Crime & Safety

Rookie Cop Busted For DWI

A look around Monmouth County's crime stories this week

A Hazlet police officer-in-training was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after he struck three parked cars in the wee hours of the morning, Union Beach police said.

-- Holmdel-Hazlet Patch

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Englishtown Police Arrest Postal Employee Under Federal Investigation

A 2 ½-month federal investigation by the United States Postal Service came to a close on Thursday when a mail service employee was arrested in Englishtown on drug and theft charges.

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-- Manalapan Patch

Middletown Man Found Dead On Park Trail

 A Leonardo man apparently died during a hike at Hartshorne Park Wednesday afternoon, said Middletown Police Det. Lt. Stephen Dollinger. 

-- Middletown Patch

West Long Branch Public Adjuster Charged With Insurance Fraud

Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced that the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained an indictment charging a Monmouth County public adjuster with insurance fraud and related charges for allegedly submitting fraudulent insurance claims in an attempt to defraud New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company (NJM) out of more than $15,000. 

-- Long Branch Patch

An Eatontown man has been arrested and charged with robbing and threatening to kill a 77-year-old female resident of the Stony Hill Apartments.

-- Long Branch Patch

Eatontown Man Charged With Burglarizing Several Borough Homes

An Eatontown man has been arrested and charged with burglarizing two borough homes over the last two months.

-- Long Branch Patch


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