Crime & Safety
County Crime: Rookie Cop Gets DWI
A look around Monmouth County's crime stories this week
Rookie Hazlet Police Officer Faces DWI Charge in Union Beach Crash
A Hazlet police officer in training was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after he struck three parked cars in the wee hours of the morning, Union Beach police said.
-- Holmdel-Hazlet Patch
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Englishtown Police Arrest Postal Employee Under Federal Investigation
A 2 ½-month federal investigation by the United States Postal Service came to a close on Thursday when a mail service employee was arrested in Englishtown on drug and theft charges.
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Man Found Dead On Hartshorne Woods Park Trail
A Leonardo man apparently died during a hike at Hartshorne Park Wednesday afternoon, said Middletown Police Det. Lt. Stephen Dollinger.
-- Rumson Fair Haven Patch
West Long Branch Public Adjuster Charged With Insurance Fraud
Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced that the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained an indictment charging a Monmouth County public adjuster with insurance fraud and related charges for allegedly submitting fraudulent insurance claims in an attempt to defraud New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company (NJM) out of more than $15,000.
An Eatontown man has been arrested and charged with robbing and threatening to kill a 77-year-old female resident of the Stony Hill Apartments.
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