Burglary Suspect Wounds Officer Ruckelshaus Meeting on EPA Offer
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Petruzziello was David, of Route 36, Hazlet, said that David Petruzziello said his brother HAZLET - Thomas Petruzziello, a the scene of an attempted burglary at 20 not carrying a gun when the incident when his younger brother Michael heard underwent surgery at 9 30 am yester- Hazlet auxiliary police officer, is in Surrey Drive shortly after 9 p.m. Satur- occurred. McCabe said. the gunshot, he went outside and found day "The doctors took Ihe bullet out in stable condition at Bayshore Communi- day. Petruzziello's 28-year-old brother, his brother lying in the front yard three pieces," he said '.It hit him a few ty Hospital, Holmdel, after being shot in "He (Petruzziello) identified David, said that police auxiliary mem- "Tommy told Mike to go inside and call inches below the kneecap, or it could the leg while trying to thwart what himself as a police officer, told the man bers are not allowed to carry guns while the police, and that is exactly what he have been a lot worse police called a "suspected burglary at- to stop, and the man fired one shot they are on duty. "There has been some did," Dave said. "The (Hazlet) First He said doctors expect him to make tempt." which struck him in the leg," McCabe talk of letting them have billy clubs, but Aid Aquad got there in a few minutes, a complete recovery ' Hazlet Detective Lt. John McCabe said. they do not carry guns," he said. and took him to the hospital." McCabe said the police department said yesterday that 23-year-old He said he believed the weapon used The main duties of auxiliary police Thomas and Michael Petruzziello, has made no arrests in connection with THOMAS PETRUZZIELLO Petruzziello was off-duty outside hit was a small-caliber automatic pistol, include vandalism checks, crowd con- 25. live at the West Jack Street home See Burglary, page A7 Earle plan draws fire Ruckelshaus of pacifists meeting on Members ol anti-nuclear and pacifist groups in the area yesterday called the planned expansion of the Naval Weap- ons Station pier at Earle a "crime against Monmouth County residents." Navy officials said a $7- to f 10-mil- EPA offer llon expansion of the 2 9 mile-long pier is planned to accommodate two Aux- iliary Oil and Explosive supply ships by WASHINGTON (AP) - William D. 1986 A third supply ship is expected to Ruckelshaus is meeting with senior dock at the facility by 1990, bringing the White House aides to discuss President total to five. Reagan's request that he take over the Joief Hand-Bonlakowski, co-founder beleaguered Environmental Protection of the Monmouth County War Resisters Agency for the second time in a decade. ' League, said that expansion of the facil- "He (Reagan) has asked me to con- ity to allow two additional supply ships sider this and I'm doing it," to dock would subject local residents to Ruckelshaus said yesterday in Seattle a "more hazardous situation than they before flying to Washington. face now." "I don't think it's a matter of wheth- He said the additional flow of oil and er you wajit it or not, it's a question of supplies to the depot would increase the whether you think you can be helpful in danger of accidents, and increase the responding to the president's request," risk of keeping nuclear weapons at the Ruckelshaus told CBS News. base "It stands to reason that, because Ruckelshaus arrived yesterday eve- Earle supplies the Navy's North Ameri- by Llrrv Ptrna ning and was meeting with White House aides and perhaps the president today. can Fleet, and because the fleet is WORSHIPING AT THE 'V — Minister Steven L. Christ congregation services at the Freehold One official not directly involved in armed with nuclear weapons, that there Brown, foreground, leads his homeless Church of Township YMCA. are indeed nuclear weapons stored at the issue said it was likely Ruckelshaus the facility," he said. would be meeting with presidential Early this month, Assembly Speaker counselor Edwin Meese, White House WILLIAM D. RUCKELSHAUS Alan Karcher, D-Middlesex, announced chief of staff James Baker and deputy chief of staff Michael Deavef. that a knowledgable Washington source Congregation seeks home Weyerhaeuser Co., a timber and paper confirmed that nuclear weapons were White House officials said over the products firm in Federal Way. Wash , stored at the Monmouth County depot. weekend that Ruckelshaus, 50, has near Seattle, headed the EPA from its His allegations have not been con- By TERRY MOORE churchgoers, according to their min- "We had been looking at pieces of agreed "in principle" to succeed Anne inception in 1970 until 1973. M Burford at EPA. But Reagan and his firmed by Navy officials. ister, Steven L Brown. property and trying to evaluate the One administration official.'insisting aides were tight-lipped yesterday when Soon after Karcher's statement, As- FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP - Eve- "It's not tiny. It's not designed property for our needs," he said. on anonymity, said Ruckelshaus likely pressed for details. semblywoman Marie Muhler, R-Mon- ry Sunday, nearly 30 persons gather for a church, but it's adequate for our Last summer, Brown discovered a would meet with White House aides to mouth, criticized Karcher for publiciz- in the Freehold Township YMCA present needs," Brown said. "It 1 29-acre lot complete with a home Asked about the matter as he re- iron out final details before an an- ing the weaponry allegedly stored at lounge, but they're not there to ex- comfortably seats S5 - maybe 40 which Brown believed would suit the turned from Camp David, Md , the pres- nouncement was made There w?s Earle ercise people." church's needs. ident .said only, "I'll see you in the speculation it could come as early as "If a foreign paper were to read (a Since February 1981, the con- However, in hopes of someday The property, at 370 Park Avenue press room in a few days." today newspaper) or listen to a (radio) broad- gregation of the Church of Christ has having a larger congregation and an in Freehold, is owned by Warren Chief deputy press secretary Larry "I just don't think anything's hold- cast, then we could be very vulnerable," been renting the lounge for a Sunday identifiable church building, Brown Prest. The home is a 2Vk-story, 4,750- Speakes said Reagan was referring to ing this thing up," this official said. "I she said. morning Bible study and worship ser- is looking for a permanent home for square-foot building in a pleasant res- plans to hold a brief press conference just think it's the normal process " of Hand-Boniakowski. a Rumson resi- vice and a Sunday evening worship his flock. Last year, he started look- idential neighborhood, according to later in the week and not to an EPA background checks and paperwork re- dent, said, "With all due respect to Mrs service. The lounge currently meets ing for a good-sized piece of property Brown announcement. quired before an announcement could Muhler. I think that statement is the needs of the small flock of in Freehold Borough. See Congregation, page A7 Ruckelshaus, senior vice president occur. Sec Earle, page AT of law and corporate affairs at See Ruckelshaus, page A! Last day ofiuinter Union ends sparks rites of spring strike threat By SUSAN HOOPER weather or the water to warm one degree more. vs. Amtrak CelebranU of the rite* of spring got Others, choosing to be by the sea By KATHLEEN BIRD started early yesterday, when the sea- rather than on It, set out for visits to ion's weather arrived a day before the area beaches. The boardwalk in Long NEWARK (API - A strike threat season itself Branch, steps from the surf, played host against Amtrak was rescinded by a un- Yesterday's- mild air, toft westerly to a crowd ranging from tots in strollers ion that said it might shut down rail winds and sunny skies delighted those to elderly couples stepping elegantly, service on the Northeast Corridor for lucky enough to be outside to enjoy the arm in arm, among a throng of joggers, 40,000 daily passengers if the national last day of winter — especially with rain high school kids, visitors from land- railroad continued to accept NJ Transit and cool temperatures forecast for the locked towns, children racing away commuter tickets, a union official said first day of spring today. from their parents and young lovers yesterday. It being Sunday, and a day of rest for sharing private moments on public park Meanwhile, state mediator Charles most of the working world, county resi- benches. Serraino said he would meet tomorrow dents had a chance to step outside and The Gateway National Recreational with officials for NJ Transit The medi- pa'y their own kind of homage to the new Center at Sandy Hook also had a "good ator said he scheduled a joint session crowd," one ranger said.