A man accused of beating his girlfriend to death inside a Jersey Shore motel room last week stopped for drinks before he checked himself into a hospital following the “brutal beating,” a prosecutor said Wednesday. Matthew Demartin, 37, was charged with murder in the killing of Sharon Falcetano, 59, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced last…

Two people were killed in a crash Sunday afternoon when an intoxicated driver ran a red light and crashed into their vehicle, according to police. The crash took place on Highway 49 at 4:15 p.m. in Hopewell Township, according to Lt. Ted Schafer, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police. The driver of a 1994…

State lawmakers will hold a a marathon public hearing Wednesday to debate seven bills that would further tighten New Jersey’s gun laws on the heels of mass shootings across the country. Many of the measures were introduced during former Gov. Chris Christie’s tenure, but the Republican governor blocked efforts by Democrats in the Legislature to strengthen…

Patients from the Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel were transferred to another facility early Sunday morning after a toaster in the building’s break room caught on fire, a hospital spokesperson said. The fire damage was limited, but sprinklers, which controlled the fire damage, caused water damage in certain areas of the hospital, spokeswoman April Dunic said…

State lawmakers on Monday announced legislation that would return voting rights to nearly 100,000 people locked up in prison or serving parole or probation. If passed, it would make New Jersey the third state in the country to allow people to vote while serving prison sentences. The charge is being led by members of the New…

The council is scheduled for a public hearing at its 6 p.m. meeting Tuesday at Town Hall, which could be followed by a vote on second reading of an ordinance that would, “establish prohibitions on the sale, dispensation, and cultivation of marijuana in the Township of Toms River.” The measure was approved 6-0 with one abstention…

Two people were killed late Wednesday when a nearly $200,000 sports car crashed and caught fire along I-195 in Jackson, authorities said. James Fusaro, 26, and Christina McNamara, 25, both of Jackson, died in the 11:14 p.m. wreck, State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Fusaro and McNamara were engaged to be married, according to a 2016…

Among the wounded in today’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida is a Aaron Feis, an assistant football coach at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He’s also being celebrated as a hero, according to the Miami Herald, citing tributes to the coach and reports on social media. RELATED: There’s been a “mass casualty” shooting at a Florida…

The suspected gunman in Wednesday’s horrific shooting at a Florida high school displayed a pattern of disturbing behavior and anger issues that got him flagged as a potential threat long before the tragedy that took 17 lives. 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, had been expelled from the school and…