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Residents allege prosecutorial lapses and press for firearms-ordinance changes during Tinton Falls public comment

Tinton Falls Borough Council · March 4, 2026
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Summary

During public comment, a resident accused a town sergeant of falsifying a police report and criticized the municipal prosecutor for not reviewing evidence, and another resident urged the council to amend the firearms-discharge ordinance to use property-line measurements and apply rules equally across the borough.

During the council’s public-comment period, two residents raised accountability and public-safety concerns.

Jeffrey Walstein, identifying himself as a Tinton Falls resident, said he was wrongfully arrested more than two years earlier and alleged that Sergeant Joseph Schuler falsified the police report in that case. Walstein said body-worn-camera footage contradicts the report and accused municipal…

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