TOMS RIVER – The Attorney General’s Office is currently investigating a man’s death that occurred after he was arrested in Toms River on Friday.
Around 1 p.m., officers from the Island Heights and Toms River Police Departments and the Ocean County Sherriff’s Office attempted to arrest a man at a gas station on Route 37 near West End Avenue. According to police, the man had active, outstanding warrants.
The man refused to exit his parked car and told police that he was having a medical episode. Officers arrested him and then provided medical attention on-scene. He was subsequently brought to Community Medical Center in Toms River, where he was later pronounced deceased at about 2:25 p.m., police said.
The investigation is ongoing and no additional information was being released, authorities said.
