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Anthony Griffin

July 5, 2018 · Jackson, Ocean County

Details as recorded

Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]

Name as recorded
Anthony Griffin
Age as recorded
22
Gender as recorded
Male
Race as reported
European-American/White
Date of the injury resulting in death
July 5, 2018
Location as recorded
Jackson, Ocean CountyOak Drive and South New Prospect Road Jackson NJ 08527 Ocean
Highest level of force as recorded
Vehicle

Where the dataset places it

The location Fatal Encounters recorded for this death: Jackson, Ocean County

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Agencies as recorded

Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Jackson Township Police Department

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The source's account

Fatal Encounters' description of the incident, verbatim. This is the source project's own third-party narrative, not this site's reporting.

A police officer observed Anthony Griffin allegedly run a red light on his motorcycle and a chase ensued when Griffin refused to pull over. Ten seconds later Griffin collided with a car driven by Eric Larson. Griffin was killed, and Larson died of his injuries days later.

Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://patch.com/new-jersey/brick/young-dad-dies-injuries-motorcyclist-hitting-his-car (external link, as recorded in the dataset).

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This is one of 29 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2018, and one of 28 it holds for Ocean County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.

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Questions and answers

What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?

Fatal Encounters records that Anthony Griffin died on July 5, 2018 in Jackson, Ocean County, with "Vehicle" as the highest level of force. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset of deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind; a record is not a finding of fault or misconduct.

Which agency or agencies were recorded as involved?

The record's agency field reads "Jackson Township Police Department". Presence in that field means the agency appears in the record as reported, nothing more; it is not a claim of fault or responsibility by any officer or agency.

Where did this happen?

The record places the death in Jackson, Ocean County, on July 5, 2018. The address as recorded is Oak Drive and South New Prospect Road Jackson NJ 08527 Ocean.

Sources

  1. [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 6805. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩