Keansburg man arrested for 2008 shooting of Toms River resident
After a year-long investigation, Keansburg police arrested and charged a man with the shooting of an 18-year-old Toms River resident in June 2008. The victim was found laying along a wooded trial on June 6, 2008. An autopsy revealed that he was shot once in the neck and once in the head the night before. The defendant, who was turned over to Lakewood police and Ocean County investigators following his arrest, is charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. He is being held at the Ocean County Jail in Toms River on $1 million cash bail. Authorities believe that the defendant is an active member of the Bloods street gang. For additional information, please see the Asbury Park Press article entitled "Arrest made in 2008 shooting of Toms River man".
