Three Charged with Stealing $1.3 Million from South Jersey Funeral Home

by BCPO Three Charged With Stealing Money From Moorestown Funeral Home. Entrusted with running the operation, they allegedly stole $1.3 million Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Moorestown Police Department Chief Lee R. Lieber…

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ICYMI: Massive 7-county drug ring destroyed, 28 arrested, 90K doses of heroin seized

Authorities in Ocean County announced Friday they dismantled a “sophisticated” drug ring that had tentacles in seven different New Jersey counties and New York and led to 28 arrests, the seizure of…

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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…

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Council Recap: Cheer Champs Recognized by Township

JACKSON-The February 27, 2018 meeting of the Jackson Township Council began like any other meeting, as Council President Ken Bressi kept the room standing after the pledge of allegiance for recognition of…

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ICYMI : Want to spend the summer at Great Adventure? They just upped pay for employees

Hourly wages for thousands of seasonal workers at Six Flags Great Adventure will go up about $2 this year, to at least $10 an hour, the them park announced. The raises will…

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New Jersey Moves to Ban New Bitcoiin 2nd Generation Currency

Continuing New Jersey’s efforts to protect investors from fraud in the cryptocurrency market, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the Bureau of Securities (“the…

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Trumped? Six Flags Raising Employee Wages $2 Per Hour in 2018 at Jersey Park

JACKSON-Six Flags isn’t exactly crediting President Trump with a new employee pay hike, but the company has just announced it will be increasing the wages of seasonal jobs at its Great Adventure…

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$416 MIllion County Operating Budget Sees 1/2 Penny Decrease for Taxpayers

by Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders TOMS RIVER-The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders unveiled its 2018 budget that comes with a small decrease in the county property tax rate while…

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Law Enforcement Officials Discuss School Safety in Toms River

Last week, in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies, Toms River Regional Schools released a statement of assurances regarding school safety and security in response to heightened concerns stemming from the tragic school shooting…

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Libby Schaaf, Oakland mayor, helped criminal illegal immigrants escape, ICE chief says

More than 850 illegal immigrants managed to elude deportation officers conducting operations in Northern California this week, and the head of the deportation force on Tuesday blamed Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf for…

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Former Holbrook Little League Board Members Charged for Taking $118,000 From League

by Al DellaFave, OCPO JACKSON-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato today announced the arrest of the two Holbrook Little Executive Board Members. League President Anthony M. Del Vecchio, 63, and League Treasurer…

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New Jersey Interstate Black Market Gun Trafficking Ring Members Indicted

TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced that a state grand jury has returned an indictment charging seven members of a major gun trafficking ring in Camden with first-degree racketeering, including…

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Toms River Democrats Attack Silverton EMS Volunteers and Funding

TOMS RIVER-In American politics, nothing is unbiased any longer, especially the media. This weekend, a blog website run by Toms River Democrats under the auspices of being a neutral media website criticized…

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Jackson’s Great Adventure to be World’s First Solar Powered Theme Park

by Kristen Fitzgerald, SFTP JACKSON-Six Flags Great Adventure and its partner KDC Solar today announced that construction will begin soon to make the New Jersey property the world’s first solar-powered theme park.…

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Jackson Councilman Being Sued for Religious Harassment and Intimidation

JACKSON-An Orthodox Jewish resident of Jackson has filed a lawsuit against the township and an elected official, Councilman Robert Nixon. The case was filed on behalf of Mr. Isaac Tawil, of Pitney…

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Police: Bomb Threat at Prosecutor’s Office Traced to 48 Year Old Woman

FREEHOLD – Investigators have charged a Long Branch woman with calling in a false bomb threat to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office on Friday. The 48-year old woman now faces a 10-year…

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Two Charged for Overdose Death of Jackson Woman

Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and Jackson Police Chief Matthew D. Kunz today announced the arrest of Genuine Baines, 19, of Trenton, NJ and Lindsay Robson, 28, of Robbinsville, NJ in…

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Ordinance to Allow Brick Cops to Enforce NJ Traffic Laws in private Parking Lots Advances

BRICK-The Brick Council on Tuesday voted in favor of an ordinance to allow police officers to perform traffic enforcement operations in some of the town’s public and private parking facilities. Under the…

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New Jersey’s Raceway Park Shuts Down Drag Racing Track

OLD BRIDGE-Drag racing at one of the country’s most famous tracks will be no more according to a press release issued this week by Raceway Park. “Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, the…

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AG: Jersey Elementary School Teacher Hid Camera in Boys Bathroom

From the Office of the Attorney General TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a former Vineland elementary school teacher who was a stage manager for a summer theater camp was…

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