Neighborhood Crime Alerts

Criminal Mischief - Between 5:00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2013, residents of Georgetown Lane in Lanoka Harbor reported repeated acts of criminal mischief being committed by at least two teenage males. One of the callers stated she heard the sound of objects hitting the residence and when she looked outside, she observed two teenage males with dark clothing running from the area. The teenage subjects were both described as white males. One had a stocky build and the other has a thin build (no further description). The teenage males fled [...]

Burglary of Home - At 1:22 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2013, a resident of Holbrooke Drive within the Seabreeze development in Forked River (Near the GSP) reported a daytime residential burglary. Sometime between the hour-long period of 12:20 p.m. and 1:20 p.m., unknown persons forced their way through the locked front door and committed a theft of cash from within the residence during a brief period the homeowners were not home. The scene has been processed with the assistance of the Ocean [...]

Theft - On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, a resident of G Street in Forked River reported that in the days prior, an unknown person stole a metal towing assembly (receiver) that was positioned on the bed a trailer parked adjacent to the his residence. The victim identified a Chevrolet Suburban that was seen in the area with "scrap" metal in the back of the suspect vehicle during the period the towing assembly was stolen. The matter is currently under investigation.

Theft - At 12:30 p.m., a resident of Sandpiper Drive noticed that sometime between January of 2013 and Sunday, April 28, 2013, unknown persons entered her backyard and stole a copper, ship bell, lawn ornament worth over $500. This theft is consistent with other thefts that have occurred related to items that can be sold as "scrap" for a fraction of their actual value. Residents are asked to look out for their neighbors and report any suspicious activities while [...]

Burglary of Home - At Noon on Sunday, April 28, 2013, a homeowner reported coming to check on his residence when he discovered that an upstairs window had been broken and a 42 inch, ViewSonic, LCD, flat screen TV valued at $300.00 had been stolen from a  wall bracket. The homeowner also noticed a missing jewelry box believed to contain primarily low value costume jewelry. The burglary occurred sometime between December 28, 2012, when the house was last checked by the owner and the day the [...]

Burglary of Home - At 12:43 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2012, a resident of  Musket Road (near the Lacey Mall) in Forked River reported a burglary to his home involving a forced entry and the theft of over $8,500 in jewelry. The homeowner stated that between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12 Noon someone forced entry into his residence by smashing a downstairs window while no one was home in the residence. The homeowner stated that when he arrived home at Noon, he heard [...]

Trespassing and Theft - At 3:50 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2013, a Sinclair Avenue, Lanoka Harbor, resident observed a male subject enter his parent's fenced in backyard and steal two extension cords with a total value of $80. The suspect is described as a white male, 5’8’, thin build, dressed in a black sweatshirt and carrying a dark-colored backpack. He was then seen entering the passenger side of a rust-colored Jeep Wrangler immediately after the theft. This matches a suspect description as provided in [...]

Car Burglary -  On Thursday, April 25, 2013, at 5:00 p.m., a shopper at the Lacey Shop Rite reported that between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., unknown subject(s) entered her locked vehicle by forcing down a rear window that was left partially open. Once inside the car, the subject(s) emptied the vehicle owner's purse on the seat and stole a wallet containing $20.00 in cash, credit cards, along with prescription medications. The total theft is valued at $170.00.

Theft - On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 9:40 a.m., a resident of Shepard Avenue in Forked River reported his marine battery and wire harness were stolen from his boat trailer in the morning hours of April 23rd. The battery was mounted on the front of the trailer to operate the trailer winch. A neighbor reported witnessing a thin, white male loading a battery into his vehicle while he was parked next to the victim's [...]

Illegal Dumping of Solid Waste - On Sunday, April 21, 2013, the Forked River Mountain Coalition conducted its annual cleanup efforts in the wooded area west of the Garden State Parkway in Lacey Township. The Lacey Township Police Department provided additional patrols in the woods during the cleanup. During the cleanup, officers observed clear indication that unknown persons are regularly making their way into the Pinelands and dumping solid waste rather than paying the fee to [...]