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Monmouth Murder Defendants Drop Courtroom Bombshell

Tom Mongelli — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:04:53 +0000

The ex-wife and in-laws of a Manchester man, whose body was found in a torched car in Long Branch in 2009, today pleaded guilty to roles in his murder. Kathleen Dorsett, formerly married to 42-year-old Stephen Moore, and her father Thomas pleaded guilty to murder. Thomas Dorsett also took a guilty plea to arson for [...]

1 Killed In Head-On Crash On Route 70 in Manchester

Joel Mahan — Sun, 05 May 2013 16:23:53 +0000

One person was killed and several injured in a head – on crash on Route 70 in Manchester Township Saturday afternoon. Manchester Township Police say Jason E. Feliciano, 28, of Philadelphia was traveling eastbound on Route 70 when he attempted to pass several cars in front of him. He hit a 2004 Chrysler Sebring being [...]

Two Jackson Teens Die in Manchester Crash

Tom Mongelli — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:36:00 +0000

Two teenagers from Jackson died instantly in a Sunday evening collision in Manchester between their car and a pickup truck on a county highway just outside an entrance to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Police say that neither Brandon Simms, 18, nor a 17-year-old were wearing restraints when their Mitsubishi Eclipse careened across the double yellow line [...]

Manchester Group Home Dweller Missing

Tom Mongelli — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:28:01 +0000

A search is under way in and around Manchester for a woman who police say walked away from the group home she inhabited in the township last Sunday and never returned. Police say Deborah A. Kelley lived in the Fresh Start home on Route 539 in the township’s Whiting section. Investigators believe she left the [...]

Christmas Eve Fire Leaves Manchester Family Homeless

Tom Mongelli — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:45:44 +0000

Members of a Manchester family escape with their lives but their home is in ruins and their dog is dead after a Christmas Eve blaze nearly leveled the dwelling. Police declined to identify the family but say three members were in the one-story wood-frame Lawrence Avenue dwelling in the township’s Pine Lake Park section when [...]

What Are All Those Loud Booms in Manchester?

Laurie Cataldo — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:59:40 +0000

Manchester police have received about 19 calls from residents between Aug. 17th and Aug. 20th about loud booms, sounding like explosions, late at night in one neighborhood.

No, it has nothing to do with Snooki and JWoww, at least that we know of.

Missing Manchester Girl Found

Laurie Cataldo — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:10:39 +0000

Police have found Triamber Whitaker at an apartment complex in Manchester. Triamber is a 13-year-old who lives with her mom in the township’s Briar Hill Apartments. Sources tell Point News that she was found hiding in another building in the complex. She attends Calvary Academy, but she didn’t return home last night. Manchester Police and [...]