Weekly Police Blotter

Weekly Police Blotter - Press Release January 13th thru 19th, 2015 . . . Shoplifting (Arrest) – On Monday, January 19, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., Officer Charles May responded to Walmart located at 580 Route 9 North in Lanoka Harbor for a report of an adult female shoplifter in custody. Investigation at the scene led to the arrest of 34-year-old Amanda Malinowski of Brentwood Place in Forked River for shoplifting merchandise valued at $98. She [...]

Weekly Police Blotter - Press Release January 6th thru  12th,  2015 . . Motor Vehicle Accident - On Monday, January 12, 2015, at 7:49 a.m., Officers Jeff Slota and Frederick Anderson responded to a one car motor vehicle accident involving a telephone pole on West Lacey Road near Mule Road in the Bamber Lake section of Lacey Township. Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver, identified as 68-year-old Eugene H. Wolbert of Waretown, NJ, was traveling east [...]

Weekly Police Blotter - Press Release December 30th, 2014 thru January 5th,  2015 .   . Motor Vehicle Accident (Hit & Run) – On Monday, January 5, 2015, at 8:13 p.m., Sergeant Ronald Buxton along with Officers Robert Duffy and Michael Verwey responded to Dover Road in the Bamber Lake section of Forked River for a motor vehicle accident involving an overturned pickup truck and trailer. The caller reported that a tree was apparently struck and no [...]

Weekly Police Blotter - Press Release December 23rd, thru 29th, 2014 .   . Manufacturing and Distribution of Concentrated THC Resin – On Monday, December 29, 2014, at 5:07 p.m., Officers Michael Verwey and George Resetar responded to a residence on the 1200 block of Leguene Avenue in Forked River for a report of illegal drug activity in a garage. While conducting their investigation, a drug manufacturing system was located in the garage of the [...]

Weekly Police Blotter - Press Release December 17th, thru 22nd, 2014 .   . Update - Burglary (Arrest) - On Thursday, December 18, 2014, Lacey Detectives charged a Forked River resident with burglary and theft in reference to the burglary of a home on Thanksgiving Day. During the incident, two unknown male suspects entered a Riverview Road home in Forked River and stole items including cash and jewelry.  The theft was valued at approximately $200.  [...]

Weekly Police Blotter - Press Release December 3rd, thru 8th, 2014 .   . Missing Person (Silver Alert) - On Sunday, December 07, 2014, at 7:24 p.m., Officer Dimitrios Tsarnas responded to a Leguene Avenue residence in Forked River in reference to a missing adult female. A family member reported that the female left the residence at approximately 5:30 p.m. to get a newspaper and had not returned. The family indicated that the 79-year-old female had a [...]

Weekly Police Blotter - Press Release November 18th, 2014 thru November 24th, 2014 .   . Sexual Assault (Arrest) - On Saturday, November 22, 2014, the Lacey Township Police Department began an investigation involving a reported sexual assault. The victim, an 18-year-old female, reported that while visiting a Cambridge Road home in Lanoka Harbor she was sexually assaulted by a male acquaintance. As the investigation continued, detectives from Lacey Township and the Ocean County Prosecutor’s [...]

Weekly Police Blotter - Press Release November 11th, 2014 thru November 17th, 2014 .   . DUI with Traffic Accident and Underage Consumption (Arrest) – On Monday, November 17, 2014, at 6:15 p.m., Officer Darrell Nick responded to the area of Lakeside Drive South and Taylor Lane (Lakeside Plaza) for a report of a traffic accident. The preliminary investigation at the scene determined that the driver of a vehicle, a 17-year-old female juvenile from Forked River, [...]