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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Details Emerge in Death of Red Bank Woman in Middletown

On Oct. 1, Janet Ramos Morales died in the Bank of America parking lot on Route 35 South.

Middletown police have released a report that gives more information about how a 27-year old Red Bank woman was killed in the Middletown Bank of America parking lot, at Route 35 and Navesink River Road, on Oct. 1.  According to the investigation report, Janet Ramos Morales of Herbert Street, an unlicensed driver, was operating a 2002 Ford Explorer SUV when she pulled into the parking lot from the Route 35 South entrance. In attempting to make a left hand turn into an angled parking stall in the rear, police believe she was driving too fast and wound up side-swiping the passenger side of an unoccupied Toyota Tundra pick-up, and vaulting over the curb.  Her husband Angel Rojas Faustino, 34, was a passenger in the Ford Explorer, as was their …

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Update: Wires on Tracks Last Night Near Middletown Station Temporarily Halted Service

The NJ Transit North Jersey Coast line was out of service for almost an hour Thursday night

Editor's note: This story was updated with additional information on Friday, July 27 at 9:30 a.m. Severe thunderstorms accompanied with heavy wind and rain quickly swept over Monmouth County Thursday evening, knocking utility wires on top of centenary wires over the NJ Transit train tracks in Middletown, according to NJ Transit spokesman John Durso, Jr.. NJ Transit closed the North Jersey Coast line at about 8:30 p.m. while crews worked to remove the utility wires from the track, Durso, Jr. said. The line remained closed for about 40 minutes, causing train delays.  According to Middletown Sgt. Ernest Volkland, the incident happened about 1,000 feet north of the Middletown NJ Transit Station. Officers from the Middletown Police Department …

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