoline and robbing him, authorities said. An unidentified man, 18,, had arranged via SnapChat to meet a woman outside a Dollar General Store on Route 37 in Manchester to sell sneakers and other clothing, police said. When the man arrived at the store on Thursday, July 28, a woman poured a water bottle filled with gasoline on him, held a butane torch near him and ordered him to surrender his possessions, police said. She was later identified as Eboni Hester of Manchester…
Lakewood, NJ
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200 Trespassers Busted At NJ 'Hidden Gem' Popularized On TikTok
Police issued 131 tickets to trespassers found on boats and ATVs at a private property along the Jersey Shore popularized on TikTok. Noise complaints brought multiple police agencies to Heritage Minerals — commonly known as Crystal Lake — on Saturday, July 30, where they found nearly 200 people in ATVs, boats and cars all around the lake, Manchester police said. Originally operated by American Smelting and Refining Company, Inc., the property was sold to and subsequently operated by Heritage Minerals until the cessation of mining operations in the early 1980s. It's since remained closed f…
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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Wildfire In South Jersey Consumes 315 Acres, Fully Contained
A wildfire in Brendan T. Byrne State Forest in Burlington and Ocean counties consumed at least 315 acres, but firefighters now have the blaze 100% contained, authorities said on Monday, June 27 In addition, seven structures previously considered threatened by the forest fire in Manchester and Woodland townships are no longer in danger, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said on Facebook. Firefighters have made "substantial progress,'' the state agency previously said. “Earlier (Sunday) evening Forest Fire Service crews conducted a backfiring operation to aid in containment,” the Forest Fir…
Lakewood, NJ
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Driver Was High On Pot In Double Deadly Crash Involving
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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 …
Lakewood, NJ
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Jersey Shore Man Admits Selling Fentanyl To Overdose Victim: Prosecutor
A 33-year-old man from Manchester has admitted to selling a fatal dose of drugs to another man, authorities said. Dandre Tubbs pleaded guilty to manslaughter and dealing fentanyl on Monday, June 13, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The plea was in connection with the death of a 35-year-old man in Manchester on Aug. 16, 2021, Billhimer said. Officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to a residence for an unresponsive male. Police discovered the man was already dead from an apparent drug overdose. A subsequent investigation by the …
Lakewood, NJ
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3 Swimmers Rescued After Getting Stranded In Jersey Shore Lake
Two swimmers were hospitalized after their rescue from a lake on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Police were called at 4:16 p.m. on Monday, June 6 for a report of a missing swimmer. A total of three swimmers were rescued in all from Harry Wright Lake with help from Good Samaritans and local firefighters from the Whiting Volunteer Fire Department and Manchester Career Fire Department, Manchester police said. Two of the swimmers were taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River, police said. It was determined that the three men had developed fatigue while attempting to swi…
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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Motorist Killed In South Jersey Crash: Police
A 75-year-old motorist was killed in a single-car crash near Joint Base McQuire-Dix-Lakehurst, authorities said. On Sunday, June 5, at approximately 7:37 p.m., members of the Manchester Township Police Department responded to Route 547 just north of the military base entrance. Police found a 2020 Kia Soul in the roadway with extensive damage, they said. There also were several trees found lying in the roadway, police said. Life-saving measures were initiated and the man was subsequently taken to Community Medical Center by Manchester Emergency Medical Services. The driver did not survive t…
Lakewood, NJ
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Motorcyclist Killed In 2-Bike Jersey Shore Crash
A motorcyclist died after he collided with another bike over the weekend on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Paul Brinkman, 66, was traveling eastbound in a staggered formation behind a 57-year-old motorcyclist on Pasadena Road, when the 57-year-old motorcyclist tried to pull into the westbound shoulder of the road to help help a disabled motorcyclist around 2:15 p.m. Saturday, April 30, police in Manchester said. As he began to slow down, Brinkman "failed to react in time" and collided with the bike, police said. The left front end of Brinkman's Harley Davidson Motorcycle struck th…
Lakewood, NJ
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Feds Charge NJ Man With Hate Crimes For Series Of 'Blood Bath' Assaults On Orthodox Jews
UPDATE: An antisemitic Jersey Shore man who authorities said warned of a “blood bath” before an hours-long spree of violent attacks on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood has been charged with federal hate crimes. Dion Marsh, 27, of Manchester, originally was charged locally with three counts of attempted murder and bias intimidation after police said he ran down two men and stabbed another in the chest last weekend. U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced on Wednesday, April 20 that his office and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division…
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