Crime & Safety

Barnegat Man Arrested For Owing Nearly $8,000 In Child Support

A Barnegat man was charged recently for owing nearly $8,000 in child support, police said.

According to Barnegat police:

On March 6th at 12:26pm, Patrolman Bryan Nogowski arrested Thomas Wright Jr., 44, of Barnegat on an outstanding $7,669 child support warrant issued by the Ocean County Sheriffs Department.
Ptl. Nogowski has responded to the area of the Wawa on Route 9 in response to a report of a suspicious person stumbling in the parking lot. After checking the area, Ptl. Nogowski located Wright Jr (who fit the description) in the area of the Rail Trail on Barnegat Blvd. 
Wright Jr was lodged in the Ocean County Jail in default of bail. 


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