The call was cold, abrupt and confusing. A PetSmart employee told Chuck Crawford his beloved dog Abby was dead and gave him info on where to pick up the carcass. “It was a 20-second phone call. It was so crude and beyond comprehension,” Crawford said. “To take your pet for a grooming, and then have them…
A judge has dismissed a murder indictment against a woman accused of purposely pushing a friend into the deep end of a motel swimming pool during a night of drinking at a Point Pleasant Beach motel. But Jelani Webster will remain jailed without bail for now. State Superior Court Judge James Blaney gave Ocean County prosecutors…
Get your green thumbs ready: Spring is here and New Jersey is giving 90,000 young trees away for free. The state forest service’s New Jersey Tree Recovery Campaign is handing out seedlings in communities around the state as part of a continuing effort to replace trees that were lost in Superstorm Sandy. “Trees provide habitat for…
A woman working as the Easter Bunny became ill while working at Ocean County Mall, and was taken to a hospital for treatment, according to officials. Toms River police responded to the mall around 11 a.m. Monday after receiving a report of a woman in distress. There, they found the 35-year-old Bayville woman, clad in the…
The Medicaid fraud amnesty program offered to Ocean County residents after 26 people were arrested last summer in a massive sweep has resulted in consent agreements with 159 residents who will repay $2.2 million, state officials announced Tuesday. The announcement comes more than three months after the Dec. 12 deadline to enter the Ocean County Recipient…
