Ocean County News

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today confirmed there are “many thousands” of refugees from Afghanistan lodged temporarily at New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in central New Jersey. …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – On Saturday, September 18, 2021, at approximately 11:20 AM police and EMS were dispatched to 2nd Ave and Ocean Terrace in Normandy Beach for a swimmer …

BRICK, NJ – Earlier this month, Brick Township Police Department Detectives observed suspicious activity in the area of Mapleleaf Park. As a result, Ptl. Scott Smith conducted a motor vehicle …

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – On Friday, September 10, 2021, at 8:46 a.m., Officer John Simonson was dispatched to the parking lot of Walmart for a man slumped over the wheel …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A man drowned at the beach in Brick Township Saturday and others were rescued from rip currents along the Jersey Shore in Ocean County. The currents …

MANCHESTER, NJ – On Monday, September 14, 2021, at approximately 11:08 pm, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the intersection of County Route 571 and Lockhart Street …

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jackson Police Officers Buono and Scheuerman responded to the parking lot of Six Flags Great Adventure for a dispute that Security was out with. As a …

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Dispatch received a call about an intoxicated female who had just left the Dollar General and was driving west on Bennetts Mills Road. Officer Kalbach located …

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – On Tuesday, September 10th, Jackson Police officers Schwartz, Davis and Minissale responded to a residence on Gomberg Ave for a report of a dispute in which …

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jackson Township police reported two DWI incidents that occurred on Monday, September 7th. During a routine security check of Woodmere Apartments Officer Cocchiara encountered a suspicious …

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – On May 8, 2021, Officers Alan Abrecht and Michael Hutman responded to a Forked River residence, located in the Pheasant Run section of Lacey Township for …

LAKEWOOD, NJ – A school bus heading to a private all-girls school in Lakewood carrying 15 children was involved in a crash that left one car on its side and …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Joe and Melissa Gorga from Real Housewives of NJ are selling their Toms River waterfront vacation home. The beautiful home featured prominently on RHONJ is on …

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, NJ – On Thursday, September 9th, 2021, at approximately 4:00 PM, the Stafford Township Police Department’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) was conducting surveillance on two known serial shoplifters …

LAKEHURST, NJ – On September 9, 2021, Officer Gavin Cecchini was on patrol during a traffic enforcement detail along with the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit. At approximately …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Mayor Maurice “Mo” Hill and his business administrator Lou Amoruso are facing a multiple account lawsuit alleging sexual harassment against former openly gay business …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Colonel Patrick J. Callahan and Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced today that Juan A. Fernandez II, 18, of Towaco, N.J., has been charged with …

If you didn’t get the hell off the beach this past Labor Day weekend to buy your stash of Chris Christie-themed Private Beach American Blonde Ale, you missed it. Icarus …

JACKSON, NJ – Car thieves have been targeting Jackson Township this week and after a Ring camera caught a would-be car thief, later two vehicles were stolen in the Whitesville …

Manchester, NJ – On Monday, September 6, 2021, at approximately 1:30 pm, officers from the Manchester Township Police Department responded to the intersection of State Highway 70 and County Route …

BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – A man arrested for ‘upskirting’ a female victim has now been charged with five more counts after police continued their investigation. On Tuesday, August 17th, Donald …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County is experiencing a third wave that has killed 13 people in the past week and infected 1,211 people during that same period. The Ocean …

BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – Berkeley Township Major League Baseball pitching ace Al Leiter, now a sports analyst for Major League Baseball Network joined former MLB ace, John Smoltz, on the …

A lightning strike killed one lifeguard and injured seven others Monday at a beach in Ocean County, New Jersey, according to local authorities. The strike killed 19-year old lifeguard Keith Pinto around …

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said he has reached into the state’s huge stockpile of PPE and will be making 6,500,000 face masks and surgical masks available …