Tag: Crime

  • Ex-Long Branch officer stabbed at local bar

    Ex-Long Branch officer stabbed at local bar

    By Kenny Walter Staff Writer LONG BRANCH- A former Long Branch police officer was stabbed during an alleged incident at Arena Bar on April 9. Ex-Long Branch Police Officer Joseph Walker, 47, and Rial Valtz Jr., 40, was each  stabbed while at the bar, located on the corner of Second and Brighton avenues, just before…

  • Former Jackson fire commissioner pleads guilty to theft

    Former Jackson fire commissioner pleads guilty to theft

    JACKSON – A former Jackson fire commissioner has pleaded guilty to charges of grand larceny in connection with his theft of approximately $1.6 million from the Bellmore-Merrick EMS squad in New York. Brad Reiter, 50, was arrested by Nassau County detectives in September 2015. Authorities alleged the thefts from the emergency medical services squad took…