Man Arrested After Dropping Gun In Church In Point Pleasant Beach

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, NJ — A Toms River man was arrested after claimed to be a law enforcement officer when he dropped a gun in a church in Point Pleasant Beach Sunday, police said.

Randolph Tashman, 60, was being held in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River, pending a detention hearing, police said.

Point Pleasant Beach police were called to the church at 9:53 a.m. Sunday about a man who dropped a gun from his pocket, police said.

Church security had escorted Tashman, who claimed to be a law enforcement officer, outside the church by the time police arrived, officials said.

Police determined that Tashman was not a law enforcement officer, and also that he did not own the firearm and did not have a firearms identification card, police said.

They did not identify the church.

Tashman was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and impersonating a law enforcement officer, police said.