Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Plane Bound From Maryland Found Downed In New Jersey Forest: Police
Breaking: The Coast Guard has found the plane; it was en route from Salisbury, MD, to Ocean County, NJ State Police said.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ —A two-passenger plane bound for New Jersey from Maryland has been found in Bass River State Forest, New Jersey State Police said Sunday afternoon.
State Police reported at 1:30 p.m. that authorities were searching for the plane in the state forest, on the border of southern Ocean and northern Burlington counties. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter located the plane, which had been tracked via the pilot's cellphone, state police said.
State police did not release any information on the pilot or say whether the pilot was alone or had a passenger.
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The plane departed from Salisbury, MD, to Ocean County Airport, also known as Robert J. Miller Airpark in Berkeley Township, on Saturday, but did not arrive as scheduled, state police said.
State Police were notified shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday after attempts to communicate with the pilot were unsuccessful, they said.
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The pilot's cellphone then was tracked to Bass River State Forest and the New Jersey State Police Tuckerton Station were advised of the possible location of the plane, state police said.
The New Jersey State Police Aviation and Urban Search and Rescue Units also participated in the search.
The weather on Saturday changed from warm and sunny in the early afternoon to cold and extremely windy as a cold front moved across New Jersey Saturday night.
The National Weather Service issued a high winds advisory Saturday, warning of winds gusting to 40 to 50 mph, and the winds were strong enough that authorities lower the speed limit to 45 mph for bridges crossing the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Gusts of more than 40 mph were recorded in Fortescue, a town on the Delaware Bay between Salisbury and Berkeley Township, on Saturday evening between 6 and 9 p.m., according to state climatology data reported online through Rutgers University.
The front also brought rain, hail and even some snow to southern New Jersey.
This is a breaking news report and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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