Police: Brothers Arrested with Large Amounts of Heroin, Cocaine & Cash

One brother was arrested Friday at his Longbrook apartment in Matawan after the Bayshore Narcotics Task Force found just under half an ounce of cocaine and more than $3,200 in cash.

A pair of brothers, one a state record-holding former football player at Keyport High School, are facing various drug charges following a two-month investigation by the Narcotics and Gang Investigation Section of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office into their alleged sale of cocaine and heroin from the Bayshore region down to Long Branch, Asbury Park and Neptune, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.  Brothers Anthony Cattouse Jr., 32, and Kenneth “The Moose” Cattouse, 27, are charged with numerous drug-related charges after undercover investigators purchased cocaine and heroin from the pair as part of the two-month probe leading to the seizure of over $4,700 in cash, 37 bricks of heroin, cocaine, …

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Report: Union Beach Residents Disagree With Catholic School Rent for Misplaced Students

NJ.com columnist Mark Di Ionno examines the $47,000 a month cost of renting a Catholic school in Hazlet for misplaced elementary students from Memorial School.

Union Beach's one and only school was not spared by Hurricane Sandy. Memorial School, which serves K-8 students, was flooded with about a foot of water from a small creek nearby, according to NJ columnist Mark Di Ionno.  In an attempt to get the students back to school and in a warm, dry place each day, the district began renting space at St. Catherine's for $27,000 a month, according to Di Ionno's article on NJ.com. The school was too small and soon K-5 students were studying at Holy Family School while sixth, seventh and eighth grade students were taken in for free by the Keyport School District.  Parents were pleased that their children had a place to call their own, however many were appalled with the $47,000 a month rent at the …

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Fire Rips Through Two Broad Street Homes in Keyport

In the early morning hours on Tuesday, firefighters from several Bayshore communities worked to bring the flames under control.

A fire blazed through two attached homes on Broad Street in Keyport in the early morning hours on Tuesday, according to Police Chief Butch Casaletto.  The police dispatcher received a report of a fire just before 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 18 and responding officers Sgt. Steven Dixon, Ptl. Robert McCartin and Ptl. Gregory Johnson found that the fire had spread from 138 Broad Street to the adjoining home at 140 Broad Street. The Keyport Borough Fire Department responded to the scene and began battling the blaze, requesting assistance from the Matawan Borough Fire Department, Aberdeen Township Fire Department, Hazlet Township Fire Company #1, North Centerville Fire Company, and Union Beach Fire Department. The Keyport First Aid Squad also responded …

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NJ Division of Consumer Affairs: Keyport Gas Station One of Six That Received Jet Fuel

It is estimated that about eight tankers of aviation fuel were mistakenly deliver to six gas stations across four New Jersey counties.

Approximately eight tankers of aviation fuel were mistakenly delivered to six gas stations last week in four New Jersey counties, according to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. This fuel was sold to motorists last week before the stations were shut down. The aviation fuel, which is rated at 104.7 octane compared to 93 octane for super unleaded gasoline, was delivered to and then dispensed as super unleaded by the following stations from Wednesday, Dec. 5 to Friday, Dec. 7: All six stations are owned by Freehold-based Pasmel Property. Officials with the State Division of Consumer Affairs and its Office of Weights and Measures today met with Pasmel representatives to gather information about this situation, according to the Office…

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Police: Keyport Gas Station Mistakenly Distributes Jet Fuel

The station received the wrong delivery, police say.

Update: Keyport was one of six gas stations to receive jet fuel, according to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. - 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 Delta Gas Station on Route 36 in Keyport was shut down Friday after the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office reported to local police that jet fuel was mistakenly delivered to that station and a station in Manasquan, according to a press release from Keyport Police Chief Butch Casaletto. The jet fuel caused several vehicles to stall out due to the fuel mixture, Casaletto explained.  It's unknown at this time if the jet fuel was added to the hightest or to the regular fuel tank.  Monmouth County Hazmat and the Keyport Fire Department were contacted and advised police that there was no fire danger in …

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Chelsea Naso

6:28 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Here is an update from the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs: http://patch.com/A-0rxJ The jet fuel was sold at six locations across four counties from Wednesday, Dec. 5 to Friday, Dec. 7.   more ›

Hurricane Sandy

In the Wreckage of Keyport's Steamboat Museum, Some Treasures Recovered

Sandy washed away the Steamboat Museum, where numerous historical artifacts were stored.

Nearly three weeks after Sandy's storm surge destroyed the waterfront in Keyport, the Historical Society is still working to locate artifacts lost when the Steamboat Museum was washed away. The 40-year-old museum had been braced for flooding, with items stored above the waterline from Irene and certain artifacts moved to society members' homes before the storm. Nothing, however, could have prepared them for the havoc Sandy wreaked on the Bayshore.  The morning after the storm, the community emerged to find their local businesses washed away, homes destroyed and their Steamboat Museum demolished. Only a small portion of the building's one-story frame was left standing; the rest of the building had crumbled in on itself. Bits of the borough'…

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PHOTOS: Hurricane Sandy Sweeps Away Bayshore Businesses, Destroys Houses

Hurricane Sandy barreled through the bayshore, leaving a path of destruction in her wake.

Share your photos and videos by clicking the 'Upload Photos and Videos' button. Wide eyes took in the scene on West Front Street in Keyport Tuesday morning, as bayshore residents crunched over the carnage of their beloved local businesses and marinas. The windows of Ye Cottage Inn were blown out and the building was left barely standing. Keyport Fishery still stood, but only as a flooded shell. Bob's Hot Dogs was crumpled to the ground, and the boats in Pedersen's Marina were toppled over. A little closer to the normally calm Keyport Harbor is a pile of shingles, wood, and historic artifacts where the Keyport Historical Society's Steamboat Museum once stood. The public art project installed last summer, which consisted of large mosaics, …

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Hurricane Sandy

Flooding Closes Multiple Roads in Bayshore Area

A driving ban has been in place since 9 a.m. in Keyport. Water from Raritan Bay has already spilled over onto West Front Street.

Hurricane Sandy is already keeping her promise to unleash flooding on the Bayshore. Ye Old Cottage Inn and Keyport Fishery are among those who have already taken on water along West Front Street in Keyport. Further along the road, where West Front Street becomes Amboy Road, the bridge is closed due to flooding. Both sections of the road are blocked off by police barricades. In Matawan, Aberdeen Road is experiencing heavy flooding. Authorities anticipated the road would become flooded due to tides, rain and the pumping of Lake Lefferts. Sections of Route 35 are closed due to flooding in Aberdeen and Old Bridge. Holmdel Police also report that a pole has snapped on northbounds side of Route 35 and Centerville, causing a traffic light to go …

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Keyport Man Sentenced to State Prison for Drug Distribution

Investigators say he was illegally distributing painkillers in Hudson County and conspiring with pharmacy owners to bill the Medicaid program.

A Keyport man was sentenced today to state prison for illegally distributing painkillers in Hudson County and conspiring with pharmacy owners to bill Medicaid for the painkillers, according to Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa. The painkillers were obtained using fraudulent prescriptions. Jack Kennedy, 30, of Keyport, was sentenced under a plea agreement to three years in state prison, according to the Office of the Attorney General. Kennedy pleaded guilty on March 16, 2010 to an accusation charging him with second degree conspiracy to commit health care claims fraud, second degree distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, and third degree distribution of a controlled dangerous substance within 1,000 feet of a school property before …

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William 'Bill' Heine, County Spokesman, Dies

The flag will fly at half-staff Monday at the county Hall of Records, where Heine oversaw the Monmouth County public information office.

Monmouth County Director of Public Information William K. Heine died on Sunday.  Heine, who worked as Monmouth County chief spokesman since 2005, overseeing the 10-member public information and tourism departments based in Freehold, died of a heart attack on Sunday morning, according to Freeholder Serena DiMaso.  "He always had a camera around his neck and a smile on his face," said DiMaso. DiMaso recalled how Heine gave "210 percent" to distributing important information during recent crises like the closing of the Monmouth County courthouse in mid-June after dozens of workers there reported feeling ill, and the failure of three water mains owned by NJ American Water on June 29, which disrupted water supply to the region.  "He handled the…

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