Skip to content
Brian Donohue
Editor Brian Donohue
Long Live Local News
Get "The Blast" Newsletter

A town square for an unsquare town

redbankgreen

Standing for the vitality of Red Bank, its community, and the fun we have together.

Category Archives: Law & Justice

RED BANK: FORMER POLICE CHIEF JAMES CLAYTON DIES
James Clayton Red Bank police chief
Former Red Bank Police Chief James Clayton has died. (Click to read)
Post a comment
September 13th @ 6pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
RED BANK: JUNIOR POLICE ACADEMY SALUTES FIRST CLASS
Red Bank Junior Police Academy 2026
A Red Bank first: RBPD Junior Police Academy salutes 26 grads. (click to read)
Post a comment
August 28th @ 1pm
POLICE: RED BANK MAN SHOT GUN THROUGH NEIGHBOR’S WINDOW
Police say a Red Bank man fired a gun in his garage sending a bullet through his neighbor's window, nearly striking them. (Click to read)
Post a comment
August 21st @ 3pm
RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER: GUN, AMMO CHARGES FOR BORO MAN
Red Bank Police stock art immigration marech 072026
RED BANK: Police blotter for July includes man charged with possession of penetrating bullets, large ammo magazine, and possession of handgun for illegal purposes.
Post a comment
August 14th @ 11am
NO TAX BREAK? NO PROBLEM. RED BANK BUILDER TRANSFORMS GATEWAY & SPURS REGRET
The Commodore 176 Riverside Avenue 07272026
Developers said the 212-unit Commodore project would sink without a tax break. Red Bank officials refused, but the building rises anyway, spurring regrets from the Planning Board chair who now says he "hates it." (Click to read)
Post a comment
August 4th @ 8am
“BREAKING POINT” – RESIDENTS OF FLOODED RED BANK BUILDING CRITICIZE DENHOLTZ
Screenshot
A day after a burst pipe forced residents from their homes, residents of a Red Bank apartment building describe long term water issues and decry a slow response from developer Denholtz. (Click to read)
Post a comment
July 31st @ 4pm
RED BANK: $9000 ART HEIST, SUSPECT DITCHES ON $266 CAB FARE IN JUNE POLICE BLOTTER
Red Bank Police stock photo Shrewsbury Avenue 072026
RED BANK: A thief stole three paintings worth up to $3,000 each and a tax passenger ditched on a huge fare in the June crime and arrest reports from the RBPD.
Post a comment
July 22nd @ 11am
RED BANK: 30 YEARS LATER, MURDER REMAINS UNSOLVED
Thirty years after a Red Bank shop owner was found brutally murdered in her store, her killing remains unsolved. (click to read)
Post a comment
July 3rd @ 7am
RED BANK: FIVE DWI ARRESTS, $700 DRESS SHOPLIFTED IN MAY POLICE BLOTTER
RED BANK: Police blotter for May includes five people arrested for DWI, including two police say refused tests.
Post a comment
June 19th @ 6pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S ADUs, SMALL HOTELS. DATA CENTERS, VAPE SHOPS BANNED
In: backyard cottages and boutique hotels. Out: data centers, vape shops and strict parking rules for small businesses. Red Bank Council revamps planning laws. (Click to read)
Post a comment
June 13th @ 1pm
RED BANK: RIVER STREET ASSAULT, SIX DWI’S ON APRIL POLICE BLOTTER
RED BANK: Police blotter for April includes six DWI arrests and an aggravated assault arrest on River Street.
Post a comment
May 29th @ 11am
RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S 8 PERCENT TAX HIKE; BONDS FOR ROADS, PARKS, WATER
Red BAnk Borough Hall 90 Monmouth Street
Red Bank Borough Council passes budget with 8 percent tax hike, ok's borrowing for streets, parks and water projects. (Click to read)
Post a comment
May 18th @ 4pm
RED BANK: LONG LIST OF ARRESTS IN MARCH POLICE BLOTTER
Red Bank police snow 022026
RED BANK: A man charged with assaulting and taking an officer's weapon is among a long list of arrests by police in the month of March.
Post a comment
April 17th @ 5pm
RED BANK: COP WED TO EX-CHIEF SUES BOROUGH FOR BIAS
Her police chief husband resigned after an ethics scandal stemming from their affair. Now, police officer Kristen McConnell has filed a sexually explicit lawsuit against top Red Bank officials. (Click to read)
Post a comment
April 6th @ 12pm
RED BANK: BAR, LIQUOR STORE SETTLE DRUNKEN FALL LAWSUIT
A man injured in a fall from a train station platform sued businesses he said broke the law by serving him when he was already drunk. (Click to read)
Post a comment
March 19th @ 12pm
RED BANK: THIEVES GRAB GUMMIES, APPLE WATCH IN FEBRUARY POLICE BLOTTER
red bank police 022026
Thefts and criminal mischief topped Red Bank police reports for February, with 29 arrests including three DWI charges.(Click to read)
Post a comment
March 16th @ 5pm
RED BANK: BORO RELEASES PLAN FOR 40-UNIT “NAVESINK CROSSING”
A rendering of the proposed project for 26-28 Shrewbury Avenue included in the the rehabilitation plan by borough planner BFJ Planning.
Five stories with a waterfront walkway: Borough planner issues a report with development guidelines for a proposed 40 unit building on the Navesink River. (Click to read.)
Post a comment
March 10th @ 2pm
GOLF CART ASSAULT. FORGED DOCUMENTS. STOLEN MONEY. CHARGES FLY AS BUILDERS BATTLE IN COURT
Suneagles Martelli 02242026
In dueling lawsuits, developers on a Fort Monmouth golf course project are accusing each other of misdeeds ranging from forgery to violence.(Click to read)
Post a comment
March 10th @ 6am
COLLECTOR SNAGS “MACHO” TRANS AM UNEARTHED IN RED BANK JUNKYARD
Rare Pontiac Trans Am pulled from unlicensed junkyard in Red Bank is purchased by collector. (Click to read)
Post a comment
March 6th @ 12pm
RED BANK: YOUTH IMMIGRATION MARCH FILLS STREETS
youth immigrant justice rally Allison Garcia 02282026
Children of immigrants detained, deported by ICE lead hundreds in a march through Red Bank. (Click to read)
Post a comment
March 1st @ 8am
Partyline
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...