Police Searching for Missing Manasquan Man

By Karen Wall

Brick Township police are searching for a Manasquan man in connection with an incident Wednesday evening in the Herbertsville section of Brick Township.

John T. Kosarowich, 60, who lived in Manasquan a week ago, is being sought in the incident, Sgt. Henry Drew of the Brick Township Police Department said.

On Wednesday evening, a resident called police to report a man had pulled into a driveway of a home on Gardenia Drive, parked the car, and walked into the woods behind the townhouse complex, Drew said. The resident did not know the man and had no idea why he would have parked in the driveway, Drew said.

A search of the woods Wednesday night turned up nothing, Drew said, and the search resumed with K-9 officers on Thursday morning, but the man was not found.

The owner of the car, a ford Taurus with Pennsylvania license plates, told police he had given the car to Kosarowich. Kosarowich is described as 6-foot-2, 140 to 160 pounds, Drew said.

Brick Township Detective Kenneth Steinberg is leading the investigation, with police and members of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s office searching the area to attempt to locate Kosarowich. Anyone who believes they have seen Kosarowich is asked to call Steinberg at 732-262-1113 or township police at 732-262-1152.