Lakewood parents indicted for murder of 3-month-old daughter
Lakewood, NJ – A grand jury in Ocean County has indicted two Lakewood parents on murder charges in connection with the death of their three-month-old daughter earlier this year, prosecutors announced. Ruben…
Lakewood Strand Theater seeking new manager
by Fran Kirschner LAKEWOOD, NJ – The Strand Theater of Lakewood is seeking a new manager to assist in managing operations at the historic theater. The board of the Strand Theater, 400…
Machete wielding suspect menaced multiple people in Lakewood, arrested
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Police in Lakewood have arrested 22-year-old Max Miliano Sanchez after he waved a machete in front of five people walking along Forest Avenue Monday night. Lakewood Police Department Capt.…
Mother, Daughter struck by vehicle while crossing Route 9 in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A mother and daughter were struck by a car while crossing Route 9 in the area of Chestnut Street Friday night in Lakewood. Lakewood Police and EMS responded to…
Robbery suspect armed with scissors arrested in Lakewood after setting fire
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Police arrested a 21-year-old man after a botched attempted armed robbery in Lakewood Township on Thursday. Ricardo Buitron, 21, is alleged to have approached a 20-year-old victim in the…
Lakewood school bus driver ran over child after exiting, left scene
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A child who exited a Lakewood school bus Thursday evening ran in front of the bus and was run over by the driver who did not know the child…
Lakewood man arrested for assault and kidnapping of woman in Jackson Township
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jackson Township police responded to an apartment building after receiving a 911 call regarding a possible assault on a child by an adult in December. Police discovered that…
Free rabies clinic in Lakewood
by Fran Kirschner LAKEWOOD, NJ – Lakewood Township will be hosting a free rabies clinic for pet owners in April. Lakewood Township has announced that it will hold a Free Rabies Clinic…
Lakewood man pleads guilty to soliciting minor online
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A Lakewood man has pleaded guilty to attempting to coerce a young juvenile girl online. United States Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Samuel Schwinger, 37, of Lakewood, New Jersey,…
Lakewood Police Department announces response after call for National Day of Hate
LAKEWOOD, NJ – After a small anti-Semitic group based out of Iowa declared Saturday, February 25th as a “National Day of Hate”, police across the country are taking the threats seriously, but…
Man with Lakewood ties shot and killed in North Miami robbery
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Police in North Miami Beach reported on Sunday that Hershy Schwartz, 40, was found shot and killed inside his vehicle. Police located Schwartz unresponsive and unconscious in the area…
Man rescued from Lake Lake Carasaljo in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A man who told police he was fishing prior to falling into a lake in Ocean County was pulled from the water this weekend. Police and first responders pulled…
CDC warns eyedrops sold by Lakewood company could cause blindness or death
Eyedrops being sold by New Jersey based Global Pharma Healthcare Private Limited have been found to be contmaniated with a bacteria that could cause blindness, or worse, death. The eyedrops marketing as EzriCare…
Man found dead inside car at Lakewood gas station
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Police are investigating a suspicious death of a man inside a car at a Lakewood gas station. The incident occurred at around 2 am Sunday morning when the man’s…
Red light runner causes crash in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A two-car collision last night at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and Cedarbridge Avenue was caused when one vehicle ran a red light. Traffic flowing north and south…
Pedestrian critical after being struck by car in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle while crossing Route 9 / Madison Avenue in Downtown Lakewood on Thursday. The incident happened at around 4:45 pm at the intersection…
Lakewood Yeshiva evacuated after man with a machete allegedly chased students
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Students at a Lakewood Orthodox Jewish Yeshiva told police they were approached by a man with a machete and chased down Thursday night. Lakewood police responded to the incident,…
Driver plows through storefront window in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A video published by the Lakewood Scoop to YouTube shows the driver of a sedan entering a parking lot to park in front of a strip mall store. Instead…
Lakewood clothing store targeted by anonymous boycott robocall over selling short skirts
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A Lakewood women’s clothing store was the target of a robocall calling for a boycott this week because they were accused of selling dresses that didn’t go below a…
Route 9 construction to ease burden of travel between Lakewood and Toms River
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Work is continuing along the Route 9 corridor between Toms River and Lakewood to make it easier for residents to travel between the two towns. This week, state…
Police investigating stabbing in Downtown Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, NJ – One person was stabbed during an incident in Downtown Lakewood Tuesday afternoon at around 4:00 pm. The incident happened in the downtown area. One person was transported to Monmouth…
Student stabbed during fight at Cross Street yeshiva in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A 15-year-old student at a Lakewood Yeshiva was stabbed during a fight reportedly by another student and was rushed to the hospital in serious condition last night. The young…
Lakewood community calls for county worker’s job after more than four-year-old skit mocking Jews surfaces
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Nearly five years ago, an Ocean County road department worker hosted a skit mocking the Lakewood Jewish community inside the garage at the Plumsted garage of the Ocean County…
Firework thrown at Jewish pedestrian by passing SUV in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A video published by the Lakewood Scoop this weekend shows a man dressed in Jewish religious clothing walking along County Line Road during the Sabbath in what appears to…
Man reported missing in Lakewood found dead inside car
LAKEWOOD, NJ – A man who was reported missing by his family was found inside his car on Thursday. The Lakewood Police Department is investigating after the man was found dead. The…
Jackson land swap proposes to move school project to township land on Lakewood border
JACKSON, NJ – On Wednesday, residents in Jackson cheered Mayor Michael Reina for negotiating a compromise to prevent four private schools from being built on a farm in the western end of…
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