Forked River Man Found After Police Issue Silver Alert

A 73-year-old Forked River male with Alzheimer’s disease was found approximately two hours after he was reported missing.

A Silver Alert was issued after the man was reported missing by his wife at 7 p.m. July 5. The man had left in a car.

State Police located him at Vincentown in Southampton Township, which is approximately 37 miles west of Lacey, at 9 p.m. The man was located safely at the Vincentown Diner and turned over to his family members.

Lt. Scott Tirella provided the following information:

July 3
Jacob Barney, 19, of Forked River allegedly shoplifted five video games from Walmart totaling $99.80.

While being searched during his arrest, police said they found Barney to be in possession of a small amount of heroin.

He was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and shoplifting and sent to Ocean County Jail with bail set at $2,500.

July 4
Stacey McGuire, 41, of Barnegat was pulled over for speeding at 3:50 a.m. and charged with speeding, failure to maintain lane, reckless driving and DWI.

July 4
Marshal Piccolo, 18, of Toms River was driving a vehicle on Route 9 when he was stopped for speeding at 8:58 p.m. He was charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana. A 16-year-old passenger was also charged on juvenile complaints.

The occupants had tossed the marijuana out the car window when they were initially pulled over, police said.

July 6
Brittany Russano, 23, of Tuckerton allegedly shoplifted $139.87 worth of electrical breakers from Home Depot at 4:26 p.m.

After she was searched, she was found to have a bag with heroin residue, police said.

Russano was charged with shoplifting and possession of drug paraphernalia. She also had an active $120 warrant out of Tuckerton. Russano was bailed out. 

July 9
Rebecca Barrett, 32, of Forked River was charged with shoplifting after she was allegedly found with $64.22 of clothing and makeup from Walmart.