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🌱 How police say a South Toms River family escaped an armed arrival

South Toms River, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning South Toms River! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How police say a South Toms River family escaped an armed arrival
  • Why a suspect in the South Toms River shooting remains jailed

Also on today's calendar: Name that tune Bingo at the Mathis House Tea Room and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 73 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Thursday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 69, low: 50.
  • Friday: Some sun with a stray shower, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NJ Couple Narrowly Escaped Armed Man Racing To Their Home, Court Documents Say (patch.com) — An armed man allegedly drove from Maine to a South Toms River home, where police say he arrived with body armor, multiple guns, and hundreds of rounds before being shot by an officer. Court documents describe how officers rushed the woman’s parents out moments before he reached their driveway, and outline numerous attempted murder and weapons charges now keeping him jailed.
   

• Man accused of arriving in NJ with body armor and ammo arsenal jailed (shorenewsnetwork.com) — A Maine man accused in a late-April South Toms River confrontation with police is being held in Ocean County Jail without bail, prosecutors say. He faces attempted murder, weapons, and body-armor charges tied to the non-fatal officer-involved shooting and alleged trip to Ocean County while heavily armed.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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