Asbury Park police captain demoted for leaving scene of Seidel shooting

ASBURY PARK — A hearing officer upheld the demotion of an Asbury Park police captain who left an active crime scene involving a Neptune police sergeant who had shot and killed his former wife in front of their young daughter. Capt. Marshawn Love has acknowledged leaving the scene of former Neptune police Sgt. Philip Seidle’s shooting… Read the rest of this entry »

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Seidle gets 30 years for fatal shooting of ex-wife

FREEHOLD — After Sgt. Philip Seidle and his wife split up, one of his primary complaints was that she wouldn’t let him see their nine children enough. More than a year now after gunning Tamara Wilson Seidle down in a broad-daylight fatal ambush on an Asbury Park street, Seidle on Thursday was sentenced to 30 years… Read the rest of this entry »

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Cops could not have prevented officer from killing ex-wife, probe concludes

FREEHOLD — Asbury Park police officers could not have prevented an off-duty police sergeant from gunning down his ex-wife in broad daylight and then putting the police-issued handgun he used to his own head, according to a yearlong investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office released Thursday morning. The study also determined that the first officer… Read the rest of this entry »

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A year after Neptune cop killed his ex-wife, questions remain on police response

FREEHOLD — A year after a Neptune Township police sergeant chased down his ex-wife and opened fire on her in broad daylight on an Asbury Park street, authorities have yet to release a report on how cops responded to the deadly shooting and the history of the couple’s tumultuous relationship. In announcing that the findings into… Read the rest of this entry »

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Suspended Neptune cop pleads guilty, avoids life sentence in ex-wife’s killing

FREEHOLD — A suspended police sergeant who police say shot his ex-wife to death in front of their young daughter last year accepted a plea deal on Thursday that will allow him to avoid spending the rest of his life in prison. Philip Seidle, 51, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and child endangerment in the June… Read the rest of this entry »

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Seidle Indicted, Faces Life In Prison

Philip Seidle

The Neptune Township police officer who shot and killed his wife in Asbury Park last June was indicted by a Monmouth County Grand Jury this morning, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.

Philip Seidle, 51, a 22 year veteran of the Neptune Police Department, was charged with one count of First Degree Murder, one count of Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purposes and one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child.

Asbury Park police responded to a report of an unrelated motor vehicle accident near the intersection of Ridge and Sewall Avenues in the city at approximately 11:26 a.m. on June 16, 2015. During that service call, the black 2012 Volkswagen Jetta, driven by Tamara Seidle, turned the corner onto Sewall Avenue before crashing into a parked 2002 Ford Focus. The Jetta was being followed closely by the 2005 Honda Pilot driven by Philip Seidle, who exited the vehicle, pulled out a handgun and approached the driver’s side of the Jetta. Philip Seidle fired multiple shots into the vehicle, striking Tamara Seidle.  Philip Seidle then turned the weapon on himself, pointing the weapon at his head, before moving to the front of the Jetta and firing several more shots into the windshield of the vehicle.

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Children of cop accused of killing ex-wife plan wrongful death suit

NEPTUNE — The nine children of a Neptune woman who police say was shot to death by her cop ex-husband plans to sue several law enforcement agencies over what they contend was poor training and a lack of disciplinary action after the couple’s repeated domestic complaints. The notice of intention to sue warns of an impending… Read the rest of this entry »

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Domestic calls involving cop and slain ex-wife started soon into their marriage, records show

Tamara Seidle

NEPTUNE –A decades-old report discovered by Neptune Township police indicates law enforcement officers intervened in domestic disputes between Sgt. Philip Seidle and the ex-wife he’s accused of gunning down in broad daylight in June soon into their marriage and shortly after he joined the force. Neptune officials found a 1994 report relating to a domestic incident… Read the rest of this entry »

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Neptune cop accused of fatally shooting ex-wife once had gun taken away

NEPTUNE — Neptune police Sgt. Philip Seidle was once declared unfit for duty and had his service weapon taken away three years before witnesses and officials say he shot his ex-wife to death on an Asbury Park street last month, court documents show. In a Sept. 16, 2014, affidavit, Seidle, who is now charged with using… Read the rest of this entry »

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Neptune cop accused of killing ex-wife had been suspended from job following child custody dispute

FREEHOLD — Neptune police officer Philip Seidle had been temporarily suspended from his job for six weeks last year after police were notified about the couple’s child custody dispute, according to documents obtained by NJ Advance Media. Seidle, imprisoned on charges he fatally shot his ex-wife Tamara Seidle last month, said in court papers two months… Read the rest of this entry »

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