On January 28, 2018, the Manchester Township Police Department administered the Physical Agility Examination, the first phase of testing for the position of Police Officer and Class II Special Officer. More than 170 individuals applied to participate in the event which took place at Manchester Township High School between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 [...]
On Monday, January 29, 2017, at approximately 08:24 am, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of Ridgeway Road and Cedar Drive, in the Ridgeway section of the Township, to investigate a motor vehicle accident involving two vehicles and a struck utility pole. Upon arrival, officers observed a beige, 2003, Toyota [...]
On Sunday evening, January 21, 2018, at approximately 8:37 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to Constitution Boulevard in the Crestwood Village III section of the Township for the report of a car burglary. Upon arrival, officers met with the caller who reported that someone had entered her unlocked vehicle which was [...]
On Sunday evening, January 21, 2018, at approximately 8:37 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to Constitution Boulevard in the Crestwood Village III section of the Township for the report of a car burglary. Upon arrival, officers met with the caller who reported that someone had entered her unlocked vehicle which was [...]
On Friday, January 19, 2018 at approximately 6:13 AM, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the intersection of Ridgeway Road and Commonwealth Blvd for a report of a multi-vehicle crash. Upon arrival, officers observed four vehicles in the roadway which were partially obstructing both directions of travel. The initial investigation revealed that [...]
A transformer fire at a Whiting JCP&L substation cause nearly 4,200 customers to be without power in the western section of the township the afternoon of Monday, January 15, 2018. The fire, which was located by a nearby patrol officer, occurred inside of the fenced-in facility on Station Road just off of County Route 530. Fire [...]
Betty Bulbach does it again! Thank you, Ms. Bulbach, for generously donating another Conducted Energy Device (CED) to the Manchester Township Police Department. Ms. Bulbach first made a donation of a CED, more commonly known by its former brand name of Taser, in mid-2017 after reading a news article about the deployment of a device [...]
On Wednesday afternoon, January 3rd, at approximately 3:41 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of Route 37 and Colonial Drive for the report of a motor vehicle crash involving a SUV and an ambulance. Upon arrival, officers located the two involved vehicles, a Manchester Volunteer First Aid ambulance and [...]
On Sunday, December 31, 2017, at approximately 8:59 pm, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of Mile Marker 36 on Route 70, in the Whiting section of the Township to investigate the report of a multi-vehicle crash. Upon arrival, officers observed that three vehicles had been involved and that all [...]
A Toms River certified home health aide was arrested and charged with theft after a three week long investigation revealed that she had pawned jewelry belonging to an elderly Whiting resident with whom she had been employed to provide aide services. Arrested and charged on Friday was 35-year-old, Soraya Rivera-Darley of Toms River. On December [...]
On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at approximately 9:31 p.m., a 2006 Chrysler 300, operated by 37 year old Joshua J. Kenny, of Whiting, NJ, was traveling west on County Route 530 in front of America’s Keswick when the vehicle he was operating ran off the road, striking a street sign and utility pole. As a [...]
A Berkeley Township man was arrested after he was stopped on County Road 530 in Manchester for a motor vehicle violation. During the stop, 24-year-old, Cody Lessing of Bayville, was arrested after he was found to be in possession of 495 bags of heroin. On November 20, 2017, members of Manchester Township Police Department’s [...]
On Friday, October 27, 2017 at approximately 9:30 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to Manchester Plaza on Route 70 to investigate the report of an unidentified male attempting to break into cars in the parking lot. Upon arrival, officers met with the caller who reported that he observed an unidentified white [...]
On Sunday afternoon, October 29th, at approximately 3:30 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to 108 Lacey Road, the location of Whiting Shopping Center, for an active fire alarm. Upon arrival, officers reported seeing black smoke coming from the roof area in the rear of the complex. Firefighters responded and located an [...]
On Saturday, October 28, 2017, at approximately 6:33 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of Lacey Road and Lake Road in the Whiting section of the Township to investigate a motor vehicle crash involving a vehicle which had left the roadway and struck a tree. Upon arrival, officers observed [...]
On Friday, October 27, 2017, at approximately 10:18 a.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of Buckingham Drive and Thornbury Lane in the Leisure Village West section of town to investigate a motor vehicle accident involving a struck pedestrian. Upon arrival, officers observed a white, 2010 Kia Optima still in [...]
On Friday, October 27, 2017, at approximately 12:51 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the parking lot of Charlie’s Pizza, located at 1980 Route 37 in the Savannah Acres section of the Township, to investigate a motor vehicle accident involving a struck pedestrian. Upon arrival, officers observed a red, 1997 Mercury [...]
On Sunday, October 22, 2017, at approximately 2:02 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the intersection of Route 70 and Manchester Boulevard, in the Whiting section of the Township, to investigate a motor vehicle crash involving two vehicles. Upon arrival, officers observed two vehicles, a Kia Forte and a Lincoln Navigator, [...]
Residents living in the Pine Lake Park section of Manchester Township should ensure that their vehicles are locked, as instances of “car shopping” were recently reported to police. “Car shopping” occurs when burglars walk down a street, checking vehicle door handles to find easy targets that are unlocked so that money and or goods may [...]
On Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at approximately 07:20 a.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of mile marker 42.5 along Route 70, in the Whiting section of the township, to investigate a motor vehicle accident involving an overturned vehicle. Upon arrival, officers observed a black, Chevrolet Cobalt overturned on its [...]
As part of the Manchester Township Police Department’s #NotEvenOnce high school opiate awareness program, Chief Lisa Parker is proud to present a video interview with Shelly Lowe, a resident of Manchester Township who tragically lost her son to an overdose. Entitled “Through the Eyes of a Mother, the Adam Lowe Jr. Story,” Shelly Lowe bravely [...]
On Monday, October 16th, at approximately 8:40 a.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to Pasadena Road near Lincoln Boulevard in the Whiting section of the Township to investigate a motor vehicle accident involving a jack-knifed tractor trailer. Upon arrival, officers observed a red, 1999, Volvo tractor trailer damaged and disabled on the [...]
A February 2017 report released by the National Highway and Transportation Administration (NHTSA) reported that there were 35,092 traffic fatalities in 2015. This is one fatality nearly every fifteen minutes. There is still much to be done to reduce the number of fatalities and a collective nationwide effort is needed if there is any hope [...]
Four Ocean County residents were arrested on various drug charges after being stopped on County Road 571 in Manchester. On Friday morning, October 6, 2017, members of the Manchester Township Police Department’s Narcotics Enforcement Team (N.E.T.) observed a suspicious vehicle in the area of the Surf & Stream Campground on Route 571. N.E.T. officers were [...]
Officers from the Manchester Township Police Department and Mayor Kenneth Palmer assisted with the bagging of groceries this week to “Help Bag Hunger” as part of a month-long hunger awareness campaign at the Manchester Shop-Rite. September is “National Hunger Action Month,” a time when organizations and businesses across the country are doing their part to [...]
An investigation by members of the Manchester Township Police Department’s Narcotics Enforcement Team (N.E.T.) culminated in the search of a Weldon Road home and the arrests of two individuals on charges of maintaining a controlled dangerous substance facility, possession of and possession with intent to distribute marijuana and other drug related offenses on Thursday morning. [...]
On Tuesday afternoon, September 19, 2017, at approximately 2:45 p.m., officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to Commonwealth Boulevard near the intersection of Cumberland Boulevard, in the Pine Lake Park section of the Township for the report of a motor vehicle crash involving two vehicles and a downed utility pole. Upon arrival, officers [...]
On September 15, 2017, at approximately 8:27 p.m., the Manchester Township Police Department responded to a report of a structure fire at 1 Ignatius Drive in the Renaissance development. Upon the arrival of Patrol Officers, it was reported that the structure was fully involved, as they observed flames protruding from the roof. Officers received information from [...]
On Wednesday morning, September 13, 2017, at approximately 0550 hours, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to a Robin Street address in the Cedar Glen West section of the township for the report of stabbing which had just occurred. The victim, 58-year-old, John Brescia of Manchester had reported that his father, 85-year-old, Victor [...]
On Saturday night, September 9, 2017, at approximately 8:44 PM, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the area of Route 70 near the intersection of County Route 539, in the Whiting section of the Township for the report of two vehicle crash involving an SUV and a motorcycle. Upon arrival, officers located [...]