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Category Archives: Law & Justice

COPS MUM ON LITTLE SILVER CRIME SCENE
Police from Little Silver and Fair Haven established a crime scene at a Greenfield Court home Saturday morning. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI [UPDATE: TheContinue reading "COPS MUM ON LITTLE SILVER CRIME SCENE"
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May 28th, 2011 @ 1pm
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The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of  May 6 to May 13, 2011. They were provided out of sequence; the MayContinue reading "VICTIM REPORTS GUN DISPLAYED IN ROBBERY"
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May 23rd, 2011 @ 1pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of May 13  to May 20, 2011. The information appears here unedited. Theft occurring atContinue reading "BILLBOARD & BUILDING GRAFFITI-BOMBED"
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May 23rd, 2011 @ 10am
Recent activity from the Middletown Police Department blotter, appearing here unedited: • On May 16, 2011 Detective Daniel Sullivan charged Peter Hanvey, age 51, from West Side Avenue in JerseyContinue reading "ATTEMPTED THEFT OF DIESEL FUEL ALLEGED"
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May 23rd, 2011 @ 7am
THE WEEK IN REARVIEW: MAY 15-20, 2011
A helicopter search Thursday was part of an investigation into the whereabouts of missing Red Bank woman. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Busy last weekContinue reading "THE WEEK IN REARVIEW: MAY 15-20, 2011"
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May 23rd, 2011 @ 6am
AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR RED BANK WOMAN
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Authorities have confirmed that Thursday’s “police operation” in the area of the Upper Navesink River in Red Bank was part of an on-going investigation for a BankContinue reading "AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR RED BANK WOMAN"
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May 20th, 2011 @ 3pm
Rumson, the latest Red Bank-area town to suffer a spate of thefts from unlocked cars and other vehicles, has arrested two juveniles and a young adult for an 18-car break-inContinue reading "RUMSON NABS TRIO FOR 18 CAR BREAK-INS"
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May 20th, 2011 @ 3pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The surge in car break-ins continues. Rumson police reported 18 cars were broken into and items stolen overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. And again, it’s the same situationContinue reading "18 CAR BREAK-INS REPORTED IN RUMSON"
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May 18th, 2011 @ 4pm
PRISONER BUSTED IN 2008 BURGLARY
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI In this week’s recap of Middletown police activity, a high school girl was assaulted  at school, a teen was busted trying to buy whiskey and a prisonerContinue reading "PRISONER BUSTED IN 2008 BURGLARY"
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May 17th, 2011 @ 7am
FEDS CHARGE LOCAL DOC IN DRUG RING BUST
Jacqueline LoPresti, who has an office on Prospect Avenue in Little Silver, is one of two doctors indicted for allegedly writing illegal prescriptions. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "FEDS CHARGE LOCAL DOC IN DRUG RING BUST"
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May 11th, 2011 @ 12pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Middletown police made several arrests over the weekend, including one of a man accused of drunkenly smashing a vehicle into the back of a paint truck andContinue reading "COPS: DRUNK DRIVER CRASHES IN WORK ZONE"
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May 10th, 2011 @ 6am
An 18-year-old Red Bank man has been charged with vehicular homicide following an automobile crash in Middletown that killed a passenger in his car two months ago. Adam Sofio wasContinue reading "HOMICIDE CHARGED IN M’TOWN AUTO DEATH"
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May 9th, 2011 @ 12pm
The crime reports below were provided by the Middletown Township Police Department for the week of April 29 to May 6, 2011. The information appears here unedited. • On MayContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
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May 9th, 2011 @ 8am
COPS: BEER BOTTLES THROWN FROM BALCONY
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of April 29 to May 6, 2011. The information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief reportedContinue reading "COPS: BEER BOTTLES THROWN FROM BALCONY"
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May 9th, 2011 @ 8am
THE WEEK IN REARVIEW
A wreath was placed at Piping Rock Park in Rumson, where a plaque honors borough residents who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001 attacks. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi)Continue reading "THE WEEK IN REARVIEW"
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May 9th, 2011 @ 7am
FIREHOUSE SCUFFLE CAUGHT ON TAPE
Video of the October 9 firetruck wetdown in Sea Bright that preceded the alleged assault of a firefighter by two others. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A dramatic seven-minute video was theContinue reading "FIREHOUSE SCUFFLE CAUGHT ON TAPE"
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May 6th, 2011 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN MULLING TRAFFIC CAMS
The town intends to install three to five red light cameras. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Drivers in Middletown might start thinking twice before speedingContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN MULLING TRAFFIC CAMS"
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May 5th, 2011 @ 11am
SEA BRIGHT FIREFIGHTERS HEAD TO COURT
Three Sea Bright firefighters will face charges stemming from an altercation during the wet-down party for this new fire truck in October. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT FIREFIGHTERS HEAD TO COURT"
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May 4th, 2011 @ 10am
FAIR HAVENITE REPORTS $70K BULLION THEFT
The crime reports below were provided by the Fair Haven Police Department for the month of April 2011. The information appears here unedited. 4/1/11 2 intoxicated juvenile males; 1 fromContinue reading "FAIR HAVENITE REPORTS $70K BULLION THEFT"
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May 4th, 2011 @ 7am
M’TOWN: ALLEGED COP-WHACKER BUSTED
The crime reports below were provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. The information appears here unedited. • On April 22, 2011 Detective Daniel Sullivan received information from Detective JasonContinue reading "M’TOWN: ALLEGED COP-WHACKER BUSTED"
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May 3rd, 2011 @ 8am
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(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 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.