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Category Archives: Law & Justice

A two-month investigation led to the arrest of five people on drug possession and distribution charges last week, Red Bank police say. Five adults ranging in age from 21 to 43 were arrested last Thursday after a search of the...
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August 18th, 2008 @ 12pm
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Red Bank police investigate a robbery across the street from the police station Friday afternoon. At right, a notice alerts customers that the branch has been temporarily closed. Red Bank police are investigating a robbery this afternoon at the Two...
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August 15th, 2008 @ 4pm
Fair Haven Police Chief Darryl Breckenridge expressed reservations about the Patriot plan at a public hearing in Little Silver last month. An all-out merger of police forces from Fair Haven, Little Silver and Rumson could save taxpayers $1.5 million in...
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August 15th, 2008 @ 6am
A rundown of crimes entered in the Red Bank police blotter from August 1 to August 8. Items are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 8-3-08 at Riverside Parking Garage. Victim reported that upon returning to parked vehicle discovered the rear...
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August 11th, 2008 @ 8am
A 30-year-old Middletown man was ordered to a year's worth of psychiatric counseling after he pleaded guilty yesterday to beating three goslings to death with an umbrella, today's Press reports. Middletown Municipal Court Judge Michael D. Pugliese sentenced Michael Gonzalez...
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August 7th, 2008 @ 6am
Today's Press reports that newly installed 'no parking' signs on an out-of-the way residential street in Little Silver have disappeared — every last trace of them, including the posts they were attached to. The signs were installed just last month...
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August 6th, 2008 @ 6am
Red Bank crimes from July 25 to August 1, as reported by the borough police. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 7-25-08 at the Red Bank Train Station parking lot off of Chestnut. Victim reported that unknown person(s) smashed...
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August 4th, 2008 @ 6am
Today's Press reports that controversial pain-management physician Dr. Philip Eatough has pleaded guilty to federal money laundering and the illegal distribution of oxycodone. The 61-year-old Rumson resident faces 36 to 42 months in prison when he is sentenced by U.S....
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July 30th, 2008 @ 7am
Crimes for the week of July 18 through July 25, as reported by the Red Bank Police Department. Entries are unedited. Theft occurring between 7-16-08 and 7-17-08 at Monmouth Street restaurant. Victim reported that unknown person stole her pocketbook, containing...
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July 28th, 2008 @ 7am
The former Anderson storage building, seen in a file photo, where Mertrovation has approvals to build 23 condos and two stores. A pair of large-scale, long-stalled development projects near the Red Bank train station cleared legal hurdles yesterday when a...
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July 22nd, 2008 @ 9am
Crimes reported between July 11 and July 18, as recorded by Red Bank Police Department. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring White St. on 7-12-08. Victim reported that unknown person(s) scratched her motor vehicle on sides and hood with what...
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July 22nd, 2008 @ 5am
The Asbury Park Press reports today that Terrence Wilkins could retain his certification as a school principal despite a guilty plea in an arson case last month. Because of his eligibility for pre-trial intervention, the former principal of the Red...
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July 17th, 2008 @ 2pm
Here's a bizarre and scary break-in case in Rumson, as reported today's Asbury Park Press: Police arrested a Middletown man who was found sleeping in a child's bed in a Club Way home early Wednesday morning. Robert W. Sampson, 20,...
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July 17th, 2008 @ 6am
Crimes reported between July 4 and July 11, as recorded by the Red Bank Police Department. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring on 7-4-08 at Mechanic St. Victim reported that unknown person(s) scratched two vehicles on the passenger side with...
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July 14th, 2008 @ 6am
The Highlands Bridge as seen earlier this week, looking west from the Sandy Hook overpass. Today's Star-Ledger has a dire forecast for beachgoers heading home from Sandy Hook by car this weekend: "traffic stretching as far as the eye can...
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July 11th, 2008 @ 8am
The standing-room crowd watches a power-point presentation on the merger proposal; Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon, left, who initiated the idea, addresses the crowd, and Fair Haven Police Chief Darryl Breckenridge listens. Elected officials exploring the idea of merging the police departments...
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July 10th, 2008 @ 10am
Terence Wilkins Former Red Bank Middle School Principal Terence Wilkins will avoid a prison sentence following a guilty plea in connection with an arson fraud case in Newark, a spokesman for Essex County Paula Dow confirmed today. Spokesman Paul Loriquet...
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July 8th, 2008 @ 5pm
Postal workers continue to get ticketed for a 'violation' that a lawyer contends doesn't exist on the books. The sun is high, and the RBC students who drive themselves to school are away, meaning long stretches of Hudson Avenue have...
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July 8th, 2008 @ 2pm
Red Bank Police activity log entries from June 27 through July 2. The log is unedited. Burglary reported on 6-27-08 at W. Bergen Place—Vacant Resident. Owner reported that entry was gained by breaking window and removing air-conditioner. Stolen were electrical...
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July 7th, 2008 @ 6am
Entries from the Red Bank police logs from June 13 to June 27. Items are unedited. Theft reported on 6-13-08 which occurred at River St. between the dates of 6-4-08 and 6-5-08 a lap top computer was stolen from one...
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July 1st, 2008 @ 6am
Partyline
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
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)