Authorities in Ocean County say a third person has now been charged with allegedly threatened a detective and members of his family while one of the first two men arrested in the case has had his charges dropped.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer says 22-year-old Connor White of Brick Township has been charged with Retaliation Against a Witness and three counts of Terroristic Threats in connection with threats made against a Brick Township Police Detective on March 29th.
Identical charges were filed against Anthony Chieffo and Alexander Santos, both 22-years-old and both from Brick Township, on March 30th.
Billhimer s office says,
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Middletown Police said they arrived around 7:54 pm followed by Middletown Township Fire Fighters who battled the flames that engulfed the entire home.
Middletown Firefighters said a neighbor told them that they felt someone may still be inside which is when search and rescue teams looked within the residence and then found John Dowd deceased inside the home.
Middletown Township Fire Department Fire Chief John Friedman called the fire at 8:25 pm and all units, including 45 firefighters from 3 companies, were cleared by 10:15 pm.
No firefighter injuries have been reported.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Middletown Township Fire Marshal, Monmouth County Fire Marshal, Middletown Police and the Monmouth County Prosecutor s Office.
LAKEWOOD – The threat of fire continues Monday after a wind-fueled wildfire closed the Garden State Parkway, burned at least 170 acres and damaged dozens of homes and commercial buildings in Lakewood and Brick. Several smaller fires also burned across the state on Sunday.
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service also said that one of its firefighters is in critical condition at a nearby hospital.
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Firefighters worked all night on the huge blaze that started about 1:30 p.m. Sunday off Airport Road, according to Lakewood Fire Chief John Yahr. One commercial building was “totally destroyed” by the fire, according to Yahr, while the another suffered significant damage.
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Deal Police said Patrolman Jon Losquadro arrived on scene to find the 74-year old man unconscious, not breathing and who had no pulse with blooding coming from his head due to the fall.
He began immediate CPR and called for backup with Lt Matt Sharin, Sgt Brian Egan and Ptl Zach Bell arriving on scene a short time later to assist with life saving measures.
They performed CPR until Allenhurst First Aid and paramedics arrived on scene.
As paramedics got there, officers were able to regain a pulse and the man was brought to the hospital where he is receiving care as of this morning.
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Police said Robin Federbush, 49, of Brick was turning left in a Hyundai Elantra from Spiral Drive to Burnt Tavern Road when she hit Christos Michael, 59, of Point Pleasant, who had the right of way at the time, and was then thrown from his Bourget Custom Motorcycle.
Michael died from his injuries at the scene of the crash from lower body and internal injuries.
The Brick Township Police Department’s Traffic Safety Unit responded to the scene to investigate the crash.
Vehicule traffic on Burnt Tavern Road northbound and southbound was detoured around the crash scene for about five hours, police said, during the investigation.