A Moment Of Silence For A Fallen Detective

It’s been a year since Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Detective John Scott Stevens died from injuries he received in a one-car crash in a remote section of Lacey Township.

And those who worked with him will pause at 11 a.m. today to observe a moment of silence to remember their colleague.

“May he rest in peace,” a post states on the agency’s Facebook page.

Stevens was a valued member of the Prosecutor’s Office, where he worked in a number of different areas for more than 15 years. His specialties were white-collar crime, fraud, computer forensics and for the last five years as an undercover officer in the Special Operations Group. He was also a certified public accountant, which came in handy when pouring over financial records.

“When you look at that skill set, that’s very difficult to replace,” Detective Raymond Gardner has said. ”People like that don’t come along everyday.”

Stevens was on his way to a series of narcotics investigation meetings on Jan. 8, 2015. He was traveling on a remote stretch of Dover Road in the Bamber Lakes section of Lacey when his 2004 Honda inexplicably left the roadway and crashed into a tree.

The 44-year-old Stevens was airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, with severe head injuries. He spent almost two weeks in critical condition, on life support. The Prosecutor’s Office wasn’t able to speak with him to find out what happened.

He left behind his wife Dawn, a Lacey Township police dispatcher, and his much-loved 10-year-old son.