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THURSDAY 08.21.14
VOLUME 135
NUMBER 200
SINCE 1879
ADVICE D7
BUSINESS A11
CLASSIFIED E1
COMICS D6
LOCAL A3
LOTTERIES A2
OBITUARIES A12
OPINION A15
SPORTS C1
WEATHER C8
WEEDING OUT PROBLEMS
PROPER RESPECT
A Howell residents passionate plea for 9/11
memorials upkeep is answered. Today, A3
U.S. TRIED TO RESCUE HOSTAGE PAGE 1B
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP It seemed for a while there,
back in 2013, Noelle DeLuccio was leading a charmed
life.
Her boyfriend, Nicholas Dever, was by her side
when on Jan. 1, 2013, she delivered their baby daughter,
Mikayla Elizabeth Dever.
Mikayla was the first child born in Monmouth Coun-
ty in 2013.
The world was filled with options for the young fam-
ily: Go home to their respective families to save up for a
home of their own or move directly toward independ-
ence.
Whatever plans the young parents were working to-
ward ended Tuesday during a brutal three-vehicle
crash in Freehold Township that killed three people, in-
cluding Dever, 19, and DeLuccio, 20.
Joshua Correa, who lives across from where DeLuc-
cio lived with her daughter and her parents in Howell,
said she was a quiet girl who rarely said more than hel-
lo.
CHILD LEFT
PARENTLESS
Three victims of horrific Freehold Township crash,
a young couple and a 50-year-old man, identified
FILE PHOTO
Noelle DeLuccio and Nicholas Dever are shown on New Years Day 2013, with their newborn, Mikayla Elizabeth Dever,
at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. The young parents were killed in a crash Tuesday.
He wanted to accomplish many
things, to be the best father he
could and to provide for his
beloved Mikayla.
NICHOLAS DEVERS OBITUARY
By Carol Gorga Williams @APPCarol
See CRASH, Page A8
ROBERT
WARD/STAFF
PHOTOGRAPHER
Investigators on
Tuesday
observe one of
the vehicles at
the scene of the
fatal crash on
Kozloski Road
in Freehold
Township.
NEPTUNE CITY In a case that highlighted problems
with handicapped beach access, a municipal judge has
found an Ohio man guilty of disorderly conduct for en-
tering a beach-badge office in Bradley Beach last year
to get a key for a ramp to wheel his disabled daughter
onto the sand.
Bradley Beach Municipal Judge Richard Thompson
on Wednesday announced the disorderly conduct con-
viction of Charles Placa, 59, a consulting engineer from
Milford, Ohio, and fined him $106. But the judge acquit-
ted Placa of two additional charges criminal mis-
chief and defiant trespass related to the July 29, 2013,
incident in Bradley Beach.
Placas attorney, Kelly Anderson Smith, said she
plans to file an immediate appeal of the conviction in
Superior Court in Freehold. Placa said he is disappoint-
ed in the verdict, but somewhat expected it.
I guess it was expected, based on the arrogance at
the beach when they arrested me and the attitude of the
Father guilty
in fracas at
beach hut
Needed key to access ramp
for his disabled daughter
By Kathleen Hopkins @Khopkinsapp
BOB BIELK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Charles Placa, an engineer from Ohio who has
a disabled daughter, waits for the verdict
Wednesday in Neptune City Municipal Court.
See FRACAS, Page A8
SOUTH TOMS RIVER Monica Miller says she has big
plans for Miller Yacht Sales and the Cedar Cove Mari-
na. But she wants to do it her way.
I am the only one who can make decisions here,
Miller said, sitting in the yacht sales office off Route
166, known as Atlantic City Boulevard in the borough.
Nobody can decide for me. This is my business.
Miller, whose late husband, Donald, died in 2012, said
she became upset when she read a recent Asbury Park
Press article about South Toms Rivers sweeping plans
to redevelop the Route 166 corridor between Beach-
wood and Toms River. The riverfront section of this
small borough was recently declared an area in need of
Marina owner rankled
by takeover remarks
Nobody can decide for me. This
is my business, she declares
By Jean Mikle @jeanmikle
Scan the QR code or visit APP.com for a video
on the South Toms River dispute.
See MARINA, Page A9
MILLER READY
FOR COLLEGE
Rutgers offensive lineman moves up in
depth chart, with a strong chance he will
play in the season opener on Aug. 28
against Washington State.
Sports, C1
PUT DOWN THAT PB&J!
Almond and peanut butters suspected of salmonella contamination are recalled Your Money, A11