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Convicted Lakewood Sex Offender Who Shared Child Porn On WhatsApp Sentenced: Prosecutors
A Lakewood man will spend several years in prison after admitting to sharing child pornography, authorities said.
Matthew Robles, 32, was sentenced on Friday, May 3 to seven years in state prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release on Monday, May 6. He pleaded guilty on Monday, May 15, 2023, to distribution of child pornography and failure to register as a Megan's Law offender.
Investigators said Robles was working at a Brick Township business without registering as a sex offender or notifying any law enforcement agencies. Since 1994, Megan's Law has …
Toms River Woman Admits To Robbing Woman With Knife, Having Cocaine: Prosecutors
A Toms River woman admitted to robbing another woman with a knife, having cocaine, and spitting in the faces of officers, authorities said.
Olivia Paige, 35, pleaded guilty on Monday, Apr. 22 to robbery, possession of cocaine, and aggravated assault. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced the guilty pleas in a news release on Wednesday, Apr. 24.
Brick Township police responded to a shoplifting report at a convenience store on Maple Avenue on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Officers determined Paige took items from the store without paying for them.
Police arrested Paige af…
Lakewood Man Admits To Dealing Cocaine, Armed Carjacking: Prosecutors
A Lakewood man admitted to selling cocaine and committing an armed carjacking, authorities said.
Harold Galloway, 53, pleaded guilty to three charges on Monday, Apr. 22, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced in a news release. His guilty pleas were for possession of more than one-half ounce but less than five ounces of crack cocaine, certain person not to possess a firearm, and carjacking.
Lakewood detectives were on patrol near John Street on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, when they noticed a vehicle parked on the side of the road. Police saw possible drug activity near t…
Man Accused Of Trying To Abduct Lakewood Girl In South Jersey Crime Spree To Remain In Jail
A Monmouth County man will remain in jail after he was accused of trying to kidnap a teen girl and groping a woman in a Target parking lot during a two-county crime spree, authorities said.
Quamel Benton, 35, of Farmingdale, was ordered by a judge on Wednesday, Apr. 10 to remain in Burlington County Jail through his trial, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was charged in Ocean County with attempted kidnapping, luring, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal sexual contact, two counts of eluding, resisting arrest, and obstruction.
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Man Tried To Abduct Girl In Lakewood, Groped Woman In Toms River Parking Lot: Prosecutors
A Monmouth County man was accused of trying to kidnap a teen girl and groping a woman in a Target parking lot as part of a two-county crime spree, authorities said.
Quamel Benton, 35, of Farmingdale, was arrested on Friday, Mar. 22, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was charged with attempted kidnapping, luring, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal sexual contact, two counts of eluding, resisting arrest, and obstruction.
Lakewood police responded to a report of an attempted kidnapping near Forest Park Circle at around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Ma…
Body Found In Lakewood Trunk ID'd As Missing Man
A missing Ocean County man was identified as the man whose body was found in a vehicle's trunk in Lakewood, authorities said.
David Koscuik, 57, of Lakewood, was identified by Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer in a news release on Friday, Mar. 1.
Lakewood police found Koscuik's body in the trunk of a vehicle near Fairway Court at around 12:13 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
The National Center For Missing and Endangered listed Koscuik as missing in a Facebook post on Friday, Feb. 16. He was last seen in Brooklyn, NY, on Thursday, Feb. 8.
Manchester Township police said Kosc…
Mega Millions Ticket Worth $10K Sold At Lakewood Grocery Store
As the Mega Millions jackpot keeps growing, a $10,000 winning ticket was sold at an Ocean County grocery store, officials said.
According to a New Jersey Lottery spokesperson, the winning ticket was purchased from The Glory Grocery on East Fourth Street in Lakewood. The $10,000 winner was in the drawing on Tuesday, Feb. 27.
The winning numbers were 6, 18, 26, 27, and 49. The MegaBall was 4.
Mega Millions said a ticket sold in Florida matched every number except the MegaBall and is worth $1 million. The NJ Lottery also said another $10,000 winner was purchased in Passaic Coun…
Jersey Shore Man Admits Anti-Semitic Rampage: Running Down Victims, Stabbing, Carjacking
A Jersey Shore man admitted in federal court on Thursday that he committed a series of violent assaults on members of the Jewish Orthodox community in and around Lakewood.
What became a rampage over roughly seven hours began when Dion Marsh, 29, of Manchester, dragged a "visibly identifiable" Orthodox Jew out of his car, beat him and sped off in the victim's vehicle on April 8, 2022, authorities said.
Marsh was driving a different car in the heavily Orthodox community hours later when he ran down victims in three separate incidents, attempting to kill each of them, U.S. Attorney for New Jer…
'Reckless' Owner Of Princeton Nursing Home That Abruptly Closed Barred From Receiving Medicaid
New Jersey has cut off Medicaid funding for a nursing home that abruptly closed its doors to 72 patients last fall.
Princeton Care Center closed suddenly on Sept. 1, 2003, and only notified residents' families that morning — leaving them with just hours to relocate, as first reported by Planet Princeton.
Gail and Ezra Bogner, the owner and administrator of Princeton Care Center, respectively, will be suspended from New Jersey Medicaid, effective March 28, the Office of the State Comptroller said.
“The Bogners’ recklessness, neglect, and incredibly poor judgment caused serious harm and…
