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Jan. 7, 1984 Asbury Park Press OCieQi B8 Man injured in car crash Assaults against police are increasini When suspects resist arrest, typical injuries suffered by policemen include cracked thumbs, leg injuries from being kicked, and sprained wrists. i Police Chief Belitrand Press Staff Report STAFFORD TOWNSHIP A New Gretna man is in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Southern Ocean County Hospital, here, after he and his wife were injured in a two-car accident Saturday. A hospital spokesperson last night said Elwood Vroome of New Gretna, Bass River Township, was in critical condition. His wife, Eva Vroome, remained in stable condition.

Police said their car collided with one driven by Malcolm B. MacNaul, Cherry Hill Township, at 10:56 a.m. Police said Vroome was driving north on Mill Creek Road and MacNaul was heading east on Route 72. MacNaul and a passenger were not injured, police said. By TRACY BERNTHAL Press Brick Township Bureau LAKEWOOD Although police officers occasionally are assaulted when arresting someone, the assaults generally aren't as brutal as the one last week that left an off-duty detective suffering from a black eye, head cuts and a broken nose, according to the police chief.

"Those who are arrested have no respect for the law, anymore," Police Chief Stephen G. Belitrand said the day after Detective Thomas Sandlin was beaten severely while trying to arrest two men Wednesday. Although Sandlin was off duty and was making the arrest in connection with a private security job he holds, he had identified himself to the assailants as a police officer. Police believe the weapon the attacker used was a club, pipe or baseball bat. Police say Sandlin was hit several times on the head until he was disoriented and barely conscious.

Incidents of assaults on police officers making arrests have increased during the past five years, Belitrand said. be severe enough that an officer must take a few days off from work, Belitrand said. Sandlin agreed with Belitrand's assessment that suspects generally do not respect police and are more than willing to fight. The detective, who was dressed in civilian clothes when he was assaulted, believes he would have been attacked even if uniformed officers had been at the scene. "When you arrest someone like that, it doesn' matter to them," Sandlin said.

Sandlin was unable to call police for assistance when he going to make the arrest because his private car does not have a police radio. Sandlin had followed the suspects from a construction site on New Hamsphire Avenue to Ridge Avenue, where the assault took place. He had followed the suspects, he said, because he had seen them take two generators from the construction site. After he had been assaulted, he called from a residence near the site where he was beaten. Today; they seem to want to battle you, even if you have a warrant," Belitrand said.

The suspects seem to prefer a fight with a policeman rather than going before a municipal court judge in a peaceful manner and letting the judge decide if the charges in the warrant are valid, Belitrand said. Police execute an arrest warrant after someone signs a complaint against another person, he explained, and this does not necessarily mean an accused person is guilty. However, it is the officer's job to arrest the accused, who appears for a municipal court hearing, Belitrand said. When people being arrested scuffle with police, the usual injuries inflicted on police officers include cracked thumbs, leg injuries from being kicked, and sprained wrists, Belitrand said. And these scuffles are an everyday occurence, he said.

The injuries, although considered minor, can Police station to be built by spring The new police station will consist of a addition on a building which is being renovated. The exterior of the building will be cement block, while the interior will be finished with wall board and fire resistant materials, said Skokna. Schanner and Iannacone a Burlington County construction firm, began construction on the $500,000 building during the first week of September. The cost of construction is being financed through township borrowing on a municipal bond ordinance, plus state and federal emergency management funds, according to Skokna. Skokna said construction is "moving along smoothly." When the structure is complete and police move into the new station, the space being vacated by police in the municipal building will be available for municipal government offices to expand, according to Alman.

Press Manahawkin Bureau STAFFORD TOWNSHIP A new police station under construction is scheduled to open in March or April, according to Detective John Skokna, project coordinator. The new station is located at 252 E. Bay across the street from the intersection of East Bay Avenue and Jennings Road. The police department is now housed in the township municipal building on East Bay Avenue. Skokna said the new building is necessary because of a "lack of space." "We outgrew this one many years ago," he said.

The present police station contains 1,700 square feet, which is approximately the size of the average house. The new building will contain 8,000 square feet, Skokna said. Stafford Township Committeeman Donald Alman, who is the governing body's police comissioner, agrees with Skokna. "It's long overdue because there just isn't enough room in the old building for people to do their jobs properly," he said. Construction worker Dave Huber (left) taoes dry walls in new Stafford Township police headquarters building.

Detective John Skokna (right), who is the township's project coordinator, checks work against blueprints at the construction site. Below is exterior view of addition building built on an existing building, the two structures totaling 8,000 square feet of space. Police now have 1,700 square feet of space in the township's municipal building. TIM McCARTHYAsbury Park Press i -V i tjf vv If; rfx I i it 5' t.1 .1 5c- Search continues for woman missing from home Commuter intersector road off Route 9, Howell, closed checked on his wife again, she was gone. "She would never leave the kids like this," Stavitskie said.

The Stavitskies have three chil- when I got off work, I knew something was wrong," he said, noting her car, her pocketbook, her wallet and eyeglasses were still at the house. Police were unable to locate Mrs. Stavitskie yesterday and asked anyone with information about her whereabouts to contact Detective Sgt Richard Dieckmann at police headquarters. Mrs. Stavitskie is described as being feet I inch tall, weighing about 150 pounds, with brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.

She may be wearing brown stretch slacks and a black, waist-length coat, police said. On Saturday, police suspended the; search for Mrs. Stavitskie because of; snow. Members of the East Keansburg Fire Department and the township police department's canine corps! searched the woman's neighborhood yesterday, police said. Lt.

Elwood Seeley said -Saturday investigators had checked with the woman's relatives, but have no leads." Press Red Bank Bureau MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP Police continued their search yesterday for a 56-year-old East Keansburg woman who has been missing since Thursday. The woman, Leocardia Stavitskie of 28 Kentucky in this Monmouth County community, was last seen by her husband, Alexander, lying awake on a couch at home at 3:30 a.m. Thursday, said CapL William Halliday. An hour later, when Stavitskie The road is expected to be closed for at least a month, according to police. West Aldrich Road, a major east-west artery here, is used heavily by Jackson Township and Howell Township motorists, especially commuters heading to Route 9.

While the road is closed eastbound motorists will be de-toured to New Prospect Road, then Larson RoadFort Plains Road, then Hulse's Corner Road, to Route 9. Press Toms River Bureau HOWELL TOWTMSHIP West Aldrich Road in this Monmouth County community has been closed to traffic between New Prospect Road and Route 9. Howell Township police said the road is closed to permit construction of a sewer line between the Ocean County Utilities Authority system and the Manasquan River Regional Sewerage Authority system. dren, Alexander I Robert and Jacqueline. 1 "I thought she may have 4 prtnr for a walk J5 L.mm but when she MRS.

STAVITSKIE wasn't home.