FREEHOLD - A 30-year-old Ocean Township man has been charged with attempted murder following a shooting in Freehold Borough on March 30, authorities said.
Joseph Lyons was charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder, one count of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, according to a news release from Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
The shooting happened at 8:02 p.m. when police were called for a report of shots fired at the Continental Apartment Complex, according to the news release.
Upon arrival, police found two men suffering from non-life threatening gunshot wounds. Both victims were taken to a local hospital and later released, police said.
Ocean Township man charged with attempted murder in Freehold Borough
Ocean Township man charged with attempted murder in Freehold Borough
An Ocean Township man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that took place in Freehold Borough on the evening of March 30, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on April 14.
Joseph Lyons, 36, has been arrested and charged with two counts of first degree attempted murder, one count of second degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose
and one count of second degree unlawful possession of weapon, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
Howell resident charged in connection with Matawan hit-and-run
A resident of Howell has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run motor vehicle incident after she allegedly struck and injured a 77-year-old female resident of Matawan on Freneau Avenue in Matawan on March 9, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced in an April 2 press release.
Gramiccioni said the injured woman was found along the roadside when Matawan police arrived at the scene.
The prosecutor said Jennifer B. Aretino, 36, of Howell, has been charged with third degree leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision with serious bodily injury and with numerous motor vehicle violations.
Atlantic Hub News Briefs, April 7
Atlantic Hub News Briefs, April 7
Detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics and Criminal Enterprise
Unit, along with the Eatontown, Oceanport and Union Beach police departments, and the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Herbert Standard, 41, of Asbury Park, and Mark Standard, 40, of Oceanport, after a three-month investigation into the distribution of cocaine and heroin, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
The arrests on March 24 resulted from search warrants that were executed at the Crystal Inn in Eatontown, at a location on Gosselin Avenue in Oceanport, and in two vehicles.
MATAWAN - Authorities are asking for the public s help in finding the motorist who fled after striking and seriously injuring a 77-year-old woman on Freneau Avenue Tuesday evening.
The woman, who was not identified, remains hospitalized in critical condition, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in a news release.
The hit-and-run crash happened shortly before 7 p.m. when police responded to a report of a body on the shoulder of Freneau Avenue in front of the Portuguese restaurant Mediterranean Chateau, according to the news release.
Matawan police found the woman lying on the shoulder on the northbound side of the road. She was treated at the scene by Matawan First Aid and paramedics from the Monmouth Ocean Hospital Service Corp. and then taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, authorities said.