Toms River Police and Ocean County Prosecutors are investigating the death of a 39-year old man who appears to have jumped off the Ocean County Parking Garage on Hooper Avenue Thursday night.
During the investigation police learned that the suspect allegedly had poured lighter fluid on the victim and repeatedly tried to light him on fire with a propane torch.
Several law enforcement agencies including Jackson Police and the Ocean County Sheriff's Office have responded to a single residence on New Central Avenue near North Hope Chapel Road for a disturbance call that was phoned in.
Toms River Police and the Ocean County Sheriff's Office are on the scene outside the old Boston's Pizza (and Mugsy's) location and 'Golf Range' on Fischer Boulevard investigating a suspicious incident.
Bloodhounds have been the kind of dog the Ocean County Sheriff's Department K9 Unit has stuck with since JFK was in office and that legacy continues today.
A South Toms River man who fled a motor vehicle stop and barricaded himself inside his Hummel Drive home peacefully surrenders to police nearly four hours later.
A source with knowledge of the investigation told WOBM News at the scene Tuesday night a pedestrian had been hit by a car traveling along Fischer Boulevard near St. Justin The Martyr Parish.