Crowdfunding Set Up For Toms River Police Officer Injured in Crash on GSP

On January 4th, The New Jersey State Police notified TRPD of a serious crash involving one of our officers. Twenty eight year old Officer Brett Hansen was traveling on the Garden State…

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Dumbbell caused crash on NJ Turnpike

The New Jersey State Police is seeking the public’s assistance with the investigation of a motor vehicle crash on the NJ Turnpike involving a dumbbell that smashed through a windshield and seriously…

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NJ correction officer caught smuggling marijuana to juvenile offenders

Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a senior correction officer at the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Yardville, N.J., was indicted today on charges that he smuggled marijuana and tobacco…

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Security guard stole $200k in cash after being fired from Casino sentenced

Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a former security guard at the Caesars Casino in Atlantic City was sentenced to prison today for committing an armed robbery at the casino in…

Atlantic County News·Police Blotter

Jackson Township's Meet the Mayor returns in January

Meet the Mayor Sessions are returning on Monday, January 30th at 7pm. These sessions take place in the Main Meeting Room at the Municipal Building located at 95 West Veterans Highway and…

Community News

Road Rage: Man sprays driver in face with pepper spray after waiting too long at toll booth

On Friday, December 30, 2016, at 2:24 p.m., Officers Michael Hein and Jeffrey Slota responded to the parking lot of 701 Lacey Road in Forked River, in reference to a road rage…

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Jackson Police Blotter: December 28-January 3, 2017

The following is a sample of incidents that Patrol Officers recently responded to or were involved with. This does not represent all of the calls for service that were responded to during…

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New program offers drug addicts help and rehabilitation before life choices lead to arrest; death

by Al DellaFave, OCPO TOMS RIVER-Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, Brick Police Chief James Riccio and Manchester Police Chief Lisa Parker today announced the first of its kind law enforcement addiction help program…

Community News·Police Blotter

Jackson, Howell Firefighters Fight the Elements, Truck Fire on 195

On Saturday morning, firefighters from Jackson’s Station 54 and Howell’s Freewood Acres and Southard Fire Department No. 1 braved the elements to put out a truck fire on Interstate 195 near the…

Monmouth County News·Police Blotter

An Amazing Shot of the Hindenburg Flying over Downtown Toms River?

We’re not sure of the origin of the photo, but it’s too great not to share. Published to the Facebook group, “You know you’re from Toms River if…“, the “purportedly” photo shows…

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Dem. Council Prez to Elderly Female Trump Voter: We don't want to know who you voted for

BRICK-Greenbriar senior community resident Anne Coll came to the December 20th Brick Township council meeting with season’s greetings, but wanted to let the township know she was upset about how the township…

Community News·Politics

Osama Bin Laden's Son Added to US Terrorism Blacklist

The United States has added the son of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to the US counter-terrorism blacklist, in a move that would keep him from accessing the US financial…

US and World News

NJ Transit bus catches fire on Route 23

PEQUANNOCK — Officials say no one was injured when a New Jersey Transit bus blew out a rear tire and then caught fire while traveling along state Route 23. New Jersey Department…

New Jersey News

Obama’s Strange Last Days in Office

Weird though it is, this presidential transition won’t go down as the most bizarre. The nation basically dissolved between when Abraham Lincoln was elected in November 1860 and when he was inaugurated…

Politics

NASA psyched about heavy metal asteroid mission

It may be the naked core of an ancient planet Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Artist’s conception of what the metal asteroid 16 Psyche may look like when NASA’s new mission gets…

US and World News

Prosecutor: Drug Dealer Busted at Howard Johnson Motel

by Al DellaFave, OCPO TOMS RIVER-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Toms River Chief of Police Mitch Little announced today the culmination of an investigation by Detectives from the Prosecutor’s Special…

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Man Who Threatened to Commit Mass Murder in Toms River Bank Robbery Caught

by Ralph Stocco, TRPD TOMS RIVER-On December 22nd, Toms River Detective Randy Petrick, arrested and charged a Toms River Man with robbery. The charges stem from a December 20th incident at the…

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Fact Checking Tomi Lahren: Are Cattle Being Jam Packed into Ships and Imported to American Shelves Without Consumers Knowing?

Where does American beef come from? Most of us think we get those steaks on the kitchen table from the pristine American outback ranges in states like Texas, Nebraska and Kansas. On…

Business News·Community News·Politics·US and World News

On the Sixth Day of Chanukah, Jackson Celebrated

by Linda Selznik JACKSON-On the sixth night of Chanukah, hundreds of residents, of all generations, braving a light but warm winter rain, were greeted by Honey and Bob Greenberg in the lobby…

Community News

Police: 3 Caught Selling LSD, Marijuana in Manchester's Pine Lake Park

by Vincent Manco, MPD MANCHESTER-Three local men, including two from Manchester were arrested by officers from the Manchester Township Police Department’s Narcotics Enforcement Team after they investigated suspected drug activity in the…

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