Police Blotter

Gaspare Gambino A Pennsylvania teacher is facing a string of charges after he loaned a student his iPad and the boy found disturbing images of young female classmates. Gaspare Gambino …

A fire that burned through a South Jersey diner early Thursday morning has likely destroyed the building, according to police. The Country Town Diner in Berlin sustained significant damage when …

A doctor from New Jersey, who was accused of hiring a person to kill his wife after she threatened to divorce and expose him for running an illegal prescription opioid …

BERKELEY TOWNSHIP- Mayor Carmen Amato and Police Chief Karin DiMichele are pleased to announce Berkeley Township’s participation in “Project Child Safe.” “Project Child Safe” is a program of the National …

JACKSON-On January 5th, at 11:52pm Officer Keith French responded to the Woodmere Apartment Complex regarding an unresponsive 49 year old male. After observing drug paraphernalia, Officer French administered Narcan, in …

A small borough in New Jersey has decided to push back against the phenomenon of traffic created by navigation apps such as Waze and Google Maps. According to The New …

There are still generations of people, older people…..and they just have to die.  – Oprah Winfrey HOLLYWOOD-In a 2013 interview about racism, daytime television diva Oprah Winfrey who the left …

by Ralph Stocco, TRPD TOMS RIVER-On January 10th at 4:30pm Police, Fire, and Medical units responded to an office building at 833 Route 37 west for a motor vehicle crash.  Upon …

A Lakewood man has been charged with setting fire to his ex-girlfriend’s bed, police said in a statement Wednesday. The woman returned to her Michelle Way home just after midnight …

by Peter Aseltine TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a lawyer from Ocean County who formerly practiced in Jersey City was convicted at trial today on charges that …

LACEY-On Monday, January 1, 2018, at 3:05 a.m., Officers Patrick Watkins, Elton Copes, and Scott Keefe responded to Donald Street in Lanoka Harbor for a report of a motor vehicle …

LACEY-On Monday, January 1, 2018, at 2:03 a.m., Officers Martin Julian, Michael Baldasari, and Scott Keefe responded to the 700 block of Bermuda Drive in Forked River for a report …

BRICK-Frankie “the Answer” Edgar is always ready for a fight.  This time, it’s the fight against heroin and opioid addiction in Ocean County.   On Thursday, Edgar will join Trish Horner, …

The family of a 38-year-old New Jersey man who died after allegedly being beaten and choked by coops at a music festival more than two years ago settled their excessive …

The man accused of strangling his childhood friend, Sarah Stern, and dumping her body off a Jersey Shore bridge in December 2016 used Snapchat to discuss the ongoing investigation with …

On Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at 5:07 a.m., the Lacey Township Police Department responded to the Lacey Business Park, located on Challenger Way in Forked River in reference to a …

BRICK-Police are once again reminding residents to lock their vehicle doors at night due to another rash of burglaries. “We are experiencing a high number of burglaries to vehicles in …

by CHRIS SWENDEMAN Man Facing Charges of Armed Burglary, Attempted Murder, Weapons Offenses FREEHOLD – An Ocean County man is named in a 4-count indictment handed up by a Monmouth …

by Al DellaFave, OCPO TOMS RIVER-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Pine Beach Borough Police Chief Matthew Petrecca announce the arrest of Beth Ellen Brown, 54, of Toms River, in …

The night before temperatures dipped into the single digits, Lisa F. turned on her propane heater and tucked herself into three sleeping bags. Although just a thin tent separated her …

The first time I asked Gov. Chris Christie a question we were 2,000 miles from New Jersey. I was a year into my first newspaper job in southeast New Mexico. …

For some, the evening commute on Monday could include some freezing rain and sleet. A winter weather advisory has been issued for central and southwestern New Jersey, from 1 p.m. …

The lingering effects of a blizzard that swept through New Jersey on Thursday followed by dangerously cold temperatures over the weekend have forced some school closures and delayed openings for …

On Saturday,  a natural gas leak forced a temporary evacuation of homes in the Lake Riviera section of Brick Township.   Ocean County Sherrif’s officers assisted along with Brick Township Police …

The eastern United States and Canada shivered under record-breaking low temperatures Saturday as Arctic blasts followed a deadly winter storm that left airports struggling to cope with the backlog of …