Trapped Fire Chief Low On Air 'Self-Rescues' From Engulfed Jersey Shore Home Trapped Fire Chief Low On Air 'Self-Rescues' From Engulfed Jersey Shore Home
Trapped Fire Chief Low On Air 'Self-Rescues' From Engulfed Jersey Shore Home A photographer captured an image of a working fire chief escaping a multi-alarm blaze that destroyed two Jersey Shore homes Tuesday. Long Branch Fire Chief Ronald Guidetti was trapped by flames on the top floor of one of the Monmouth Beach homes, the Long Branch Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 68 said Wednesday in a post. “Unable to utilize the interior stairwell, he made his way to a window and found no egress ladder,” the firefighters association said. “He removed his face piece as he was running out of air to get the attention of members operating on the exterior. “The chief self…
Three Charged With Attempted Murder In Jersey Shore Drive-By Three Charged With Attempted Murder In Jersey Shore Drive-By
Three Charged With Attempted Murder In Jersey Shore Drive-By Authorities charged three Monmouth County residents with attempted murder for a drive-by shooting three months ago in Keansburg. Wayne Jones Jr., 23, of Keansburg, Tyrone Bailey, 21 of Asbury Park, and Brittany Smalls, 25, of Neptune Township also were charged with weapons offenses in connection with the Feb. 20 shooting, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said Saturday. Detectives from various law enforcement agencies identified the trio after the intended victim was shot at from a vehicle on Seabreeze Way near Pinewood Place, Gramiccioni said. Police found Jones and tw…
Prosecutor: Asbury Brothers Abduct Four Girls, Sexually Assault Three Prosecutor: Asbury Brothers Abduct Four Girls, Sexually Assault Three
Prosecutor: Asbury Brothers Abduct Four Girls, Sexually Assault Three Two brothers from Asbury Park picked four underage girls off the street, plied them with pot, Ecstasy and booze and then sexually assaulted three of them, authorities charged. Wilson Cesaire, 21, and Wilfrid Cesaire, 28, approached the Millstone Township juveniles as they were walking and offered them a ride, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. They brought the minors to a QuickChek in Manalapan and, eventually, to the home they share on Asbury Avenue, Gramiccioni said. After giving them all drugs and alcohol, the brothers sexually assaulted three of them, the prose…
Wife Of Former Jersey Shore Mayor Found Shot Dead At Home Wife Of Former Jersey Shore Mayor Found Shot Dead At Home
Wife Of Former Jersey Shore Mayor Found Shot Dead At Home The wife of former Long Branch Mayor Philip Huhn deliberately shot and killed herself in her home Friday morning, authorities confirmed. Investigators determined that the death of June Huhn, 73, was a suicide, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccionni said. Officers responding to the Norwood Avenue home found Kuhn dead from a gunshot wound to the chest, the prosecutor said, adding that her husband, 75, was home when they arrived His detectives investigated along with Long Branch police. Philip Huhn was mayor of Long Branch from 1982 to 1990 and later worked as city manag…
Monmouth Man, 34, Charged With Attempted Murder In Stabbing Monmouth Man, 34, Charged With Attempted Murder In Stabbing
Monmouth Man, 34, Charged With Attempted Murder In Stabbing A Monmouth County man was charged with attempted murder after stabbing his roommate during a fight, authorities said. Police arrested Jairo Lopes-Dossantos, 34, of Eatontown after responding to 911 call Sunday night on Malibu Drive, a spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday. The 39-year-old victim was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township with a single stab wound that wasn't considered life-threatening, spokesman Charles Webster said. Lopes-Dossantos was taken to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Freeho…
Neptune Township Police Thank Bystanders Who Helped Free Bicyclist Pinned Under SUV Neptune Township Police Thank Bystanders Who Helped Free Bicyclist Pinned Under SUV
Neptune Township Police Thank Bystanders Who Helped Free Bicyclist Pinned Under SUV Police took to social media Tuesday to thank Good Samaritans who helped rescue a bicyclist trapped under an SUV.  "Upon arrival, officers found the injured man trapped almost completely underneath the vehicle, unable to move," Neptune Township police said on Facebook. The unidentified man riding the bike was struck on Route 35 and pinned under a red Nissan last week.  Police officers began trying to move the vehicle enough to render aid. They were struggling to lift the vehicle off the bicyclist when more than a dozen bystanders "spilled out of nearby stores and jumped out o…
Prosecutor: Manasquan Physical Therapist Groped Employees Prosecutor: Manasquan Physical Therapist Groped Employees
Prosecutor: Manasquan Physical Therapist Groped Employees A Manasquan therapist groped two former employees while pretending he was teaching them, said authorities who suspect there may be other alleged victims. Investigators charged Lukas I. DeLorenzo, 35, of Neptune Township with inappropriate sexual contact, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. Both victims told authorities that DeLorenzo began groping them in September and continued doing so over a period of time at his Manasquan office and at an undisclosed location in Brielle, the prosecutor said.  Gramiccioni said his Special Victim’s Bureau, along wit…
Long Branch Trio Busted On Drug Charges Long Branch Trio Busted On Drug Charges
Long Branch Trio Busted On Drug Charges Detectives busted a Monmouth County trio on drug charges, seizing cocaine, heroin and pot along with $3,000 in proceeds, authorities said. Anthony Vamvas, 28, and Alek Quinones, 25, were both charged with possession and distribution, while Laryssa Rodriguez, 21, of Neptune Township, was charged with possession after a search of their homes and vehicles, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. Vamvas sold cocaine he kept in Rodriguez's apartment to Quinones, the prosecutor said. Tips can be made to Monmouth County Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-671-4400; …
Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted
Passaic Prosecutor: Four-County Stolen Car Ring Smashed, Nine Busted PATERSON, N.J. – Nine men from Paterson were charged with burglarizing a Clifton auto dealer twice and stealing vehicles from eight other dealerships in four counties while using juveniles as accomplices, authorities announced Thursday. Among the victims were B&M Auto Mall in Clifton, which was broken into twice, as well as Lakeview Auto (also in Clifton) and Otocity in Totowa, a 131-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Paterson says. Also victimized in a 10-month spree that began in January last year were dealerships in East Brunswick, Jefferson Township, Neptune Township, Old …