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by Phil Stilton “My question now becomes what other criteria is missing? Lack of deaths? Lack of violations issued? Time of accidents? I am not fully comprehending the thought process…
by Al Della Fave, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office TOMS RIVER-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced the return of the indictment yesterday (1/13/15) against Justin M. Cherry, a Tuckerton Borough…
Police Academy Graduation – The five new police officers who were hired this past July graduated as part of the 99th Class of the Ocean County Police Academy in a ceremony held…
TOMS RIVER-On January 14, 2015 at 6:48 am the Toms River Police Department Officer Michael Cassady responded to the area of Old Freehold Road and Dugan Lane for a reported…
WALL-Point Pleasant Beach-Manasquan high school hockey coach and former New Jersey Devil Jim Dowd was absent at last night’s game in Red Bank against Rumson Fair Haven at the Red Bank…
STAFFORD TWP-Stafford Police responded to Stafford Park Boulevard near the Garden State Parkway entrance ramp for a report of a bicyclist hit by a vehicle. The investigation shows Adam Barlow,…
FREEHOLD-The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office indicted 7 individuals on Friday in a sweeping move against child sexual predators and abusers. Two of those individuals were Brick Township residents. John…
BRICK-On December 24th, at approximately 8:30pm, Brick Township Police officers were dispatched to the Shell gas station located at 1 Lanes Mill Road for a robbery. On scene officers were…
by Al DellaFave, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office TOMS RIVER-On Saturday (1/10) fire investigators returned to 77 Encinitas Drive to continue their fire investigation and scene examination. Following an extensive examination,…
Lacey Municipal Police Foundation – As Chief of the Lacey Township Police Department, I am proud to announce the formation of a non-profit foundation designed to serve as an integral…
Traffic Alert (UPDATE) – As of 9:40 a.m. on Monday, January 12, 2015, Route 9 the New Jersey Natural Gas Company has indicated that repairs will continue into the afternoon hours.…
LACEY TWP-On Monday, January 12, 2015, at 7:49 a.m., Officer Jeff Slota and Frederick Anderson responded to a one car motor vehicle accident involving a telephone pole on West Lacey…
On April 29, 2014, the Government Records Council (the agency that enforces the Open Public Records Act (OPRA)) ruled in Robert A. Verry v. Franklin Fire District No. 1 (Somerset),…
by Phil Stilton LACEY TOWNSHIP-It was at the scene of an accident in Lacey Township when Lacey Reporter freelance journalist Andrew Flinchbaugh was approached by officers from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s…
SOUTH TOMS RIVER-Police said a man who was performing maintenance on a concrete crusher at Suffolk Contracting on Dover Road suffered fatal injurie after falling into the machine. Authorities said the…
BRICK-The New Jersey State Police today confirmed one man was injured when the crane he was operating on the Garden State Parkway near mile marker 91 toppled over. Sgt. Jeffery…
OCEAN TWP-The Ocean Township Police Department Detective Bureau is seeking your help in identifying the individual captured on this surveillance footage. The pictured individual is wanted for questioning in connection…
BERKELEY TWP-The daughter of a man who owned a home on Ecinitas Drive in Toms River perished, despite first responders’ best efforts to fight the fire which completely consumed the…
Traffic Alert – UPDATE – Roadway has been reopened. Due to a serious motor vehicle accident on Dover Road in the Bamber Lake Section of Lacey Township, the section of Dover…
BERKELEY TWP-A fire was reported this morning at 73 Encinitas Drive here. Firefighters responded to a home with fire clearly showing from the rear of the home which quickly spread.…
by Al Della Fave Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office TOMS RIVER-This past week the Ocean County Prosecutor Office Facebook Page posted information on an incident in Lakewood where a 9 year…
WEST TRENTON- The New Jersey Regional Operations and Intelligence Center (ROIC), working in collaboration with New Jersey Department of Health and law enforcement agencies in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York…
LACEY-On Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at 6:50 p.m., Officer Anthony Sarno conducted a traffic stop on Lakeside Drive North near Penn Avenue in Forked River for speeding. Officer Michael Verwey…
LACEY-On Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at 3:05 p.m., Lieutenant Michael C. DiBella and Officer John D. Simonson responded to the Walmart located at 580 Route 9 North in Lanoka Harbor…
LANOKA HARBOR-On Thursday, January 1, 2015, at 1:24 a.m., Officers Scott Keefe and Andrew Slota responded to 3 Hill Top Court in Lanoka Harbor for a noise complaint. Officers had…