Cops: Bayville Resident Beat Man In Head With Piece Of Concrete

Berkeley Township police have charged a Bayville man with aggravated assault with a weapon after he beat a man with a concrete block and kicked him in the head, Police Chief Karin T. DiMichele said.

Detectives arrested Brian Bailey, 20, North Princeton Avenue on November 10 after a three-week-investigation, the chief said.

Police responded to a 911 call at 2 a.m. on Nov. 1 at the pit - a wooded area near Berkeley Avenue - on a report of a disturbance. Patrolman James Mauncele spotted the bloodied victim in the parking lot at 926 Route 9. Further investigation determined that the victim was at a party at the pit when Bailey tried to steal his ATV, DiMichele said.

“This resulted in a fight where Bailey struck the victim in the head with a piece of concrete,“ the chief said. “The victim was transported to hospital with face and head wounds from injury sustained from the concrete and from kicks to the face.”

Bailey was taken to the Ocean County Jail after his arrest in default of bail, DiMichele said.