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RED BANK: BROTHER CHARGED IN COP ASSAULT

AUTHORITIES_RB2Two Red Bank brothers were arrested following a scrap in which one of them is alleged to have assaulted a borough police officer at a taxi stand Sunday afternoon.

Rene Tepoz-Santamaria, 18 years old, is alleged to have kicked Patrolman Paul Perez in the ribs during an altercation at the Yellow Cab office on Oakland Street at around 4:35 p.m., Chief Darren McConnell said in a prepared statement.

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MIDDLETOWN: EIGHT CHARGED WITH DWI

Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department.

call-in-the-authoritiesSamantha Chew, age 18, from Fox Avenue in Belford, NJ, arrested on August 13, 2013 by Patrolman Nicholas Fenezia for Conspiracy, Robbery, Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Distribute and Possession of under 50 Grams of Marijuana.

Alexander Giuriceo, age 18, from Greenfield Way in Middletown, NJ, arrested on August 13, 2013 for Theft. He was released pending a court date.

Vivian Tortoriello, age 64, from Beers Street in Keyport, NJ, arrested on August 13, 2013 by Corporal Richard Fusella for Shoplifting from the Kohl’s Store. She was released pending a court date.

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LITTLE SILVER: TWO ARRESTED AFTER DISPUTE

Little Silver police taking the two unidentified men into custody on Grant Place Sunday afternoon. (Click to enlarge)

Two men were arrested on a leafy Little Silver street Sunday afternoon after what appeared to be a dispute over missing money, police said.

According to Chief Dan Shaffery, police responded to an anonymous call reporting a robbery on Grant Place around 4 p.m.

Two men were stopped on Grant Place, where one of them told police that the other had visited him at his home, on nearby Pinckney Road, and that $200 was missing after the visitor left.

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