Judge Rejects Bid to End Lawsuit Over Lakewood Development Next To Senior Community
A Superior Court judge has denied Leisure Village Association’s request for summary judgment, allowing its lawsuit challenging a controversial Lakewood Planning Board approval for a 28-unit residential development to continue. LAKEWOOD, N.J.…
Family launches fundraiser for boy killed in Lakewood robbery
Authorities say a juvenile suspect has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal March 1 shooting. Lakewood, NJ – The family of Eduardo “Lalito” Miñon Inclán, a young boy tragically…
YouTuber Tyler Oliveira, Ocean County politician, deplatformed after controversial Lakewood video
Platforms crack down after Oliveira’s “Jewish invasion” video accuses Lakewood’s Orthodox community of welfare abuse. Lakewood, NJ – Tyler Oliveira, a YouTube documentarian known for on-the-ground exposés, has been banned from Facebook,…
Lakewood teen charged with murder in deadly Pearl Street shooting
A teenage suspect has been charged with murder after a male victim was fatally shot Sunday night in Lakewood. Lakewood, NJ – A teenager has been charged with murder and weapons offenses…
14-year-old boy dead after being shot during armed robbery in Lakewood
A teenage perpetrator was gunned down Saturday night near Route 88; a suspect is in custody. LAKEWOOD, NJ – A 14-year-old boy has died after being shot during what police believe was…
Child rescued after snow pile igloo collapses in Lakewood during weekend blizzard
A young child was trapped for over an hour beneath a collapsed igloo before being rescued by emergency personnel in Ocean County. Lakewood, NJ – Emergency crews in Lakewood rescued a child…
Lakewood police charge California man in $65,000 cargo theft investigation
Detectives tracked the stolen shipment across multiple states before filing charges. LAKEWOOD, NJ – Lakewood Police have filed criminal charges against a California man following a $65,000 cargo theft investigation that began…
Hatzolah feud deepens as Lakewood grants free fuel to select agencies, excludes rival EMS group
LAKEWOOD, N.J. – The ongoing rivalry between Lakewood’s long-established emergency service organizations and the newer Hatzulas Nefashos group has intensified after the township approved a yearlong municipal fuel subsidy — excluding the…
Lakewood Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charge for Threatening to Bomb SBA Offices and Assault Agency Employees
LOS ANGELES – A Lakewood man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for threatening to bomb Small Business Administration (SBA) offices and then, the following year, threatening to assault…
Lakewood double homicide suspect indicted
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A Toms River man who killed two people inside a River Avenue apartment complex in December is going to stand trial for two counts of murder and other various…
Is this your dog? Howell police find stray dog near Allenwood Lakewood Road
HOWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ – This pup was located near 2599 Allenwood Lakewood Road. No chip. No tags. Now in the care of Monmouth County SPCA. They can be contacted at 732 542…
This one’s for you JC, a Judeo-Christian response to the Lakewood snow plow incident
By Jonathan Feldstein and Shawn Hyland This is a letter to the editor. The views in this letter are the opinions of the authors. LAKEWOOD, NJ – A New Jersey evangelical minister…
Illegal gambling machines found in Lakewood lead to arrest of two Brooklyn men running coin pusher operation
LAKEWOOD, NJ – The New Jersey State Police have arrested Daniel Kohan, 31, and Yuriy Yakubov, 34, both of Brooklyn, N.Y. for allegedly setting up illegal gambling machines at various locations across…
Prosecutor’s Office investigating Lakewood snow plow incident as possible antisemitic hate crime
LAKEWOOD, NJ – An incident during last week’s snowstorm in Lakewood Township has gone viral and isbeing described by members of the Orthodox Jewish community as a hate crime, but the Ocean…
Lakewood basketball players harassed in Barnegat over race, sneakers, report
BARNEGAT, NJ – Lakewood middle school girls basketball players reported they were called racist epitaphs and mocked for not wearing good sneakers during a December matchup against Barnegat Middle School. According to…
Suspect in 2021 Lakewood Township shooting indicted for murder
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A suspect in a February 2021 shooting murder has been indicted. On January 12, 2022, Jahvontae Debose, 25, of Lakewood, was indicted by a Grand Jury sitting in…
Pedestrian struck and killed by NJ Transit bus hit and run in Lakewood
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on January 3, 2022, at approximately 9:45 p.m., Officers from the Lakewood Township Police Department responded to the entrance of the New Jersey Transit…
Toms River man charged for double murder, after shooting two men in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A man who entered an apartment and shot two men in the head, killing them. Tyshaun Drummond, 39, of Toms River, was charged with two counts of Murder on…
Prosecutor offers few details in Lakewood double homicide
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Lakewood Township woke up to a double homicide early Sunday morning, but the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office is releasing few details of the incident at this time. “We have…
Jackson carjacker arrested in Lakewood
JACKSON, NJ – A man suspected of allegedly armed carjacking in Jackson Township headed eastward on County Line Road before being caught by police in Lakewood Township as a crowd, one person…
Lakewood apartment fire displaces multiple families
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A fire on Saturday afternoon raged through an apartment building in Lakewood’s Crestwood Manor leaving twenty families without homes for the holidays. The first call came in at 1:17…