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BRICK – Police have made an arrest in a brutal hit and run pedestrian crash that left one man dead Sunday night.
Brick Police Sargent Keith Donnelly said 37-year-old Craig Menth Jr. of Barnegat was placed under arrest for knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident resulting in a death, a second degree offense. He was also charged with careless driving and failing to report an accident.
Police said 28-year-old Robert Berenger of Brick was walking east on Drum Point Road on the shoulder of the roadway when he was struck from behind by Menth in a Dodge Ram van traveling east.
Police say they responded to the scene around 10:45 p.m. in the area of Drum Point Road bear Circle Drive. Berenger was found unconscious on the front lawn of a house. He died from his injuries at the scene.
Several law enforcement units responded to the scene included the Brick Township Police Department, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department.
Drum Point Road traffic was detoured for three hours during the investigation.
According to Donnelly, the vehicle, which suffered significant damage, was located by Sargent Joseph Rossi in a residential neighborhood off Drum Point Road.
Members of the Brick Township Police Traffic Safety Unit and Patrol Division located the vehicle owner.
The probe is being conducted by Sgt. Donnelly, Ptl. Lampiasi and Ptl. Farnkopf of the Brick Township Police Department’s Traffic Safety Unit.
Witnesses to the crash are urged to call Ptl. Lampiasi at 732-262-1141.
Paige Napoliello
I’m so glad they caught the guy ??
Great job Brick PD
what a scum to leave the person wth is the matter with people
Caught the guy but he’s not in the jail, was only charged with “leaving the scene of a fatal accident, reckless driving” , and some other b.s charge. Makes you wonder who tf he knows, yet they’ll have no problem locking people up for literally no reason other then they have a drug problem ?♂ some “justice” System here in ocean county nj
Dylan Wolfgang Bail Reform.. Most idiotic ..
Kelly Renee Costa he wouldn’t have seen bail reform that quick
Dylan Wolfgang has to be tried and sentenced. With bail reform, if he’s never been in trouble before, that’s why he’s out. Back in 2000, an acquaintance was drunk and hit someone on a bridge, killing him.
She left the scene.. She only was sentenced to 6 months. Crazy
You must not understand what bail reform is. “He wouldn’t have seen bail reform that quick” what does that mean? There’s no more “getting arrested, having ball granted, and being bailed out” it’s all based on a point system. Under a certain #, you go free. Over a certain #, you sit in jail
Karma will come to him ?
Dylan Wolfgang if they didn’t see him driving and he doesn’t admit to it they can’t hold him until they investigate
Sharon Lynn Huber no YOU must not know how it works cause if he just got arrested today, he wouldn’t have seen bail reform TODAY ?♂ you go to the jail and see bail reform in there, so no it’s not cause of bail reform cause if he saw bail reform he’d still be on the jail database ?♂
キノン デビッド thats pathetic ?♂
Dylan Wolfgang
He is in there.
Dylan Wolfgang says no bail.
Yeah y’all I see that now thank you tho. He wasn’t showing up anywhere at first, I didn’t believe it when I read it in the APP article. But still, the charge he got is PATHETIC, he fucking hit and left someone to fucking die. Someone who was such a good hearted young soul. This piece of scum should’ve been hit with manslaughter at the very least. Fucking maximum penalties on his most serious charge is 6months in JAIL and a 1 year loss if license with a 2500-5000 $ fine, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!? Who THE FUCK is looking out for this guy!?
Rob Bosco
Brandon Fisher thanks. Crazy story
Who was the one that was hit and killed
Diana Lipman-Malko reading the article would help…
Dave Meyer Aren’t we the smart one
Diana Lipman-Malko people who feel stupid say that…
Dave Meyer Sorry you got the wrong person
Robert berenger.
Throw the book at this POS!! What a heartless COWARD to hit a human being and leave him to die in the street. Glad he was caught and my sympathy to this man’s
Family. Hope they get justice
Great job PD! This scum should be locked up. Smh
Barbara Sigley Silva didn’t even see the f**king jail ?
Barbara Sigley Silva What do you mean? It says he’s in jail now with no bail
Leah Faye my mistake, i was reading earlier comments that stated he was not in jail. I now see that he is
Mike Kraemer
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Good job tracking him down
Did they name the victim yet?
Susan Reynolds in the article. A man in his young 20s
Sharon Lynn Huber I’m on a cruise ship can’t load article
Robert berenger.
Stephanie Tremper Hartnett ty
Susan Reynolds read brick patchs page the victim was a friend of mine. So sad
Hopefully they investigate his whereabouts in the hours leading to accident. If he was drinking and they can prove it, he deserves everythig that the law allows.
Michael Gibson https://www.facebook.com/craig.menth.9
Tyler Belostock
Unless he didn’t know he hit someone which I doubt
John Morrison you dont hit a full grown man throwing him onto a lawn without knowing.
Stephanie Tremper Hartnett that’s what I’m thinking to. According to his Facebook page he’s a Grateful Dead fan
John Morrison he tried to cover his truck up..he had to know
Judy Heinrichs lies no truck was covered! Hi I’m the neighbor.
Prays to the family. My heart acts for his mom, no mom should bury a son!
https://www.facebook.com/craig.menth.9 apparently he’s a Grateful Dead fan
John Morrison i have 3 mutual friends. Don’t know him though
CRAIG MENTH IS ON FACEBOOK
What a pathetic excuse for a human being. ROT.
Great job and quick response in the arrest.. sorry for the loss and prayers for the family ??
Awesome job.
He needs to be extinguished
Glad they caught him thank you Bricktwp police. RIP and prayers for your family
My prayers to that family tonight. My prayers to both families !! That person who died was a brother a nephew cousin etc. RIP
I can say I thought I had a mailbox one time and it was a person!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
NicHole L Post ?
Vanessa Ann
Celina Baez yes I seen this! Smh so sad