Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Brick couple accused of abusing 'Sammy' the cocker spaniel
The Brick couple accused of animal cruelty after claiming they found a dog in a garbage bag by the side of the road in March will face a maximum of six months in jail if convicted, a judge said Monday afternoon. Keith E. Morgan and Shauna Ewing Morgan of Sawmill Road were arraigned Monday afternoon by Judge Robert M. LePore in Brick Township Municipal Court, accused of animal cruelty, falsifying a police report and more, in connection with abandoning their cocker spaniel, now known as Sammy, whose story had drawn followers across the country. “These are disorderly persons offenses,” LePore said, adding New Jersey law allows a maximum of a six-month jail sentence for charges arising from the same event. That news did not sit well with the …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Police investigating break-in at 2424 Bridge Ave.
An office building at 2424 Bridge Ave., Point Borough, was broken into early Friday morning and police are investigating. Detective Lt. Adam Picca reported in a prepared statement that at about 3:10 a.m., officers responded to 2424 Bridge Ave. for an alarm activation to one of the interior offices. When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered that someone had forced entry into the main building "before forcing entry into numerous interior offices," the statement says. "There was substantial damage to many of the interior office doors. The respective office personnel are determining if anything was taken from within. "Along with the Point Pleasant Police Department, the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit and …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
HS band concert will be held tonight as scheduled
Phone service has now been restored at Point Borough public schools, according to an instant alert issued by the district at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday. Also, the Point Borough High School band concert will be held at 7 tonight, as previously scheduled, at the Loren Donley Auditorium at the high school. Admission is free. Earlier this afternoon, power was restored at Point Pleasant Borough High School where an outage had prompted an early student dismissal shortly before 12:30 p.m. today. The power outage started at the high school at 12:02 p.m. and was restored at 1:13 p.m. Wednesday, said Gerry Ricciardi, JCP&L area manager. The cause of the outage was a seagull had gotten in between two wires which shorted out the power and caused fuses to …
Monday, April 29, 2013
Held at Ocean County jail on $200,000 bail
A Lakewood man has been arrested and charged in the April 8 armed robbery of the Walgreen's pharmacy, 1501 Richmond Ave. (Route 35 South), Point Pleasant Borough. John W. Praznic, 29, was arrested without incident on Friday April 26, in Lakewood by Point Pleasant Detectives Edward Miller and Joseph Hynes and Detective Lt. Adam Picca after an extensive investigation, according to Borough police. Praznic was charged with first degree armed robbery, third degree terroristic threats and third degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance, police said in a prepared statement issued Monday morning. He is being held at the Ocean County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail set by Superior Court Judge Francis Hodgson. Praznic's photo is from …
Monday, April 22, 2013
A federal magistrate went to the hospital as a sealed complaint was filed against the bombing suspect.
A federal magistrate visited the bedside of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as the surviving marathon bombing suspect was charged with the crime. Tsarnaev is charged with unlawfully using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (namely, an improvised explosive device) against persons and property within the United States. He is also charged with using an explosive to maliciously damage and destroy real and personal property used in interstate and foreign commerce and actively affecting interstate and foreign commerce resulting in personal injury and death. Tsarnaev remains in serious condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to the FBI. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said this afternoon that Tsarnaev will be …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
A questionable phone call prompted a search, but it was all clear
Police are patrolling the G. Harold Antrim Elementary School today and continuing to investigate a call that had prompted them to search the school on Wednesday, said Point Beach Police Chief Kevin O'Hara on Thursday morning. The school was searched after students had been dismissed on Wednesday afternoon, nothing was found and there was no incident, said O'Hara. He added that the investigation is ongoing and police are not yet disclosing the exact wording of the call left as a recorded message on the school's attendance line. "The message was not specific as to any threat, it was a four or five word message," O'Hara said. "The message was very vague and there are different ways to interpret it. But the school administration and …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Krissy Suckow finished Boston Marathon about 20 minutes before bomb went off
Krissy Suckow, who ran in the Boston Marathon on Monday, had time on the drive home to the Jersey Shore to think about how someone planned the bombing that left three dead, including an 8-year-old child, and at least 141 wounded. And she just kept thinking about the 5K race that was run the day before. "They had a 5K race the day before set up on the marathon course," Suckow said, as she rode in her father's car as he drove them home to Wall on Monday evening. "The finish line and everything were all set up for the marathon the next day, so anyone could see the whole course the day before and plan exactly where they wanted to do this," said Suckow, 29, a seventh and eighth grade teacher at Rahway Academy in Union County. And plan they …
Monday, April 15, 2013
Decision result of two bomb blasts at Boston Marathon
NJ Transit is in a heightened state of alert, as a result of the two bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon late Monday afternoon, according to a statement from NJ Transit Spokesperson John Durso Jr. “While there has been no specific threat made to our transit system at this time, NJ Transit police have deployed both uniformed and plain clothes officers to further patrol our system and keep our customers safe. “NJ TRANSIT police are also in constant communication with local, state and federal authorities. “We are reminding our customers to observe their surroundings and report any suspicious or unusual activity to NJ Transit police at 1-888-TIPS-NJT. “The hearts and thoughts of all of us at NJ Transit go out to those affected by this …
Friday, April 12, 2013
Wells died from a gunshot wound, found in Long Branch backyard
From the bait and tackle shop to the Norma K III to the Gambler, the folks in Point Beach's fishing community are shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Michael M. Wells. Brian Stensland, owner of Fishermen's Supply, Point Beach, said Wells, an avid recreational fisherman and regular customer, was the kind of guy who everyone liked. "I don't know anyone, including me, who had anything bad to say about him," said Stensland, at his store on Thursday afternoon. Wells' body was found in the backyard of a Long Branch home on Wednesday morning. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's said that, based on the results of an autopsy done on Thursday, authorities found that Wells had died of a gunshot wound near his job in Long Branch and that the …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Prosecutor's office investigating death as a homicide
The Point Pleasant Borough man found dead in a Long Branch backyard on Wednesday morning died of a gunshot wound, according to results of an autopsy, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said on Thursday. Public Information Officer Charlie Webster said the death of Michael Wells, 56, of Riviera Parkway, is being investigated as a homicide. Webster said no arrests have been made in connection with Wells' death as of 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Wells was an employee of Dutch Prime Foods, 235 West Ave., Long Branch, which is about a block away from the backyard at 215 Cleveland Ave. where his body was found. The homeowner of 215 Cleveland Ave. reportedly discovered Wells' body on Wednesday morning and called police at 7:30 a.m. Wells was …
Angelo
11:29 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Anyone that could treat any animal in the way these pieces of garbage treated Sammy, then bring him in with a completely fabricated story that the animal was found on the side of the road in that condition are no effing good. Not only did they abuse the poor senior dog, they then had pictures taken at the shelter showing Keith “Chip” Morgan as a hero for saving the animal. He then filed utterly … more ›