UpdatedTue, May 25, 2021 at 11:29 am ET
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LONG BRANCH, NJ – A 19-year veteran of the Long Branch police force was arrested for making meth in his home after his wife provided photo evidence of drug and explosive making instructions, according to court documents.
An affidavit released by the Monmouth County Prosecutor s Office said the investigation began when Long Branch police were called to the home of now-suspended officer Christopher Walls for a domestic dispute on the night of May 15.
While investigating the dispute, Walls wife told the police that she believed her husband was involved with the making of narcotic activity, giving them photos that she took with showed books about making meth and bombs, including a copy of the Anarchist Cookbook.
Cleanup begins for thousands of dead fish in Monmouth County rivers
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 10, 2021, 12:15pm EDT
Heavy equipment has been bought in to clean up the thousands of
dead fish in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers, providing some relief to Long
Branch after weeks of dealing with flies
and a stench. It s a great
sign, says Mike Lasko, of Long Branch. The city of Long Branch is
doing a tremendous job taking care of the cleanup and taking care of this
problem.
Lasko lives next to the
Shrewsbury River, and like other people around the area, they ve been dealing
Oceanport Mayor Jay Coffey was not immediately available for comment.
In a 2014 menhaden fish kill in the Shark River, several tons of menhaden were collected by local public works from Neptune and Belmar, volunteers and even prison inmates. The fish were brought to the Monmouth County landfill in Tinton Falls.
That kill was said to be caused by oxygen deprivation due to low river water levels that were caused in some part by sand deposited by superstorm Sandy that exasperated existing shoaling conditions on the river. The channels have since been dredged.
The menhaden die-off this spring is different. The fish are diseased and the dead fish are appearing in several tributaries of the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers.