Friday, March 22, 2013
Jefferson Avenue home was gutted after Sandy; Boro man charged with stealing wire
A Point Pleasant man was jailed after police charged him with burglarizing a vacant Toms River home damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Christopher Furmato, 28, of Oakwood Road, was allegedly in the process of removing electrical wire from a Jefferson Avenue home Thursday afternoon when officers Brian Dugan and Ryan Rush responded to the scene thanks to a tip from an "alert citizen," said Chief of Police Michael Mastronardy. The home was "mostly gutted" following Sandy, except for the electrical wiring, according to Dugan. Furmato was arrested and charged with burglary and theft. He is being held in the Ocean County Jail on $30,000 bail, no 10 percent option, the chief said. Mastronardy said that his police department and officers from the …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Fr. Marukudiyil C. Velan, 64, indicted on seven counts
A Roman Catholic priest from Brick Township who was arrested in July 2012 on sex charges has been indicted on those allegations, as well as in two additional incidents – one of which includes a third victim. The seven-count indictment against Fr. Marukudiyil C. Velan, 64, was handed up by an Ocean County grand jury Feb. 7, court records obained by Patch show. Velan, who was known as "Father Chris" to parishioners at Visitation Roman Catholic Church on Mantoloking Road in Brick, where he last served, was arrested July 14, 2012 and charged with a single count of criminal sexual contact against an adult victim, and one count of criminal sexual contact plus one count of endangering the welfare of a child against a victim who was a minor. At …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Two separate incidents reported by Point Beach police
This past weekend the Point Pleasant Beach police department arrested two individuals for the possession of heroin during two separate and unrelated incidents. A police press release states the following: "At about 1 a.m. Sat., Officer Marc Distelcamp attempted to make a motor vehicle stop on a vehicle for speeding on Arnold Avenue. The operator of the vehicle, later identified as Stephanie Small, 23, of Lake Hopatcong, failed to stop. Officers continued to pursue the vehicle through the side streets of both Point Pleasant Beach and Point Pleasant Borough for approximately ten minutes. The vehicle then entered the parking lot of the Red Carpet Inn on Bay Avenue in Point Pleasant Borough. Small exited the vehicle and was taken into …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The pair allegedly stole three air conditioning units from a storm damaged home in Brick
A Point Pleasant man and a Brick man have been arrested and charged by Brick police with stealing three air conditioning units from the storm-damaged home of a Brick resident. The pair are now being investigated for additional thefts in the area as well. The home with the stolen air conditioning units had been damaged during Superstorm Sandy and was vacant at the time of the theft, which the resident reported to police Feb. 15, Sgt. Keith Reinhard said. The Carrier units were valued at about $12,000, and were only eight months old, since the home had been newly constructed before the storm struck, said Reinhard. An investigation by Detectives Bob Shepherd, Michael Feeney and Thomas Cooney eventually led to the arrests of Steven A. Smith…
Friday, October 5, 2012
Opening arguments made in trial of man accused of killing Kyleigh Sousa in Arizona
The trial of a man accused of killing Point Borough's Kyleigh Sousa in Arizona in May 2010 is just underway. Joseluis Marquez is fighting murder and burglary charges in the death of Sousa, who was 21 years old the night she died outside an International House of Pancakes (IHop) restaurant in Tempe, AZ. Opening arguments were made Thursday in the trial. For more information, click on this link to see coverage by the CBS affiliate in Arizona. There is no court session today, so the trial resumes on Monday, according to CBS. At the time of her death, Kyleigh was a junior at Arizona State University in Tempe, had gotten off work earlier than expected and was intending to eat at the IHop restaurant with a friend. Instead, a driver stopped to …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Jaehnel Parkway man charged for failure to comply with a supervision program
Gregg Santiago, 24, of Jaehnel Parkway was arrested by Ocean County Sheriff’s Detectives R. Stark and M. Petrucelli on an Ocean County Superior Court Warrant for failure to comply with the Intensive Supervision Program. Santiago was charged on Sept. 10, processed and lodged in the Ocean County Jail with no option of bail, according to the sheriff's office. The most recent press release about county arrests does not include anyone else from Point Borough and no one from Point Beach. To see the report on others charged throughout the county, please see the attached PDF.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Tuesday robbery and assault occurred on Harding Drive in Brick
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Brick Police detectives have arrested two township men in the robbery and assault of a Point Pleasant man at a Brick residence. Police were called to the 100 block of Harding Drive at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday after a man had called and reported he was assaulted by two men in the garage of a home, which belongs to a relative, Capt. John Rein said. When police arrived, the victim, 20-year-old Rick Hatch of Point Pleasant Borough, was found with several injuries to his head and face, Rein said. The two men are alleged to have punched and kicked Hatch in the head until he was unconscious, then stole $60 from his pocket before fleeing in a vehicle, said Rein. When he regained consciousness, he went into the home and a relative called police. Hatch, …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Woman charged with failure to stop in Point Beach
A 72-year-old Point Borough woman was charged with failure to stop or yield after allegedly crashing into a Point Beach police officer driving his vehicle on Route 35 North, police said on Thursday. Hylah Grant was driving west on Forman Avenue when she failed to stop at a stop sign and drove into Route 35 North, crashing into a marked police car driven by Corporal Peter Andreyev at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, said Detective Patrick Petruzziello. Andreyev had been unable to avoid the other car, Petruzziello said. Both drivers were transported to Meridian's Urgent Care Center on Route 88 West in Point Borough and treated for injuries that were not life threatening, Petruzziello said. Grant's Honda Accord and the marked police vehicle were …
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Point Beach police blotter for May 24-29
Point Beach police made the following arrests on charges of possession of drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, hindering arrest, harassment, disorderly conduct and others from last Thursday through Tuesday. On 5/29/12 at 4:22 PM – Rebecca Galarza, 19, of Holmdel, was arrested on Chicago Avenue by Officer Nicholas Morgan for possession of marijuana under 50 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia. On 5/28/12 at 10:57 PM – Robert D. Barrows, 21, of Brick, was arrested on Inlet Drive by Officer John Cain for hindering. On 5/28/12 at 9:38 PM – Miguel G. Martinez, 23, of New Brunswick, was arrested on Ocean Avenue by Officer Michael Slininger for possession of marijuana under 50 grams. On 5/28/12 at 9:16 PM – Jean Walkens, 25, of West …
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