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RED BANK: JUVENILES ARRESTED FOR GRAFFITI
Red Bank Police arrest two juveniles for graffiti. (Click to read)
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October 22nd, 2025 @ 9am
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RED BANK POLICE: MAN CHARGED IN BACK-TO-BACK ASSAULTS; GRAFFITI SPREE CONTINUES
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RED BANK: Police blotter for September includes DWI arrests, graffiti report and a Brick man arrrested for two assaults in two days. (Click to read.)
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October 20th, 2025 @ 9am
RED BANK GUNMAN FIRED INTO RUMSON HOME, COPS SAY
Red Bank man fired a rifle through the window of a home in Rumson in Broad Daylight Monday, police say. (click to read)
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September 24th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK POLICE: SMOKE SHOP OWNER WAS SELLING WEED
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Owner, employee of Red Bank smoke shop charged with illegal marijuana sales. (click to read)
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September 17th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: GRAFFITI, DUI’S KEEP POLICE BUSY IN AUGUST
RED BANK: Police blotter for August includes two DUI arrests and 11 incidents of vandalism.
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September 15th, 2025 @ 4pm
COPS RAID RED BANK SMOKE SHOP
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State special agents, Red Bank police raid Monmouth Street smoke shop. (click to read)
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September 9th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: COPS NAB GRAFFITI SUSPECTS
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Using video, Red Bank police nab alleged scrawlers they say are responsible for incidents of summertime graffiti. (click to read)
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September 2nd, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: VANDALISM FILLS JULY POLICE BLOTTER
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RED BANK: A graffiti spree dominated the crime report for July. (click to read)
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August 18th, 2025 @ 8am
BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER AND 8 FT DANCING DRAGONFLY AT RED BANK NIGHT OUT
Photos of sandwich-tossing cops, a US Army Black Hawk helicopter landing at Count Basie Park and more from National Night Out. (click to read)
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August 6th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FATAL DWI SUSPECT DRAWS TRUMP ADMIN IRE
Photo courtesy of The Lakewood Scoop.
Citing his three earlier arrests, a Trump administration official holds up Red Bank man's fatal DWI crash as proof of Gov. Phil Murphy's failed immigration policy. (click to read)
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August 3rd, 2025 @ 10pm
RED BANK MAN KILLS TWO IN DWI CRASH, COPS SAY
Photo courtesy of The Lakewood Scoop.
A drunk driver from Red Bank killed a woman and an eleven year old child in a Lakewood crash Saturday, police say. (photo by The Lakewood Scoop. Click to read more)
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July 28th, 2025 @ 8am
BURGLARY, GRAFFITTI ON JUNE POLICE BLOTTER
RED BANK: Police blotter for June includes a graffiti spree, a burglary and the capture of a fugitive from justice.
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July 18th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: UBER DRIVER THEFT; SIX BIKES AND COOKING OIL STOLEN IN MAY POLICE BLOTTER
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RED BANK: Red Bank man arrested three times in 17 days. Six bikes and a $500 vat of used cooking stolen. A rundown of crimes and arrests for May.
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June 20th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: CAR BURGLARIES SPARK POLICE WARNING
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Red Bank police issue a warning amid an uptick in recent car burglaries. (click to read)
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June 17th, 2025 @ 6pm
RED BANK: MR. FOREST GOES TO THE MASONIC LODGE
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A mixup or miscommunication leaves an affable councilman alone in the hot seat at a community meeting. (click to read)
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June 3rd, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: CAT CONVERTER JACKED, COPS MAKE 6 DWI ARRESTS IN APRIL
RED BANK: Police blotter for April includes six DWI arrests, an aggravated assault and a catalytic converter heist. (click to read)
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May 20th, 2025 @ 4pm
COURT UPHOLDS RED BANK POLICE CROSSWALK STING
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A drivers' attempt to fight a ticket issued during a police sting crashes and burns. Twice. (click to read)
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April 22nd, 2025 @ 7am
MAFIA BIG ARRESTED AT RED BANK CONDO AMID STATEWIDE DRAGNET
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Alleged top Mafia boss arrested in predawn raid of his downtown Red Bank condominium in statewide takedown that nabs 39 Lucchese members and associates. (click to read)
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April 11th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: NINE DWI’S, SHOOTING ARREST IN MARCH POLICE BLOTTER
RED BANK: Police blotter for March includes an arrest for attempted murder, nine people arrested for DUI and other offenses.
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April 11th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN STRUCK, SAMARITANS LIFT SUV
A driver struck a pedestrian who was pinned under the car in Red Bank until a group of good Samaritans lifted the vehicle. (click to read)
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March 19th, 2025 @ 3pm
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.