Police Report: Assault, Drugs, Defiant Trespass, Harassment, Criminal Mischief, Theft, DWIs, Disorderly

The following April criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Red Bank police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.

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Retro Fair Haven Crabby Catch on the Navesink

Crabbing in Fair Haven on the Navesink River postcard circa 1937

It’s that time. Time to get seriously crabby on the river.

Nothing fishy about it. It’s a rite a passage in Fair Haven. It has been since the dawn of time in the borough and surrounding area. Kids, even entire families, buckets and nets in hand, get down to the Navesink River and start netting the crabbiest of crabs.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel, Construction Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge construction, sidewalk closed
Photo/Elaine Van Develde

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo construction hours schedule, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., through Sunday, May 18, weather permitting, with no bridge openings for a period of time. The precise construction that is scheduled is listed below. Shrewsbury River travel advisory information is also included. 

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Prosecutor: Former Area Attorney Charged with $130K Theft from Deceased Client’s Estate

A former area attorney is facing charges that pilfered more than $130,000 from the estate of a deceased client over the course of roughly seven years, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.   

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In Memoriam: Lifetime Little Silver Resident, Former Police and Fire Chief, Walter Stearns, 94

Lifetime Little Silver resident and former police and fire department chief, Walter Stearns, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, May 10. He was 94.

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