SWAT Team Arrests Man After Three-Hour Standoff In Lacey Home

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ - The Ocean County Regional SWAT arrested a man who shot a gun in a Spruce Street home after a dispute on Friday night, Police Chief Michael C. DiBella said.

Lacey police responded to the home in the 1200 block of the road at 11:02 p.m. on May 25 on a report of a dispute. The victim, a 47-year-old woman, told police that Matthew C. Foulks, 44, Browns Mills, had fired a gun inside the home after the two had a dispute, the chief said.

When police tried to contact Foulks outside, he refused and went back into the house. It was also determined that no one else was inside the house, DiBella said.

The SWAT Team, consisting of law enforcement officers from various agencies throughout Ocean County, was requested and responded to the scene. The SWAT team secured the area and attempted to make contact with Foulks, who was still inside the home, the chief said.

The SWAT team took Foulks into custody without incident three hours later. Foulks was transported to Lacey Township police headquarters and processed.

He was later charged with terroristic threats, criminal restraint, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, certain persons not to possess weapons, simple assault and criminal mischief. Foulks was lodged in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River to await a bail hearing, DiBella said.

There were no injuries reported.

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