Communications Blunder Leads to Precautionary Evacuation of Schools in Toms River

JACKSON-When school officials in Toms River couldn’t identify the source of a natural gas odor in the classrooms, the district took action and forced an evacuation of those schools to protect the…

President Trump: We Cannot Be Defined by The Evil That Threatens Us

President Donald Trump addressed the nation regarding the mass murder in Las Vegas, saying we cannot be a nation defined by the evil that threatens us. Trump also visited a Las Vegas…

Report of Crash Results in Multiple Arrests

by Steven Laskiewicz, JPD JACKSON-On Wednesday October 4, 2017 at approximately 2:48 am, Police Officer Keith French responded to the area of North Point Drive and Eltone Road on the report of…

Driver killed in crash off Route 18 in Marlboro

MARLBORO – The driver of an SUV was killed Monday night when the vehicle veered off Route 18, crashed into trees and overturned, police said. Officers who arrived at the scene around…

Ocean County Airport Plans for Future; Meeting Aviation and Safety Needs

TOMS RIVER – Ocean County Airport located off Route 530 in Berkeley Township has undergone numerous improvements since first being constructed in the 1960s. However, it’s focus remains the same, according to…

Man Who Sexually Assaulted Child Won’t Be Out of Prison Until he’s 82

FREEHOLD – A Lake Como man was sentenced Friday to 25 years in a New Jersey state prison for the repeated sexual assaults of a 7-year old girl. The defendant was sentenced…

Jury: Corrupt Cop Aided Gang Members in Asbury Park

by Charles Webster, MCPO FREEHOLD – A jury returned guilty verdicts yesterday afternoon on most of the charges that a former Asbury Park police officer and a pair of criminal street gang…

Man Charged with Sexual Assault of Child

by Al DellaFave, OCPO TOMS RIVER-Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced the arrest yesterday of ISTVAN MEHESZ, 58, of Monmouth Avenue, Lakewood, NJ. In a joint investigation conducted by Ocean County…

New Jersey Man Charged with Threatening to Kill N.J Congressman Frank LoBiondo

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Millville, New Jersey, man was charged today with threatening to assault and murder a congressman and the congressman’s staff, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Joseph Brodie,…

Las Vegas gunman identified as 64-year-old Mesquite, NV man

The gunman responsible for a deadly shooting attack at a country music festival in Las Vegas has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, a resident of Mesquite, Nevada. Police say Paddock had…

Officials identify 2 killed in Neptune shooting

NEPTUNE — Officials on Saturday identified the two people found shot to death in a vehicle in Neptune. Township police were called to reports of two shooting victims around 4:30 p.m. Friday…

Man assaulted by several people at party near Rutgers University

NEW BRUNSWICK — A man described by police as affiliated with Rutgers University was assaulted by several people at a party Saturday, authorities said. The attack occurred at 5:20 p.m. on Delafield…

Gunman Opens Fire on Las Vegas Concert Goers, Killing At Least 50

Police in Las Vegas, Nevada say a man opened fire on a country music concert late Sunday, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 others, in the deadliest mass…

Woman pulled from ocean off Seaside Park was an ‘incredible inspiration’

SEASIDE PARK — A 44-year-old Seaside Park woman who died on Sunday after she went swimming with her boyfriend was remembered as an “incredible inspiration” with a “big heart.” Joell Lanfrank was…

2 killed in Parkway crash

TOMS RIVER –The driver and a passenger died when the car they were travelling in overturned on the median of the Garden State Parkway Tuesday afternoon, Trooper Alejandro Goez of the State…

Jackson Councilman Demands Town Enforce Right of Way Ordinance

JACKSON-Jackson Township Councilman Barry Calogero attended this month’s “Meet the Mayor” session with Mayor Michael Reina and demanded an immediate and total enforcement of the township council’s recently modified right of way…

Officials: Woman Drowned in Rough Surf Off Seaside Park on Sunday

A lifelong resident of Toms River, Joell Lanfrank passed away on Sunday after being pulled from the Atlantic Ocean in Seaside Park. SEASIDE PARK — A 44-year-old woman died Sunday after she…

by Ralph Stocco, TRPD TOMS RIVER-On Saturday, September 23rd at 7:20 pm police and medical units were dispatched to Whittier Avenue and Longfellow Avenue for a pedestrian that was struck by a…

Phil Murphy Still Silent on NJ’s 2% Tax Cap

TRENTON — New Jersey’s 2 percent cap on police and firefighter arbitration awards must be renewed, or else taxpayers will see their services cut and property taxes rise, local government leaders said…

Church donation box thief arrested, cops say

TOMS RIVER — Police in Toms River have arrested a 22-year-old man they say stole from a donation box at a church in town earlier this month. Vincent Passalacqua was arrested Wednesday…

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