Ocean County News

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Early Sunday morning, a fire destroyed the Picnic supermarket on Squankum Road near the Lakewood and Howell Township border. Lakewood firefighters battled the blaze which consumed the …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Now that school is out, Operation Brain Freeze has begun. This week, the Toms River Police Department will be ticketing children who get caught wearing their …

PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard suspended its search for a possible downed aircraft off Long Island Beach, New Jersey, Thursday afternoon. “After careful consideration, we have suspended the search for …

MANAHAWKIN, NJ – On Thursday, June 17th at 3:37 PM a motor vehicle collision occurred on Route 539 near Cervetto Road. The crash involved a 1998 Volkswagen convertible operated by …

JACKSON, NJ – Late Wednesday night, Police Officer John Araneda responded to Toms River Road on the report of a Mercedes being driven erratically and described as swerving all over …

Fraud- On Thursday, June 10, 2021, at 4:21 p.m., Officer Dallas Gant met with a Forked River resident reporting fraud.  The victim claimed that he received notice from NJ Unemployment …

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, NJ – The Point Pleasant Beach Police Department announced the arrest of Nkosi Jones, 19 years of age, from Brick, NJ. After an investigation conducted by detectives …

LAKEWOOD, NJ – A worker became entrapped inside a loader of a cement truck in Lakewood. The incident happened on 14th street and the worker suffered serious injuries. He was …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – On Wednesday June 16, 2021 at approximately 11:30 AM, police and EMS were dispatched to the intersection of Whitesville Road and Route 70 for a motor …

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Two drug dealers who were pushing cocaine sales out of Lakewood Township have been arrested after Lakewood Police raided their home. Both were released with citations. The …

The Ocean County Sheriff’s PBA Local #379 has endorsed criminal defense attorney Terrance Turnbach just days after the June 8th Democrat primary election. The endorsement is another snub by the …

JACKSON, NJ – Car thieves could be targeting Jackson Township after two incidents reported by the Jackson Police Departments, including one grand theft auto. On Monday June 14, 2021 at …

(From left to right) Terill Jordan, President and Chief Executive Officer at Regional Cancer Care Associates, Carl Henningston, MD, M.Phil, co-director Toms River Regional Cancer Center, Kenneth D. Nahum, DO, …

The crew of Reel Innovation, based out of Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island made the catch of a lifetime this weekend, a great white shark. Luckily it was a …

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Police are currently investigating a suspicious person at the Lakewood High School. One person has been taken into custody. There is no immediate threat to the students …

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – A fox that was presumed to be one that attacked another person prior in Jackson Township came out of the woods again this week to bite …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – There is an epidemic within the pandemic in the United States and that is a sharp increase in sex crimes committed against children and young women. …

LAKEWOOD, NJ – That’s the problem facing investigators trying to determine the cause of the March forest fire that burned nearly 200 acres of woods, threatened businesses in Brick and …

BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – On Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 2315 hours, the Brick Township Police Department along with the Lakewood Police Department, responded to the area of Cedar Bridge …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – One person, an 18-year-old passenger was killed in a pontoon boat crash on the Barnegat Bay near the Route 37 bridge in Toms River on Sunday. …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Toms River Township council has long been accused of taking care of business behind closed doors, but this week, they admitted it. Toms River Council …

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Congested. Overcrowded. Hostile. Crazy. Those are four words commonly used to describe the roadways in Lakewood Township, but this weekend a new word was added, deadly. On …

LAKEHURST, NJ – A Lakewood man has been charged for DWI and having seven unrestrained children in his vehicle while driving through Lakehurst police say. According to the Lakehurst Police …

Having trouble with the above video? Watch it on Rumble. TOMS RIVER, NJ – While Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill and his newly founded ‘third party’ Republican club were about …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Tuesday night’s Toms River Township Council meeting gave the Count Basie theater a run for its money in theatrical performances at the Jersey Shore as Toms …