On September 18, 2024, Barnegat Township Police responded to the Barnegat Motel after receiving a report of a woman assaulting an employee of the motel. Officers arrived but could not locate the suspect. However, her boyfriend and another woman were asked to leave the property. Officers were called back to the motel a short time later when the suspect was seen on the property looking for her boyfriend. Officers made contact with the 19-year-old woman who admitted she had a warrant. She was taken into custody and that is when she became extremely belligerent and out of control. She was transported to Stafford Police Headquarters in order to be searched by a female dispatcher. She was then transported to the Barnegat Police Headquarters before ultimately being transported to the Ocean County Jail.