SWAT Team Leader Tried To Lure 15-Year-Old Girl In NJ, Cops Say

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SWAT Team Leader Tried To Lure 15-Year-Old Girl In NJ, Cops Say

The police chief has apologized to the local community.>>>Read more.

NJ Woman Stabbed Family Member, Set Fire That 2 Killed Pets, Police Say

The woman allegedly stabbed a family member multiple times in the arms with a knife, a box cutter and a pair of scissors, police say.

14-Year-Old NJ Girl Comes Home After Brutal Hit-And-Run

Emma Mae has returned home after she was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash in Point Pleasant Boro, the family says.

SWAT Called To Keyport Restaurant Where Victim's Tribute Was Held

A man was carried out of Uptown Bar and Grill on a stretcher at 10:30 p.m. Inside, there was a memorial service for the Keyport man killed.

U.N. Working Group Calls On Iran To Release Princeton Student

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention released a report on Xiyue Wang, a student who has been imprisoned for 855 days.

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Richard C. Conte photo via Ocean County Corrections website