Man Says He Was Beaten, Robbed At Motel After Ex-Girlfriend's Knock On Door: Police

A Lacey Township man was treated at the hospital for extensive injuries after he was beaten and robbed in a motel room at the Howard Johnson’s in Toms River on Monday, police said.

Toms RIver police spokesman Ralph Stocco said police officers responded to the motel at 9:15 p.m. on Monday. The 22-year-old Lacey man reported that while he was in his room with his girlfriend, a 21-year-old woman from the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, there was a knock on the door and the Lacey man saw his ex-girlfriend -- an 18-year-old from Port Monmouth -- outside, Stocco said.

A second later two men entered the room and began assaulting him, Stocco said. They then took $200 cash belonging to the man and fled the area. The man was taken to Community Medical Center for treatment, Stocco said.

Patrolman Joe Mastronardy and Detective Lou Santora are investigating.