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 one was in the vehicle or in the immediate area of the crash. Upon the officers’ arrival at the scene, the 2001 GMC pickup truck and immediate area were searched for the driver and/or occupants with negative results. Efforts made to contact the female who was the registered owner of the vehicle and who resides in Browns Mills, NJ were initially unsuccessful. Out of concern that someone might have been injured and walked into the woods in the cold temperatures, additional assistance was requested to conduct a search. The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department K-9 unit, the Berkeley Township Police Department, along with the New Jersey State Police Helicopter responded to the area to assist with the search. The comprehensive search yielded no results. Further investigation [...]

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 residence. The system was allegedly used to make a product known as “dabs” consisting of Butane Hash Oil (BHO) which contains extreme levels of THC; it takes the form of wax (resin) once processed. The manufacturing process can be very hazardous, as the highly flammable butane solvent used to extract the THC from raw Marijuana can easily ignite. In a poorly ventilated confined space, such as a garage, the manufacturing process, aside from being a crime, is extremely dangerous. Parents should be aware of this wax form of concentrated THC. A very small “dab” of the substance used by a juvenile will likely cause extreme impairment far beyond that of smoking Marijuana. The substance is generally ingested, smoked, or inhaled through an electronic vapor pen. This [...]

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.  On Thursday, December 18, 2014, 24-year-old Daniel Dabal of Forked River arrived at police headquarters voluntarily after police released surveillance photos to news and social media outlets in an attempt to identify the two suspects. The released photos were taken from the burglarized home’s surveillance cameras. Daniel Dabal was arrested, processed, and transported to the Ocean County Correctional Facility with bail set at $10,000 on a charge of Burglary. The second suspect has been identified as an out-of-state resident and the investigation is continuing. Charges for the second subject are pending. Update – Lewdness (Arrest) - On December 15, 2014, Lacey Detectives completed an investigation that began in June of 2014. During the initial incident, female members of the Retro Fitness gym reported that an [...]