🌱 Patch AM: How a Monmouth sergeant’s ghost gun scheme reached Freehold’s courthouse

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Monmouth sergeant's ghost gun scheme reached Freehold's courthouse

Also on today's calendar: Free Flu Clinic and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, with a high of 64 and low of 58 degrees.
• Monday: A few showers in the morning, temps: high: 72, low: 55.
• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 76 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Former Monmouth County Police Sergeant Sentenced to Five Years in Prison After Ghost Gun and Drug Investigation (TAPinto.net) — A high-profile Monmouth County police corruption case based out of Freehold ended with former Middletown sergeant David Ringkamp receiving a five-year state prison sentence for conspiring to commit official misconduct. Investigators say a ghost gun probe tied to a Millstone vape shop uncovered illegal firearms parts, drugs, and Ringkamp's misuse of police databases and position to help a suspect evade scrutiny, raising concerns about law-enforcement accountability countywide.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17
• Free Flu Clinic →
  Jane H. Booker Family Health Center, 1828 West Lake Avenue, Neptune City, New Jersey, 07753,
  9:00 am
Sunday October 25
• Brookdale Community College Fall Open House →
  Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Rd, Middletown Township
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 15
• Todd Robbins Duo →
  The Cabin Restaurant, 984 New Jersey 33, Freehold
  6:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Marmara's Annual Celebration! →
  Freehold NJ
• Farmer's Market →
  Hall of Records, 1 East Main Street, Freehold
  11:00 am
• Lunar Faire- East Freehold →
  1500 Kozloski Rd, Freehold
  5:00 pm
• Rich Boland →
  Downtown Freehold Gazebo, Outside Federici's and the Metropolitan Cafe, Freehold
  7:00 pm
• Rich Boland at Downtown Freehold Gazebo →
  Downtown Freehold Gazebo, Freehold
  7:00 pm
• E-Boro Bandits →
  The Cabin Restaurant, 984 New Jersey 33, Freehold
  8:30 pm
• On The Rocks →
  Moore's Tavern & Sports Bar, 402 West Main Street, Freehold
  9:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• Freehold Area CROP Hunger Walk 2026 →
  The Reformed Church of Freehold, 67 W. Main Streeet, Freehold
  1:30 pm
Friday October 23
• iPlay America's Trick or Treat Around the Park →
  110 Schanck Rd, Freehold
  5:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Manalapan

• Residents cheer as Manalapan votes down industrial building (app.com)

Marlboro

• Great Fall 🍁Events in Monmouth County! 🎃Plan your Harvest Adventures! Learn more (TAPinto.net)
• Shore football schedule, scoreboard, results for Week 6 games (app.com)
• 2-year-old NJ boy killed at farm to be buried Saturday (wobm.com)

Colts Neck

• Breast Cancer Previvor Shares Her Health Journey with Monmouth Medical Center High Risk Breast Cancer Program (rwjbh.org)
• SEABREEZE Ford/The Jeep Store Week 6 Shore Conference Football Scoreboard (shoresportsinsider.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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