After the township condemned motel, Toms River Councilman bought adjacent property

TOMS RIVER, NJ – After Mo Hill and the Toms River Township Council forced the closure of the Parkway Motel, formerly the Americana Motel on Route 166 in 2019, Hill’s running mate…

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Great Adventure open for spring break

JACKSON, NJ – Six Flags Great Adventure will be open for spring break and the park is unveiling new restaurants and retail shops for 2021. The park will operate daily from March…

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549 more housing units approved by Jackson planning board

JACKSON, NJ – Jackson Parke South, part of a future development that includes over 1,000 homes on the heavily wooded western side of Jackson is a done deal. That comes after a…

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Federal agents shoot suspect in Hamilton Township

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office has reported a shooting between federal agents and a suspect they were engaged with on Monday night. “An officer-involved shooting that occurred in…

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Jackson homeowner operating as LLC asks town to convert residential home into Synagogue

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – After being cited several times for code violations a homeowner in Jackson Township has submitted plans to the Jackson zoning board to convert his New Prospect home into…

Ocean County News

Gannett Newspaper describes frontline Jewish nurse as “f-cking hot nurse”,”Total JAP”

LAKEWOOD, NJ The largest newspaper at the Jersey Shore, the Asbury Park Press is under fire today after a photo of a Jewish nurse administering a COVID-19 vaccine at a Lakewood Township…

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15-year-old arrested for Sarasota County Fair Shooting

SARASOTA, FL – Early this morning, the Sarasota Police Department has arrested Ansel L. Acosta, 15, of Sarasota, in connection to the shooting that happened at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds inside the…

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Columbia Man Sentenced to More Than 8 Years in Federal Prison for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced that Ra’Quan Rasheen Williams, 24, of Columbia, was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison, after pleading guilty…

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Dashcam captures rare daytime meteor in England

A taxi driver on the English Channel island of Jersey in the Channel Islands caught a rare daytime meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere. The meteor caused a sonic boom heard across parts of…

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Man who shot girlfriend at Walden Galleria gets year in jail

TNOAWANDA, NY – Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 20-year-old Anthony J. Ciccarelli of Town of Tonawanda was sentenced yesterday afternoon by Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case to one…

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Firefighter indicted for DWI death in wrong-way crash

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY – Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini today announced the indictment of an FDNY firefighter for allegedly driving while intoxicated and killing a man in a wrong-way motor…

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Five Projects Planned by Toms River Mayor Mo Hill That Will Radically Change the Growing City Forever

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Change in a community is inevitable. As time goes on things change and Toms River is no stranger to change and growth. From a small chicken farming community…

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Queens soccer coach sexually assaulted student over five year period

QUEENS, NY – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz today announced that Jose Claros, 57, has been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on course…

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Police investigating death in Charlestown

BOSTON, MA – At about 3:21 AM on Saturday, March 20, 2021, officers assigned to District A-15 (Charlestown) responded to a radio call for a person shot inside of 6 Mystic Place…

Massachusetts News·Police Blotter

NJ man who killed ex-wife in Jersey, 4 in New Mexico, claims to have killed 16

A man who killed a South Jersey man and three more people in New Mexico is now saying he has killed sixteen people in total. You can read that story here: New…

New Jersey News·Police Blotter

Columbus woman “I’ve been shot!” as police arrive

Columbus, Oh – On March 18, 2021 at 9:42pm, Columbus Police officers were dispatched to the area of 4448 Bennington Pond Dr. on a female who was screaming that she had been…

Ohio News·Police Blotter

Cranston Man to Plead Guilty to Torching Police Cruiser During June 2020 Riots

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – A Cranston man arrested for his alleged role in the torching of a Providence Police Department cruiser during the riots of 2020 is expected to plead guilty to…

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Shenandoah County Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Explosive Materials

HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA – Paul Wayne Shell, a convicted felon prohibited from possessing explosive materials, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possessing a series of military grade explosives items, Acting United…

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Indiana Man Sentenced to 38 Years in Federal Prison for Kidnapping a Child in Chicago Suburb

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — A federal judge today sentenced an Indiana man to 38 years in federal prison for kidnapping a ten-year-old child as she walked home from school in Calumet City. On…

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Belle Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Dealing Methamphetamine

CHARLESTON, W.VA. – A Belle man was sentenced today to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine. Justin Lee Davis, 27, was indicted by a…

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