Sunday, May 19, 2013
Lauren Thom, 32, was arrested when police responded to a medical emergency at Arista Care Assisted Living Facility.
A nursing supervisor at Arista Care Assisted Living Facility was arrested this week and charged with stealing prescription medication, Manchester Police announced on Saturday. On Thursday night, May 16, at 10:46 p.m., Manchester Police reported to the facility in the Whiting Section of Manchester Township in response to a medical emergency. During that visit, police were informed that Nursing Supervisor Lauren Thom, 32, of Toms River, was stealing prescription medication for her personal use, police said. Police conducted an investigation, and found Thom in possession of numerous prescription medications. Thom was charged with five counts of theft and five counts of possession of Controlled Dangerous Substances. Her bail was set at $5,000 …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The death of Anthony "Tony" Verdicchio, 76, is being ruled a homicide.
A 76-year-old Manchester man who was found dead in his home on Monday suffered from multiple blunt force traumas to the head and face, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced Thursday morning, May 16. The death of Anthony “Tony” Verdicchio is being ruled a homicide. His body was discovered at his home in the Pine Acres Manor Mobile Home Park in Manchester, just off Route 37 westbound. His body was discovered by a friend from a group he meets with every day. The friend went looking for him when he didn’t show up on Monday. Verdicchio was last seen alive at church on Sunday. The Ocean County Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on Wednesday, May 15, and determined Verdicchio had been killed by multiple blunt force traumas to …
Monday, November 26, 2012
David Vignevic, 34, succumbed to injuries after crashing into utility pole and overturning vehicle
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Monday, November 26, 2012
UPDATE, 12:30 p.m. Sunday: The motorist who died at the scene of a one-car crash Saturday in Manchester has been identified by Capt. Lisa Parker as David Vignevic, 34, of Suburban Drive in Toms River. An unidentified motorist died this morning after crashing into a utility pole. Manchester police Capt. Lisa Parker said the motorist, who has not been identified pending the notification of next of kin, was driving a blue 2004 Honda Accord west on Route 571 at 4:24 a.m. when he left the road and hit a utility pole. The Accord overturned, Parker said, before hitting a tree near Quarry Road. The motorist was wearing a seat-belt and was traveling alone, Parker said. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The Manchester and Ridgeway …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Toms River motorcyclist and Whiting van driver involved in crash
A Toms River man was airlifted to an area hospital after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a van Tuesday night in Whiting. At about 8:55 p.m., the Triumph motorcycle, driven by 30-year-old Johnpaul Tinio, was traveling east on Schoolhouse Road when a Ford Van operated by Vincenzo Ciccarelli, 76, of Whiting, turned left in front of Tinio at the intersection with Route 530, said Manchester Police Capt. Lisa Parker. "This action caused Mr. Tinio to lay down his motorcycle, which impacted the right side of Mr. Ciccarelli’s van," Parker said in a statement. Tinio was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune by helicopter for what Parker described as "internal injuries." Ciccarelli and his passenger, brother Phillip…
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Whiting resident Joan Conetta, 74, was reported missing on June 11
Authorities are investigating a possible sighting of a missing Whiting woman, the same day that cadaver dogs search the wooded areas near her Crestwood Village I home. Neighbors told police Wednesday morning that they believe 74-year-old Joan Conetta was walking along Route 530 last Friday, according to Manchester Police Department Capt. Lisa Parker. Detectives are in the process of confirming that sighting, which came five days after she was reported missing. At about the same time that tip was received, two cadaver dogs — one from the Bergen County Sheriff's Office and another from the New Jersey State Police — began a search of areas near Conetta's home for remains. Authorities brought in the dogs as a procedural matter — they do not …
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Emergency responders transported 14-year-old to hospital by helicopter
A Manchester teenager was transported by helicopter to an area hospital Saturday night after the all terrain vehicle he was operating collided with a car in the township's Pine Lake Park section. The male 14-year-old, whose name was not released by police because he is a minor, was driving the ATV eastbound on 6th Avenue at about 10:12 p.m. when he entered the intersection with Beacon Street and struck the passenger side of a Volkswagen, according to a statement issued by Lt. Vincent Manco. Emergency responders flew the teenager by helicopter to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune for "a head injury and some minor scrapes and cuts," Manco said. He was listed in stable condition. The driver of the Vokswagen, 21-year-old …
Monday, June 11, 2012
Manchester and Ocean County authorities searching for 74-year-old last heard from Sunday
Authorities on Tuesday have no new information on the search for a 74-year-old Whiting woman who has not been seen or heard from since Sunday. Township police, as well as officers from the Ocean County Sheriff's Department and Prosecutor's Office, have been searching the area near Crestwood Village I, where Joan Conetta lives, said Manchester Chief of Police Brian Klimakowski. "Officers were out doing searches all day," the chief said. Conetta often takes walks to the Crestwood Village Shopping Center, according to Klimakowski. The description of Conetta's clothing was updated Monday night; though originally thought to be wearing a pink long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and blue shoes, Klimakowski said that she is believed to be wearing a …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Lakewood Officer Christopher Matlosz among those remembered
The rain couldn't stop them. As a steady precipitation fell at the Lakewood Police Department headquarters Wednesday morning, about 200 law enforcement officers from around New Jersey rolled in on their bicycles. At their first stop of the morning after embarking from Howell, the riders — including a contingent of seven from Manchester — honored Christopher Matlosz, a Lakewood police officer who was killed while on duty in January of 2011. Jahmell Crockam was convicted of murdering the Manchester resident and sentenced to life in prison in March of this year. The rainy, dreary day was appropriate, said Lakewood Chief of Police Robert Lawson as he addressed the cyclists. "This is a solemn occasion," he said. "I know its not very …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
State highway closed for over an hour Wednesday afternoon
Route 70 was closed for over an hour Wednesday afternoon following a near head-on crash between a sedan and tractor trailer. The "severe collision" occurred at about 2:48 p.m. on the state highway just west of Green Acres Road near the Toms River border, said Manchester police Capt. Lisa Parker in a statement. The crash is nearly two miles east from the site of a deadly Route 70 crash early Wednesday morning. According to witnesses, a Hyundai Sonata driven westbound by 86-year-old Manchester resident Rutzy Scott "began drifting toward the center of the roadway," Parker said. The driver of the International tractor trailer, Richard Harrell, 55, of Asbury Park, was traveling eastbound and attempted to move into the shoulder but was struck …
Police say man crossed into opposing lane of traffic
A township man was killed and two others were injured in an early morning head-on collision on Route 70 Wednesday. Manchester resident Edward Strungis, 60, was killed when the Lexus IS300 he was driving westbound on Route 70 crossed into the opposing lane of traffic near Leisure Village West at about 1:08 a.m. Wednesday and struck another vehicle, said Manchester police Capt. Lisa Parker in a statement. Strungis was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Parker said. The other car, a Nissan Altima, was driven by 77-year-old Sylvia M. Panza of Manchester. Both Panza and her passenger, 71-year-old Lemig B. Valdemara of Indialantic, Fla., were wearing restraints and were taken by helicopter to…
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