Toms River PBA Team Seeks Donations for Polar Bear Plunge

TOMS RIVER – Members of the Toms River PBA #137 is seeking donations for its team in the Feb. 20 Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside Heights. The money raised will support the…

Jackson Township Public Managers and Supervisors Approved by State to Unionize

TRENTON-Deirdre K. Hartman, Deputy Director of Representation for the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission (NJ PERC) has given the green light to the formation of a new public workers union in Jackson Township…

Victim critical following Neptune Twp. shooting

NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP — A person identified only as a male was shot and critically wounded Monday night, police said. The shooting occurred in the 1300 block of 7th Ave.around 8 p.m. The…

Cops didn't want to shoot man in Manchester mobile home standoff, neighbor says

MANCHESTER — A resident who witnessed a standoff between authorities and a man at a mobile home park early Saturday morning said police gave him every chance to surrender before they fatally…

Man killed by cops after allegedly holding girlfriend at knifepoint in Manchester

MANCHESTER — A man killed by police allegedly held his girlfriend at knifepoint, pulled a knife on officers and couldn’t be subdued by non-lethal rounds before Ocean County SWAT officers shot him…

Brick Realtor Who Attempted to Hire Teenage Prostitute Accepted for Pre-Trial Intervention

A Brick Township-based real estate broker was arrested on September 28, 204 after he set up a meeting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl who turned out to be an undercover police…

Appeals court upholds N.J. cop killer's conviction

TRENTON — A state appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a man who shot and killed a Lakewood police officer in 2011. The three-judge panel rejected Jahmell Crockam’s argument that…

Elderly couple hospitalized after vehicle overturns

TOMS RIVER — An elderly couple was hospitalized Tuesday morning after the vehicle they were in was t-boned at an intersection. Phyllis Scardena, 76, of Toms River, was driving in a 2004…

Toms River woman arrested for heroin distribution

TOMS RIVER – A 27-year-old township woman was charged with multiple offenses related to the distribution of heroin on Tuesday. On Feb. 2, members of the Toms River Police Department’s special enforcement…

APP: Kevin Geoghegan is the newest member of Toms River Township Council

Retired police Sgt. Kevin M. Geoghegan on Wednesday was sworn in on the Toms River Township Council. Geoghegan, 50, is a lifelong Toms River resident. His father, Joseph G. “Jerry” Geoghegan, served…

Suspected Ocean County Heroin Dealer Arrested Again…Released Again

TOMS RIVER-On January 20th members of the Toms River Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team concluded a month long investigation regarding heroin distribution throughout the Township. As a result of this investigation a…

OPRA lawsuit seeks "informal" correspondence that revealed Bayonne lawsuits' settlement amounts.

On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 9 a.m. Hudson County Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Turula will hear my Open Public Records Act (OPRA) case against the City of Bayonne. See, Paff…

Jackson Township Conducting Forensic Audit of Historic Snowfall Cleanup

JACKSON-Days after Jackson Township was hit with over two feet of snow from “Winter Storm Jonas”, Jackson Township officials are looking into the reasons why some township roads remained unplowed almost four…

6 Years For Screwdriver Assault

A Seaside Heights man has been sentenced to six and half years after assaulting a woman with a screwdriver at a Toms River motel in 2014. Steen Tarpley pleaded guilty to aggravated…

Communities Rally Behind Homeless Man Paid to Pour Coffee on His Head in Lakewood

Last Tuesday, a person being referred to as a teen in Lakewood caught the attention of the local news media after he offered a homeless man $5 to pour a cup of coffee…

Lakewood Man Charged With Sexual Assault of Minor

On Thursday, Lakewood police officers responded an E. 5th Street home after receiving a call that a 26 year old male was having an inappropriate relationship with a minor. Further investigation by…

OC Prosecutors Honor Man for Helping ID Suspect

In a ceremony Tuesday the Ocean County Prosecutors Office honored the owner of an area auto body shop for his role in cracking a hit-and-run case. Alan Picker, owner of All Time…

Water main break forces closure of road in North Dover

From the Toms River Police Department: Avoid New Hampshire Avenue between Church Road & Silverton Road due to a water main break. The road will be closed for vehicles travelling both North and…

New Law Prohibits Towns From Shaking Down Entrepreneurial Teen Snow Shovelers

TRENTON-Legislation sponsored by Senator Mike Doherty (R-23) ensuring that kids have the right to offer snow shoveling services before storms without municipal approval was signed into law by Governor Chris Christie. “It’s…

Woman Nabbed With 1,000 Heroin Doses

Last week the Berkeley Township Detective Bureau along with investigators from the Ocean County Prosecutors Office’s Major Crimes Unit responded to a Grenada Street address for a narcotics distribution investigation. This area…

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