Sunday, July 15, 2012
27 year-old faces two separate indictments
Bryan W. Keller, 27, of Toms River, in two separate indictments, faces charges allegedly for incidents in September and January. The first indictment charges Keller with three counts of forgery; he is accused of presenting three checks drawn on the account of James Ventimiglia -- for $250, $200 and $400 -- to two banks in Toms River on Sept. 17 and Sept. 19. He was released on a summons on those charges at the time of his arrest. In the second indictment, Keller is facing eight counts -- three counts of uttering a forged instrument and one each of third-degree burglary, third-degree theft, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, obtaining a controlled dangerous substance by fraud and attempting to obtain a controlled dangerous …
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Toms River authorities on the hunt for perpetrators of commercial, personal thefts
Toms River Township Police officers are currently looking into a pair of weekend thefts, one of a pair of commercial utility buckets on Friday and the other of a woman’s purse from the Ocean County Mall earlier today. “Officer Witold Paduch is investigating the theft of 2 Bobcat utility buckets from Lee Santos Custom Waterfalls on Route 9. The black buckets, each weighing over 200 lbs., were removed sometime overnight Friday,” said Chief Michael Mastronardy. Mastronardy also explained that officers are searching for a black female wearing a red dress, approximately 18 years of age, who stole a purse from a 27 year-old Toms River woman’s shopping cart in the Ocean County Mall on Saturday. “The female took a pink purse that only contained …
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Resident arrives home, sees strange car and finds front door forced in
A woman in the 1800 block of Church Road arrived home to find an unknown vehicle in her driveway, and after beeping the car horn several times, approached to her house to find the front door forced in and a burglary in progress “Officers Jason Stallworth and Frank Moschella are investigating a burglary to a residence on Church Road that occurred just before 2 p.m. on Friday,” said Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy. The chief described that a 67 year-old woman came home and discovered a car in her driveway that she didn’t recognize. The female resident honked the horn on her car numerous times before exiting her car, and upon entering the home, realized the front door was forced open and a light was turned on in her bedroom. “At …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Michael Rose lodged in Ocean County Jail
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
A Brick man who has been held for months in the Ocean County Jail has been indicted on a slew of charges alleging numerous burglaries and thefts in Brick last year. Two others indicted last week are charged with allegedly selling jewelry and other materials from Rose's alleged victims in Toms River and Lakewood. Michael E. Rose, 25, of Dartmoor Road was indicted alongside two Bayville residents by an Ocean County grand jury last week and accused of 12 counts of burglary, seven counts of theft, one count of attempted burglary and one count of criminal mischief. Rose targeted homes in the Greenbriar II adult community, police have said, and was initially arrested Nov. 10 after an alert resident saw Rose running and alerted security, who …
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Police looking for two white males
Toms River Police said two suspects attempted to rob more than 20 vehicles' homes, taking cash and gift cars from unlocked cars. Unlocked vehicles were entered on Bartlett Place, Alden, Wedgewood ,Round tree, Breezy Oaks, Cornell, Cedar Grove streets. Police first received a call at 1:30 a.m. Friday that a Cornell Drive resident chased a male suspect with a flashlight looking in a neighbors car. Then at 230 a.m. a resident on Trade winds observed two white males checking out cars parked in driveways. The witness scared the males off who are described as about 17 years, 5’11” both dressed in dark clothes with one wearing a white backpack. The suspects took small change about $100 total, a few gift cards, but left behind GPS in the cars …
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Police investigating Route 9 hit and run, theft at Quick Discount Lube and Carwash
Toms River Police arrested Jeron Smith, 18, of Gladney Avenue, Toms River, charging him with possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute. The police Special Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at his residence after a month-long investigation. Police siezed 43 grams of cocaine, one-half pound of marijuana and a handgun, Police Chief Michael Mastronardy said in a prepared news release. Smith, who was lodged in the Ocean County Jail on $175,000 bail with no 10 percent, also has an outstanding warrant from Horry County, South Carolina for drug-related charges. Officers Duncan MaCrae, Dan Brennan, and Detectives Louis Santora and Brian Lomer assisted in the investigation. The investigation is continuing. …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Man allegedly stole $1,000 ring, left home after confrontation, was later arrested and went into cardiac arrest in police headquarters
A Manchester man, arrested on outstanding warrants after an alleged theft from a Silverton home, went into cardiac arrest at Toms River Police Headquarters and was revived by officers there, police said. Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy said the man, a 21 year old from Manchester, is being investigated for allegedly stealing a $1,000 ring from a Kettle Creek home. The man and the home's occupants all knew each other, Mastronardy said. "They were acquaintances," he said. "We believe he took the ring from the home, and then the victim and his friends confronted him." The man, whose name was not released, fled the home and was later located on Fischer Boulevard about an hour later, around 1:30 p.m., said Mastronardy. The police …
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Incidents from the last week in Toms River
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Police reports this week as released by Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy: • Toms River Officer Scott Duncan is investigating the theft of four vehicle batteries and four extension cords from vehicles parked at the Saint Joseph’s sports complex on Whitty Road. Unknown subjects entered the secure, fenced compound where vehicles are stored by cutting a chain-link fence. They then removed the batteries from two buses that were parked there. The theft occurred sometime after 3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday morning. • Officer Kevin O’Melia is investigating the attempted theft of a Dyson Vacuum cleaner valued at $695 from Kohl’s department store on Route 37 on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Loss prevention officers for Kohl’s observed a 35 year-old …
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Incident on Hooper Avenue Wednesday afternoon
A man who believed nearby women stole his jacket from a restaurant followed them down Hooper Avenue, where he saw the women throw the jacket in a vacant gas station, police said. The pair were soon after arrested on a theft charge and on outstanding warrants. Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy said the incident occurred with a small child in the two women's care. The boy's grandfather was called after the arrest of sisters Andrea Rivera, 24, of Seaside Heights and Jawana Rivera, 20, of Brick. Mastronardy said a 22-year old Toms River man was in the TGIFriday's restaurant on Hooper avenue at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon and left his Northface brand jacket unattended for a few minutes. "Once he realized it was taken, he …
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Valued at $75,000
Hundreds of parking meters from the Toms River Parking Authority were stolen from storage at the Toms River bus terminal. The meters are valued at $75,000, said Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy. The police chief said the theft took place sometime over the last three months, when the suspect, or suspects, took 500 used parking meters out of storage trailers located at the bus station on Highland Parkway. The meters were kept in long-time storage there and were reported missing this week. The meters are the cast iron kind that line parking spots downtown, and they weigh about 50 pounds each, said Mastronardy. That's a total haul of 25,000 pounds of parking meters, or 12.5 tons stolen. Each meter is worth $150, he said. Further …
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Chu-Man-Fu
2:13 am on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
People are responsible for their own actions! How do you blame a drug company for burglary, thievery, forgery, etc. by others. If those companies were just setting boxes & boxes of these meds out on their loading docks for just anyone to stop by and pick them up then YES go after them but in my warped perspective of how the world works they are either being stolen, imported from countries with … more ›