"With all of the negative news towards police officers, I feel it is very important to recognize their positive efforts too."
A man said he was assaulted Tuesday at the Aberdeen apt. complex, needing stitches, and other Matawan police blotter news.
One man slashed another in the face early Thursday morning in a street fight, police said. One has been arrested.
Amboy Bank is located just off Rt. 35 in Laurence Harbor. It was robbed around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
A local woman was found passed out in her car, with the engine running, at the Rt. 35 Wawa, police said.
Officers responded to or initiated 316 calls for service between November 16 and November 22.
The town is one of many to show their support this way.
Officers responded to or initiated 821 calls for service between October 26 and November 15.
The 19-year-old refused to submit to a breath test, police said.
The Narcotics Investigation lead to a list of drug and weapons charges against the two.
A getaway driver was also arrested for outstanding warrants in Wall and Union.
Prosecutors say he threatened to kill the person whose car he was stealing.
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One man was arrested for selling drugs at a school.
The man damaged the hood of a car by pounding on it, police said.
The man exposed his genitals on the busy road, police said
Those same neighbors say they tried to rescue 4 pit bulls trapped in the home. Two dogs died and two have not been found, police said.
The dogs are believed to be pit bulls; witnesses saw them carried out in body bags.
The entire home is fully engulfed in flames, Aberdeen Police Chief John Powers said.
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At least one person was possibly injured in a Garden State Parkway accident involving a car that ran off the road, officials said.
A man tried to climb through a bedroom window on Avalon Lane at 4:20 a.m., police reported.
The incident happened across the street from St. John Vianney High School at 11 p.m. Tuesday.
An Aberdeen man was caught in the act after he cut his wrist trying to break into a County Road home Tuesday night, police said.
Riders are reminded to report any suspicious activity to police
The criminal complaint against an Aberdeen girls' softball coach and college professor for suspected child porn has been made public.
Police say they arrested two suspects; the woman said one had a gun but he was not charged for it.
He was arrested for breaking into the Matawan Avenue home twice, and more from the Matawan-Aberdeen police blotter:
Joseph Nagy, 31, of Woodmere Drive in Cliffwood Beach, had enough of the drug that he intended to sell it, police said.
One person was killed in a serious two-truck crash on Friday morning that backed up traffic on two New Jersey highways, police said.
A resident of Netherwood Drive told police she was awakened by a sliding glass door opening.
He got kittens and cats off Craigslist, answering "free to a good home" ads. He admitted to stomping on them or throwing them against walls.
The incident happened Sunday, July 24, police said.
Someone is stealing motorcycles in Aberdeen Township, police report.
A Lacey woman posted this photo to Facebook, thanking the Matawan police department.
Matawan police released the names of the two men found dead in a van near the train station Friday.
āThe bodies of two menā were reportedly found in a van Friday morning at the Aberdeen-Matawan train station.
He also broke into a home on Maplewood Avenue in Keyport and vandalized it, slicing the mattress open, police said.
He was found with the drug within 1,000 feet of Conover Primary School, police said.
A local Aberdeen man was seen trying to break into three cars Tuesday, police allege.