Freehold Township Students Win County Consumer Bowl

Raiyan Hossain, Karim Lakhani, Amit Bachani, Deputy Director Lillian G. Burry, Michael Galanaugh (Team Captain), Christopher Galiano, Dan Cooper (Teacher/Advisor)

A team of five Freehold Township High School whiz kids prevailed against students from Colts Neck High School, Freehold High School, Howell High School, Manalapan High School, Marlboro High School, Raritan High School and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School yesterday and were crowned the Monmouth County champs of the annual Consumer Bowl, a  a game-show-style competition for teams of high school students which was held at the Fire Academy in Howell.    Read the rest of this entry »

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Freehold Substitute Teacher Arrested For Sexual Contact With Underage Student

Daniel Kropa, 24 of Stonehurst Blvd. in Freehold, was arrested on Wednesday after an investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Bureau and the Freehold Township Police revealed that he had inappropriate sexual conduct with a student who is under the age of 18. Kropa is a substitute teacher at Freehold Township High School.  The conduct took place over seven months.

Kropa was charged with second degree Sexual Assault and second degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child.  He was released after posting $100,000 bail, as set by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Honora O’Brien Kilgallen. Kropa was also ordered to have no contact with his victim, not return to the high school, and not have any unsupervised contact with children less than 18 years of age.

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