Tag: Neptune Township, NJ
Asbury Park Man Who Lured, Kidnapped 11-Year-Old Girl Learns Fate: Prosecutor
An Asbury Park man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday, May 28 after being previously convicted of luring and kidnapping an 11-year-old girl off the street in May 2023, authorities said.
On Tuesday, May 30, 2023, Raquan Folk approached an 11-year-old girl walking on Ridge Avenue in Asbury Park shortly before 5:30 p.m. and persuaded her to get into his vehicle, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond. Santiago said.
Folk drove the girl to Neptune Township and stopped the car, where he told her to disrobe, Santiago said. The girl asked to use a bathroom and then ran from the vehicle, …
Duo Plead Guilty To Fatal Asbury Park Triple Shooting: Prosecutor
Two men admitted to their roles on Friday, May 9, in a 2023 Asbury Park triple shooting that left one man dead and two others njured, authorities said.
Ziamere Ivery, an 18-year-old Neptune Township man, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter while Michael Sally, a 20-year-old Long Branch resident, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said.
Around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, July 3, 2023, Asbury Park police responded to the Asbury Park Gardens apartment complex on Atlantic Avenue and found three victims with gunshot injuries, S…
Neptune's $1.13B Lotto Winner Comes Forward After Months Of Mystery, Officials Say
The winner of the largest lottery jackpot in the Garden State's history has finally claimed their prize nearly nine months later, officials said.
A New Jersey resident has officially submitted their winning ticket in the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the New Jersey Lottery said in a news release on Monday, Dec. 23. The winner was purchased at ShopRite Wine & Spirits on Route 66 in Neptune Township in the drawing on Tuesday, Mar. 26.
The ticket matched all five numbers—7, 11, 22, 29, 38—plus the Mega Ball of 4, securing the fifth-largest jackpot in Mega Million…
Suspected Toms River Hookah Lounge Killer Will Stay In Jail For Trial: Prosecutors
The man accused of murder in a triple shooting at a Toms River hookah lounge will have to stay in jail through his trial.
A judge ordered on Thursday, Feb. 22 that Eric Manzanares, 24, of Asbury Park, will remain detained in the Ocean County Jail pending his trial, county prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced. He was charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon.
Manzanares has been held in the county jail since Wednesday, Jan. 24, when he was extradited to New Jersey from Virginia. H…
Suspected Toms River Hookah Lounge Killer Extradited Months After Virginia Capture
Nearly nine months after his Virginia capture, a Monmouth County man will face charges in New Jersey, authorities announced.
Asbury Park's Eric Manzanares, 24 — the accused gunman in a triple shooting that left one man dead and two others injured at a Toms River hookah lounge in 2022 — has been extradited from Prince William County, VA, to Ocean County, NJ, Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Toms River police responded to a shooting at Top Tier Hookah Lounge on Hooper Avenue at around 1:20 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Officers found three victim…
Third Person Charged In 2016 Jersey Shore Murder Of 20-Year-Old Man
A third person has been arrested in the shooting death of a Bradley Beach man nearly eight years ago, authorities said.
Stephon Keys, 31, of Neptune Township, was already in state prison in a separate case when he was served his charges, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced on Friday, Jan. 12.
Quashon McDuffie, 30, of Long Branch, and Knaliek Joshua, 31, of Asbury Park, were charged in the killing on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023.
Neptune Township police responded to a shooting on Seventh Avenue on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, just before 8:30 p.m. Officers found 20-year-ol…
