Police: Drunk Man Stole Car from Brick Body Shop
BRICK-On 04/29/2018 at 0305 hours Officer Joseph Riccio was on patrol in the area of Princeton Avenue and Post Road where he observed a vehicle stopped in the travel lane. As he…
Brick Couple Busted for Running Pot Farm in Apartment; Beemer Confiscated
BRICK-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles A. Fiore, Brick Township Police Chief James Riccio, and Clayton Borough Police Chief Andrew Davis announced today the arrest of a Brick…
Brick Mayor Introduces School Safety Plan After Incident at High School
BRICK-Last week, a student was arrested by Brick Township police officers after allegedly making threats aimed at other students at Brick Memorial High School. According to police, an April 24, 2018 numerous…
Former WOBM Radio Host Indicted for Stealing from The Elderly
By NJ Office of the Attorney General TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a prominent Ocean County attorney who hosted a radio show and taught seminars on elder law…
Bank Robber Caught
POINT PLEASANT-On Sunday April 29, 2018 at approximately 11:15am, Officers of the Point Pleasant Police Department responded to the TD Bank located at 3301 Bridge Avenue, for a report of a bank…
Three Charged for Sex Trafficking with Child in Jersey
by Matthew Reilly, USAO NEWARK– Two individuals who allegedly forced a child into commercial sex acts at multiple hotels throughout Middlesex, Bergen, and Essex counties, will appear in court today with one of…
Jackson Republicans to Require Background Checks, Social Media Checks on Potential Council Candidates
JACKSON–After a year filled with follies by members appointed to Jackson’s various public boards by the all-Republican council, the Jackson Republican Club is now asking those seeking their endorsement to be subjected…
Arrest Made in November Burger King Robbery
LACEY-At approximately 12:30am, November 26, 2017, the night shift manager of Burger King located in the Lacey Mall contacted police reporting a robbery. The manager explained to the police that he was locking the building…
POLICE: Man and Woman Left Four Kids in Truck in Freezing Temps to Play Pool Inside Bar
JACKSON-On Saturday March 24, 2018 at approximately 9:45 pm, Police Officers Matthew Buono and Phil Minissale responded to the parking lot behind Brook Plaza for a welfare check. It had been reported…
Lakewood fraud amnesty offer gets 159 takers who will repay $2.2M
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…
Jackson Council Appoints GOP Insider to Embattled Zoning Board Seat
JACKSON-The Jackson Township Council has filled a vacant seat on the Jackson zoning board for the fifth time in just over one year. Joseph Sullivan, a GOP operative was quickly approved by…
ICYMI: Terror Charges for Threat to Shoot Up Anti-gun Rally
A man has been charged with making terroristic threats after allegedly warning he was going to “shoot up” a march calling for stricter gun laws due to be held in Washington. Shane…
Point Pleasant Man Admits to Planning Bomb Attack to Support ISIS
by OAG, NJ TRENTON– A Point Pleasant, New Jersey, man today admitted that he planned to construct and use a pressure cooker bomb in New York on behalf of the Islamic State…
Man charged with threatening to shoot up anti-gun rally with machine gun
A Lakewood man was arrested after he posted a threat on social media that he would open fire with a machine gun on a rally calling for stricter gun laws, authorities said.…
Three with Heroin Charged After Traffic Stop in Manahawkin
by Stafford PD, On Friday, March 9th, 2018 at 6:40 pm, the Stafford Township Police Department’s Drug Enforcement Unit with the assistance of Ptl. Russell Dunfee conducted a motor vehicle stop at…
Police: Howell Stalking Suspect Planned to Rob Women at Knifepoint; Seeking Witnesses
by Howell Police Department On March 9, 2018, Tristan Reyes, 19 of Howell, was arrested by Howell Township Police Department Detective Corporal Nancy Carroll #182 and Detective Robert Ortenzi #604 and charged…
Caught! Man Who Stalked Women at Freehold Mall to their Homes Captured
On March 9, 2018, Tristan Reyes, 19 of Howell, was arrested by Howell Township Police Department Detective Corporal Nancy Carroll #182 and Detective Robert Ortenzi #604 and charged with two counts each…
Ocean County Prosecutor Coronato Announces One of Largest Drug Ring Busts in Ocean County History
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced today the culmination of a cooperative multi-jurisdictional narcotics investigation conducted by the Prosecutor’s Special Operations Group, US Drug Enforcement Administration Ocean/Monmouth High Intensity Drug Trafficking…
Authorities identify middle school teacher accused of touching students
The Jersey City middle school teacher arrested yesterday and accused of numerous sex crimes has been identified as a 42-year-old Bayonne man. Sean Lora, a teacher at School 7 in the Jersey…
7 Ocean County Middle School Students Charged for Threatening to “Shoot up the school”
STAFFORD TWP-On March 7, 2018, Stafford Township Police arrested 7 male students of the Stafford Township Intermediate School and charged each of them with making Terroristic Threats. The arrests were the result…