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🌱 Patch AM: How a Monmouth sergeant’s ghost gun scheme reached Freehold’s courthouse
Also, don't miss Free Flu Clinic on the Freehold Patch calendar

Greetings Freehold! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️
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!)
- 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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- Free Flu Clinic →
Jane H. Booker Family Health Center, 1828 West Lake Avenue, Neptune City, New Jersey, 07753,
9:00 am - Brookdale Community College Fall Open House →
Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Rd, Middletown Township
1:00 pm
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 25
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Other local events
- Todd Robbins Duo →
The Cabin Restaurant, 984 New Jersey 33, Freehold
6:00 pm - 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 - Freehold Area CROP Hunger Walk 2026 →
The Reformed Church of Freehold, 67 W. Main Streeet, Freehold
1:30 pm - iPlay America's Trick or Treat Around the Park →
110 Schanck Rd, Freehold
5:00 pm
Thursday October 15
Friday October 16
Sunday October 18
Friday October 23
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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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