Business and foot traffic was understandably down in 2020 due to the pandemic but with restrictions starting to loosen up as people get vaccinated, this summer could be much closer to what we saw in 2019.
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A Monmouth County Grand Jury handed up an eleven-count Indictment charging Brandon Pascoe, 36, of Keyport and Craig Reeves, 31, of Long Branch with conspiracy to distribute child sexual exploitation material, distribution of child sexual exploitation material and other related charges, Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni announced on Tuesday.
Both men were charged following an investigation that began in 2018 being handled by the Department of Corrections, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office, the Keansburg Police Department and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office which learned that Pascoe allegedly directed Reeves to send him images of child sexual exploitation through an email system.
Monmouth County has new program to help struggling renters
Need some help catching up on the rent?
In Monmouth County, the board of commissioners has started up a local version of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program to help you get back on track and stay in the residence.
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Monmouth County Commissioner Director Tom Arnone said that during their last meeting they introduced their budget and along with it will be the accepting of $18,465,589.40 in direct funding from the United States Department of Treasury under the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
Through the Monmouth County ERAP, anyone making less than 80-percent of the area media income can fill out an application to receive up to $15,000 for rental costs incurred on or after March 13 of 2020.
The Ewing man who allegedly attacked a Jackson woman following a road-rage incident earlier this month, will remain in the Ocean County Jail pending trial for Attempted Murder, as orders by Judge Wendel Daniels, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced on Wednesday.
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Michael Mahan, 38, was also charged with two counts of Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, Terroristic Threats and Eluding in
The woman he attacked was treated at the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
Jackson Police found her laying on Maria Street with a large gash on her face from being cut with a knife by Mahan who also held the knife to her neck.
Jackson Police looking for man who tried luring 10-year old girl
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The child told the responding police officer that she was playing in the front yard on Saturday night May 15 around 6:50 pm when a dark colored SUV stopped in the road near the yard with the man behind the wheel yelling for her to come over to the vehicle.
She then immediately ran inside the house and the vehicle left the area, turning onto Pitney Lane and heading towards East Veteran’s Highway.
The driver is described as an adult male with dark hair and a beard, holding what appeared to be a bottle of beer, police said.