Crime & Safety

Monmouth County Crime: Headbutting, Boozing and Knife-Wielding in This Week's News

Reports of a knife-wielding window breaker and the arrest of a 12-year-old among made headlines this week.

The Freehold Township man killed Thursday was an Ocean Township Public Works Department employee, authorities said.

Police: Knife-Wielding Man Arrested After Early Morning Standoff

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NJ Transit Bans Boozing On Concert Trains

Attention concertgoers: keep the pre-party off the train. NJ Transit has banned all beverages on North Jersey Coast Line trains when concerts are held at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, according to philly.com.

School Bomb Threat Leads to Arrest of 12-Year-Old

A suspicious note found on April 16 in Marlboro Memorial Middle School led to the evacuation and search of the school, and the arrest of a 12-year-old student the next day according to police.

Police Chase Ends with K-9 Unit Scouring Thompson Park

You can't hide from police K-9 dogs, even in the woods of Thompson Park.

Sanitation Worker Hit by Car in Holmdel Tuesday Morning

A sanitation worker collecting recycling was hit by a car early Tuesday morning, according to Holmdel Police.

No Injuries at P&P Sweet Shop Memorial Day Fire

The Holmdel Memorial Day Parade was cut just a little short for some volunteer emergency workers, after a kitchen fire called units out.

A Red Bank woman stepped inside her Shrewsbury Avenue home on Memorial Day to find a burglary in progress, police said.

Two Headbutting Incidents Mark Memorial Day Weekend in Red Bank

Two Monmouth County men were involved in headbutting incidents with Red Bank officers in separate encounters over Memorial Day weekend.


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