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Code Red Reverse 911 Emergency Alert Registration
Lacey Township residents are encouraged to sign up for Reverse 9-1-1 notifications through Onsolve CodeRed on their cellular telephones. Click here to be taken to the account access page. The police department utilizes the Reverse 9-1-1 system to send out important telephone messages to residents based on the geographic location of each resident’s home telephone. While land-line, home and business telephones are already in the system’s database, cellular phone numbers are not in the system. This feature allows residents to register additional phone numbers in the Onsolve CodeRed system, so an emergency message related to Lacey Township will be received regardless of the resident’s location at the time. Please click here to go to the registration page.
Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Lacey Township Police Department to protect the lives and property of those who visit, work, or reside in Forked River, Lanoka Harbor, and Bamber Lake, New Jersey. We, as the dedicated members of the Lacey Township Police Department, are committed to working diligently toward reducing criminal activity and victimization while improving the quality of life of the residents we so proudly serve. Our promise is to serve with honor and the highest level of integrity to maintain the public’s confidence in our organization.
Welcome to the Lacey Township Police Department Website
The dedicated members of the Lacey Township Police Department are committed to providing the highest level of service to the community. This includes the use of technology to not only ensure our law enforcement efforts are more efficient and effective, but to also provide the community with convenient services and timely information. You may obtain a motor vehicle accident report, valuable information on identity theft, neighborhood crime alerts, information on the passage of new laws, and much more. Please feel free to browse this website to familiarize yourself with the Lacey Township Police Department and the services available. This site will continue to evolve as additional opportunities to serve you better become available.
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Neighborhood Crime Alert (Robbery Arrests) – Lacey Township Police Department – Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Robbery (Arrests) - During the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 13, 2014, Officer Adam Ewart and Officer Charles May of the Lacey Township Police Department responded to a call of a disturbance at 112 East Lacey Road in Forked River. Several neighbors contacted the police department and reported hearing a vehicle horn being blown repeatedly at the residence. Officer Ewart arrived and made contact with a 43-year-old, adult male from Bayville who reported that he had been robbed. The victim had visible signs of injury to his face. The victim advised officers that he arrived at the residence to give a ride to an acquaintance after being called by the acquaintance. The victim stated that when he arrived at the home and began to speak with the acquaintance, he was assaulted from behind by an unknown man who stole $120 cash, his wallet, and his car keys. The home is unoccupied and is currently under foreclosure. As the investigation continued throughout the day, Lacey Detective Brian Flynn arrested 18-year-old Michael Guarini of 322 Briggs Avenue in Forked River and 19-year-old Alexandros Tsarnas of 108 Laurel Boulevard in Lanoka Harbor and charged them both with second-degree robbery. It appeared that the two conspired to lure the victim to the home with the intention of stealing his money. Bail was set [...]
Weekly Police Blotter – Lacey Township Police Department – August 6th thru August 11th, 2014
Weekly Police Blotter - Press Release August 6th, thru August 11th, 2014 . . Theft (Lawn Tractor) – On Sunday, August 10, 2014, at 5:40 p.m., Officer Anthony Sarno responded to the 1400 block of Kenney Street in Forked River in reference to a theft. The homeowner reported that an unknown person or persons stole his John Deere lawn tractor from the backyard of his residence between 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, 2014 and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 10, 2014. The lawn tractor is described as a green John Deere riding lawn mower valued at $2,500. Theft (Lawn Tractor) - On Sunday, August 10, 2014, at 1:03 p.m., Officer Anthony Sarno responded to the 1700 block of Edgewood Road in Forked River regarding a theft of a riding lawn mower. The homeowner reported that his gray Craftsman, Model 38 riding lawnmower was stolen from the backyard of his residence between Wednesday, August 6, 2014 and Sunday, August 10, 2014. The lawn mower is valued at $600. Theft (Lawn Tractor) - On Sunday, August 10, 2014, at 9:05 a.m., Officer Anthony Sarno responded to the 1500 block of Claire Road in Forked River regarding a theft of a riding lawn [...]
Arrests in Chemical Spill Incident – Lacey Township Police Department – Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Arrests in Chemical Spill Incident - On Sunday, August 10, 2014, at 10:41 p.m., the Lacey Township Police Department received a report of a motor vehicle accident on West Lacey Road near Aspen Road. Upon arrival of officers, they discovered that the vehicle was no longer in the area, but a large area of the roadway was coated with diesel fuel. The officers located the crash site into the woods along West Lacey Road where they found five large (55 gallon) plastic containers in the woods at the crash site. The contents of one of the containers had completely leaked into the wooded area. The other four containers remained sealed. A five mile stretch of Lacey Road was immediately shut down and the Berkeley Hazmat Unit along with the Bamber Lake Fire Company responded to the scene. The Lacey Township Police Department secured the crime scene and the roadway was open to traffic at 2:20 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2014. The Criminal Investigation Unit (CIU) of the Ocean County Sheriff's Department responded to photograph the scene. The NJDEP responded to the scene midday on Monday, August 11, 2014, and clean up efforts continued through 10:15 p.m. on Monday, August 11, 2014. Officer Robert Flynn and Officer Jeffrey Slota of the [...]