Fatal Encounters record · Independent third-party dataset
Frank Zampini
July 15, 2019 · Old Bridge, Middlesex County
Details as recorded
Every value below is shown exactly as Fatal Encounters recorded it.[1]
- Name as recorded
- Frank Zampini
- Age as recorded
- 49
- Gender as recorded
- Male
- Race as reported
- European-American/White
- Date of the injury resulting in death
- July 15, 2019
- Location as recorded
- Old Bridge, Middlesex County1 Arcade Ln Old Bridge NJ 8857
- Highest level of force as recorded
- Asphyxiated/Restrained
Where the dataset places it
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Agencies as recorded
Agency or agencies involved, as recorded: Old Bridge 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.
At 12:51 a.m., Old Bridge police responded to a 911 call reporting a man on drugs who was causing a disturbance inside a neighbor's apartment. When officers arrived, they encountered Frank Zampini inside the neighbor's apartment. Police said he initially was combative, and officers placed him in handcuffs. Zampini then died.
Source reported by Fatal Encounters: https://patch.com/new-jersey/matawan-aberdeen/widow-man-who-died-old-bridge-police-custody-intends-sue (external link, as recorded in the dataset).
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This is one of 21 New Jersey records the dataset dates to 2019, and one of 26 it holds for Middlesex County across 2000 to 2021. Browse every New Jersey Fatal Encounters record by year.
Records from the same county and year
- Name withheld by police (2019) May 22, 2019
Questions and answers
What does the Fatal Encounters dataset record about this incident?
Fatal Encounters records that Frank Zampini died on July 15, 2019 in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, with "Asphyxiated/Restrained" 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 "Old Bridge 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 Old Bridge, Middlesex County, on July 15, 2019. The address as recorded is 1 Arcade Ln Old Bridge NJ 8857.
Sources
- [1]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Row 4924. Derived from the public Fatal Encounters national dataset (coverage 2000-2021; collection ended December 2021), https://fatalencounters.org/. Retrieved July 10, 2026. ↩