92.7 WOBM » Ocean Township http://wobm.com Ocean County's Hometown Station! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:10:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Ocean Township Police Win State Accreditation http://wobm.com/ocean-township-police-win-state-accreditation/ http://wobm.com/ocean-township-police-win-state-accreditation/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:03:53 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=232031 Meeting some of the most rigorous standards in New Jersey law enforcement, Ocean Township's police force becomes Monmouth County's seventh to win accreditation by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police.

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]]> http://wobm.com/ocean-township-police-win-state-accreditation/feed/ 0 (L to R): Ocean Township PD Captains Earl Gifford and Mike Resetar; Chief Steven Peters; NJSACOP President Ray Hayducka; Accreditation Director Harry Delgado (Ocean Twp. PD) Ocean Township Police Earn State Accreditation http://wobm.com/ocean-township-police-earn-state-accreditation/ http://wobm.com/ocean-township-police-earn-state-accreditation/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 09:00:26 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=222349 Police in Monmouth's Ocean Township attain a level of standards that few departments consistently reach - accreditation by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police.

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]]> http://wobm.com/ocean-township-police-earn-state-accreditation/feed/ 0 Ocean Township Police during Accreditation Review (Ocean Twp. Police Dept.) Ocean Township Supermarket Strongarm Robbery Suspects Sought http://wobm.com/ocean-township-supermarket-strongarm-robbery-suspects-sought/ http://wobm.com/ocean-township-supermarket-strongarm-robbery-suspects-sought/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 20:41:19 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=222300 One suspect is arrested and two are at large in connection with a May 9 strongarm robbery at a Wegman's supermarket in Monmouth's Ocean Township.

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]]> http://wobm.com/ocean-township-supermarket-strongarm-robbery-suspects-sought/feed/ 0 Suspect in May 9 Wegman's Robbery, Ocean Township (Ocean Twp. Police Dept) Ocean Township Launches Month-Long Distracted-Driving Crackdown http://wobm.com/ocean-township-launches-month-long-distracted-driving-crackdown/ http://wobm.com/ocean-township-launches-month-long-distracted-driving-crackdown/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 18:48:43 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=219204 Rising temperatures inevitably mean rising traffic volume in Monmouth's Ocean Township. This year, police don't intend to let distracted driving escalate the road casualty count.

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]]> http://wobm.com/ocean-township-launches-month-long-distracted-driving-crackdown/feed/ 0 Pair Convicted of Targeted Robbery http://wobm.com/pair-convicted-of-targeted-robbery/ http://wobm.com/pair-convicted-of-targeted-robbery/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:55:14 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=214675 Two Monmouth County men await July 26 sentencing for trailing and robbing an Ocean Township woman in 2008.

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]]> http://wobm.com/pair-convicted-of-targeted-robbery/feed/ 0 Monmouth ID Forger Gets Seven Years http://wobm.com/monmouth-id-forger-gets-seven-years/ http://wobm.com/monmouth-id-forger-gets-seven-years/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:04:48 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=199508 The Ocean Township (Monmouth) man who admitted creating and selling counterfeit government identification cards in his apartment heads to a New Jersey state prison for seven years.

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]]> http://wobm.com/monmouth-id-forger-gets-seven-years/feed/ 0 Ocean Township Defendant's Double-Murder Conviction Upheld http://wobm.com/ocean-township-defendants-double-murder-conviction-upheld/ http://wobm.com/ocean-township-defendants-double-murder-conviction-upheld/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:21:18 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=198326 Two consecutive life sentences stand for the Ocean Township 40-year-old who contended that God told him to kill and dismember his grandmother and former girlfriend.

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]]> http://wobm.com/ocean-township-defendants-double-murder-conviction-upheld/feed/ 0 Purse Snatcher On The Loose in Monmouth http://wobm.com/purse-snatcher-on-the-loose-in-monmouth/ http://wobm.com/purse-snatcher-on-the-loose-in-monmouth/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:58:38 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=195014 A purse snatcher who made off with a woman's belongings Monday in a shopping center remains the object of a search by Ocean Township police today.

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]]> http://wobm.com/purse-snatcher-on-the-loose-in-monmouth/feed/ 0 Drinking Party Raided in Ocean Township http://wobm.com/drinking-party-raided-in-ocean-township/ http://wobm.com/drinking-party-raided-in-ocean-township/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:28:55 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=186401 Midnight noise complaints in Monmouth's Ocean Township trigger the arrests of a pair of 21-year-olds accused of running an underage-drinking party, and summonses for 15 revelers.

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]]> http://wobm.com/drinking-party-raided-in-ocean-township/feed/ 0 Risky Roads in Monmouth's Ocean Township http://wobm.com/risky-roads-in-monmouths-ocean-township/ http://wobm.com/risky-roads-in-monmouths-ocean-township/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:32:55 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=148353 Two storms in as many weeks leave some scars on roads in Monmouth County's Ocean Township.

Police say the nor'easter brought down trees and power lines that prompted a new round of closures this morning, and several traffic signals are still dark

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]]> http://wobm.com/risky-roads-in-monmouths-ocean-township/feed/ 0 Have You Seen This Burglary Suspect? http://wobm.com/have-you-seen-this-burglary-suspect-2/ http://wobm.com/have-you-seen-this-burglary-suspect-2/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:50:25 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=123587 Nearly three weeks after a broad-daylight house burglary in Monmouth County's Ocean Township, police use a witness description to create a composite sketch of the suspect they're chasing.

The burglary took place on Berkeley Avenue on August 23

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]]> http://wobm.com/have-you-seen-this-burglary-suspect-2/feed/ 0 Ocean Township Burglary Suspect Composite Sketch (Ocean Twp. Police Dept.) Police Seek Monmouth Gold Store Robbers http://wobm.com/police-seek-monmouth-gold-store-robbers/ http://wobm.com/police-seek-monmouth-gold-store-robbers/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:40:51 +0000 Dan Alexander http://wobm.com/?p=106431 Monmouth County authorities need your help in finding two men who held up the NJ Gold Buyers store in Ocean Township over the weekend. 

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]]> http://wobm.com/police-seek-monmouth-gold-store-robbers/feed/ 0 Ocean gold store robbery suspects (Ocean Township Police) Shore School Bus Driver Faces Child Endangerment Charges http://wobm.com/shore-school-bus-driver-faces-child-endangerment-charges/ http://wobm.com/shore-school-bus-driver-faces-child-endangerment-charges/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:02:05 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=87090 A bus driver for Monmouth County's Ocean Township Intermediate School facing child endangerment counts awaits court action.

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]]> http://wobm.com/shore-school-bus-driver-faces-child-endangerment-charges/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy Flickr User Twix Ocean Township Braces for Bamboozle http://wobm.com/ocean-township-braces-for-bamboozle/ http://wobm.com/ocean-township-braces-for-bamboozle/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 08:50:01 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=86036 With a tremendous three-day musicfest about to take place next door in Asbury Park, Ocean Township is forming plans for Bamboozle traffic and crowd control.

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]]> http://wobm.com/ocean-township-braces-for-bamboozle/feed/ 0 Bamboozle Prep Presentation at Paramount Theater (Ilya Hemlin Townsquare Media) Adult, Teens Busted For Heroin In Ocean Township http://wobm.com/adult-teens-busted-for-heroin-in-ocean-township/ http://wobm.com/adult-teens-busted-for-heroin-in-ocean-township/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:32:49 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=85960 A Holmdel 19-year-old and two Monmouth County 16-year-olds face heroin possession charges following their arrests in Monmouth's Ocean Township.

Timothy Kegley, 19, of Holmdel, and the teens from Holmdel and Freehold were apprehended May 6, shortly before 1 AM on Runyan Court

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]]> http://wobm.com/adult-teens-busted-for-heroin-in-ocean-township/feed/ 0 Getty Images Two Nabbed In Manchester Copper Theft http://wobm.com/two-nabbed-in-manchester-copper-theft/ http://wobm.com/two-nabbed-in-manchester-copper-theft/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 19:21:26 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=81052 Two Monmouth County men await municipal court hearings in Manchester, accused of stealing copper wire from a construction site.

Township police say that a phone tipster reported seeing two men pilfering wire from a construction site Monday night, placing it in a dark-colored pickup truck

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]]> http://wobm.com/two-nabbed-in-manchester-copper-theft/feed/ 0 Getty Images Controlled Burn In Monmouth's Ocean Township Today http://wobm.com/controlled-burn-in-monmouths-ocean-township-today/ http://wobm.com/controlled-burn-in-monmouths-ocean-township-today/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:55:30 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=69249 If you see smoke behind the Board of Education building in Monmouth County's Ocean Township today, no cause for alarm. It's scheduled.

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]]> http://wobm.com/controlled-burn-in-monmouths-ocean-township-today/feed/ 0 Ocean Township Attempted-Robbery Suspects Sought http://wobm.com/ocean-township-attempted-robbery-suspects-sought/ http://wobm.com/ocean-township-attempted-robbery-suspects-sought/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:15:51 +0000 Tom Mongelli http://wobm.com/?p=65658 Two suspects who tried to rob the manager of a Rite-Aid in Monmouth County's Ocean Township Monday night remain on the loose. Police are looking for your help in finding the pair.

Ocean Township Detective Lieutenant Kevin Faller says a patrol officer stopped a car speeding through the store's parking lot on Route 35 shortly after 10 PM

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]]> http://wobm.com/ocean-township-attempted-robbery-suspects-sought/feed/ 0 Barnegat and Ocean Townships Share Major Services http://wobm.com/barnegat-and-ocean-township-share-major-services/ http://wobm.com/barnegat-and-ocean-township-share-major-services/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:07:25 +0000 Rosetta Key http://wobm.com/?p=51474  

The decision by two Southern Ocean County communities to share services comes with painful sacrifices as Barnegat Township Committee Members vote to eliminate several administrative staff positions during Wednesday's special joint meeting with Ocean Township.

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