Police Blotter

23 area men who used games like Fortnite to lure children for sex are back on the street. TOMS RIVER-Last week, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General announced …

TOMS RIVER-Schools across Toms River Regional Schools today participated in True Blue Monday as a means of honoring the community’s dedicated police forces. In a message sent to all district …

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The application period for new federal grants to firefighters and first responders, through the FY 2018 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, is now open and will end …

The Millstone Fire Department assisted on Monday with a structure fire on Rues Road in Upper Freehold.

BERKELEY TWP-On September 20th 2018 at approximately 1:30pm Manitou Park Fire Company was requested to assist Bayville Volunteer Fire Dept with a boat fire in Bayville. Manitou Park Water Rescue Unit 1816 …

TRENTON-As reported by Shore News Network several weeks ago, it is now official, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato has been replaced. Coronato was forced by the Murphy administration to submit …

OLD BRIDGE-An alligator was found in and removed from a public pond in Old Bridge on Thursday. Authorities said the Old Bridge Animal Control services was contacted by the Division of …

NEWARK, N.J. – A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing thousands of pills containing heroin in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Juan Vidal, 33, of Paterson, …

Colonel Patrick Callahan, of the New Jersey State Police, announced the deployment of 80 members of New Jersey Task Force 1 to assist with search and rescue operations as Hurricane Florence …

HOWELL-Richard C. Conte, 47 a Howell police officer and head of the Monmouth County SWAT team has been charged with trying to lure a child for a sexual encounter. Conte was …

HOWELL-On Tuesday night, there was a police presence after the Howell Police Department received a call of a patron smoking marijuana in one of the occupied theaters. One male adult …

BRICK-On September 11th, 2018 at 2 am, the Brick Township Police Department responded to the 7-11 located at 1151 Burnt Tavern Road for a reported attempted robbery. Ptl. Gordon was the …

NEWARK- An Essex County, New Jersey, couple and their son have been charged for their respective roles in a food stamps fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Juan …

TOMS RIVER-17 years after the terrorist attack against America on 9/11/01, Toms River Township held their annual memorial ceremony this morning. In attendance was Congressman Tom MacArthur. The event was …

BRICK-On September 8, 2018 at approximately 1:55 am Brick Township Police Officer Nicole Borden was assisting with an investigation of a motor vehicle accident on Rt. 70 westbound near Burnt …

TOMS RIVER-Police today responded to a rumor spreading around the community social media claiming to warn young girls in the Toms River area that the Route 37 Shoprite parking lot …

BRICK-On 09/10/2018 at 0121 hours Ptl. Docherty and Ptl. Riccio #289 responded to 200 block of Riviera Dr. in reference to a burglary in progress to a vehicle. The caller …

JACKSON-Jackson police officers responded to a residence located on Casey Lane on the report of a robbery. It was reported that a teenaged female had been attending a party at …

JACKSON-On September 1st, multiple officers responded to a residence in the township on the report of a combative subject with a neck wound. Responding officers discovered a 35 year old …

JACKSON-This past summer, Jackson Police officers learned that Delaney Drury was supporting the department by selling lemonade in front of her house to raise money for the agency. The department showed …

The Brick Township police Traffic Safety Unit would like to inform the parents, bus drivers and visitors of the Veterans Memorial Elementary and Middle School Complex that the traffic pattern …