2Toms River, NJ – Silverton First Aid has asked the court to shield their company’s finances from public view as a lawsuit filed by Toms River Township against the agency alleging theft of $72,000 worth of fuel from the Township and other publicly owned gas pumps continues in court.

The legal and political tensions between the Township of Toms River and Silverton First Aid Squad have escalated sharply, with the volunteer emergency squad now asking a Superior Court judge to keep its financial records sealed from public view.

The township, in turn, is accusing the nonprofit of trying to hide evidence in a civil lawsuit that alleges theft of township-owned fuel and the wrongful retention of hundreds of thousands of dollars in emergency service revenue.

The lawsuit, filed in Ocean County S

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