Police and Fire, Rumson Police and Fire Files

Police Report: DUI, Criminal Mischief, Theft of Services, CDS, Defiant Trespass

The following June arrests were reported by Rumson police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.

• Melany Gonzalez-Trejo, 21, of Keansburg, was arrested in the area of Rumson Road and Bellevue Avenue on June 30 and charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS) by Patrolman Joseph Strohmenger.

• Robert Olshan, 28, of Rumson, was arrested in the area of Forrest Avenue and Carton Street on June 24 and charged with theft of services and defiant trespass by Sgt. Robert Boyer.

• Stephen Grosso, 30, of Fair Haven, was arrested in the area of West River Road and Bellevue Avenue on June 15 and charged with criminal mischief and hindering apprehension after numerous reports of broken mailboxes in the area.

• Courtney Larson, 35, of Middletown, was arrested in the area of West River Road and Second Street on June 4 and charged with driving under the influence (DUI) by Patrolman Donald Morse.

Local Life

Retro RFH Toga Partying Time

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RFH Class of 1979 guys toga partying
Photo/George Day

Reprise of a favorite, because the heat is on for the weekend and everyone needs a little reminder of close, cool partying times … Toga!

Oh, the weekend has arrived … and what better way to celebrate than raising a glass to memories of an old toga party.  Remember those?

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Obituaries

In Memorium: Fair Havenite Luis Ortiz, WW II & Korean War Vet, 99

Fair Havenites rallied recently to cheer 99- year-old resident and World War II and Korean War veteran Luis Antonio Ortiz on to his 100th birthday, wishing that he “heal quickly and celebrate his birthday at home. Get well, Sir!” resident Katy Badt Frissora said on Facebook on July 7. The “international executive, loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather” passed away on July 12, just shy of the July 25 milestone.

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Crime, Regional Interest

Prosecutor: Long Branch Man Pleads Guilty In 2018 Murder & Attempted Murder

A Long Branch man has pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in connection with a 2018 murder inside a city restaurant, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. He is facing up to 45 years in prison.

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Local Life

Retro RFH Beach Boys’ Million Dollar Pyramid

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Summertime with RFH buddies at the beach
Photo/courtesy of Paul Hughes

It’s a summertime Retro Pic of the Day that just had to be seen again — from another view …

Sometimes a picture is really worth a million … dollar pyramid pose. But it’s really the backstory that gets the mind churning an the pyramid crumbling. Hey, these guys could easily fall for (or on) one another. It was a a close encounter time, after all. Oh, the horror … not so much. Though things can turn into a brand of happy horrific with a bunch of RFH boys on the beach.

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Local Life

Retro Close River Rat Encounters

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A 1976 River Rats crew
Photo/courtesy Marc Edelman, Facebook

Distanced sail, anyone? Some good little rats are taking to the river for a little camaraderie and sailing instruction these days. The pandemic hasn’t taken away the river, after all, and its rites of passage, like sailing.

Summers in the Rumson-Fair Haven area are rife with river-oriented activities that have become tradition. River Rats’ sailing “camp” in Fair Haven is no exception. OK, nobody was camping. It was more like a little club. Still is.

It’s been the way of growing up on the Navesink for decades — since 1955. Kids learn how to boat and do a lot of summer fun bonding in the process.

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Local Life

Simple Summer: Gone Crabbin’

Crabbing at the Fair Haven Dock. Photo/Elaine Van Develde
Crabbing at the Fair Haven Dock.
Photo/Elaine Van Develde

A Simple Summer reprise from 2016 … ’cause everyone could use a little river time now …

Yes, it’s pretty simple. Summertime crabbing at the Fair Haven Dock.

It’s the go-to simple summer activity in the Rumson-Fair Haven area.

It’s something that spans generations and demographics. If you grew up in this area, it’s pretty customary to, at some point in your youth, grab a bucket, a net and steal some of your mother’s chicken (that she may have counted on cooking that night) to go crabbing at the dock.

Who knows? You could end up changing the dinner menu anyway.

It’s a simple summer thought of the day. See?

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Local Life, Opinion

Retro RFH Best Buds & A Bridge Message

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With RFHers’ graduation, sentimentality has set in. It’s that milestone summer of senior year … There’s nothing like a few best buds, a graduation summer, a message of forever friendship and the bridge — RFHers’ iconic cement billboard of sorts left over from the McCarter estate in Rumson.

So, to pay tribute to both buds and the bridge, the Retro Pic of the Day offers a glimpse of both in a milestone moment of friends paying homage to one another by painting the bridge way back in time.

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