A BMW stolen in Fair Haven landed on its front grill after a predawn crash in Red Bank Sunday.
According to Captain Mike Frazee, borough police were alerted to a possible crash on the Senator Joseph Kyrillos Bridge, West Front Street, shortly before 4:30 a.m.
A noise complaint in Red Bank Tuesday night led to the arrest of two New York men in connection with a stolen car found running nearby, police reported Wednesday.
The stolen vehicle, obscured by darkness at left, traveled up the driveway and struck the side of a house on Drs. Parker Boulevard. The impact tore out the electrical service and caused structural damage to the house, as seen below. (Photo below by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)
[Update, 9:30 p.m. Monday: According to Sickles, the damaged house was a two-family. One family is staying with friends or relatives, and the other has gotten housing assistance through the Red Cross.]
By JOHN T. WARD
Eight people were said to have been displaced Monday after a stolen vehicle, fleeing police, crashed into their Red Bank home early Monday morning.
As previously reported by redbankgreen, the unidentified driver fled the scene on foot after racing a stolen sedan south on Bridge Avenue and smashing into the house at 133-135 Drs. Parker Boulevard at about 1:10 a.m. Middletown and Red Bank police had attempted to intercept the car, but couldn’t catch it, authorities said.
A police pursuit of what turned out to be a stolen vehicle ended in a rollover crash in Red Bank early Monday morning, police Chief Darren McConnell told redbankgreen.
Unedited activity reports for the period of February 23 to March 1, 2013, as provided by the Shrewsbury Police Department.
Report of Pedestrian Struck by Motor Vehicle at the intersection of Newman Springs Rd and Shrewsbury Ave on 2/23/13. The victim, a 20 year old female from Red Bank suffered no injuries and refused medical attention. Ptl. Frank Neary investigating.
Report of a Stolen Motor Vehicle from the area of Newman Springs Rd on 2/26/13. A 2003 black Cadillac Escalade was taken by unknown subject(s). Vehicle was later recovered by this department. Ptl. Ryan Cullinan and Detective James Ramsey investigating.