Pedestrian deaths nationwide were up 4.8 percent, the Governors Highway Safety Association found. Bad driver behavior is likely to blame.
A propane tank exploded on the deck at the Toms River house where the 1979 movie was filmed, authorities said.
Firefighters cut the javelin so the 16-year-old from Pine Beach, who was not visibly bleeding, could be taken to the hospital, police said.
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Michael A. Trotman was sentenced in two drug cases; his sentences will run concurrently, the prosecutor said.
Wayne Lefkowitz and wife Guihua Cui have been charged with promoting prostitution and money laundering, the prosecutor's office said.
Police said the homeowners were able to escape the fire. The cause is under investigation.
Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on May 3, 2021, David Giordano, 36, of Toms River, was charged with Terroristic Threats.
Police said they arrested a 17-year-old and three adults from New York after they tried to flee after the theft at Ocean County Mall.
Separate incidents happened at two Toms River schools last week but no students or staff were harmed.
David Giordano, charged in March in painting a blue line down Hooper Avenue, threatened to turn the two sites "upside down," officials said.
Gerardo Ruiz, 50, is accused of killing Alecia Perrault, 29, on Saturday; he is hospitalized after overdosing, officials said.
Authorities allege Jehmar M. Barrett sold a 35-year-old woman who overdosed in November the fentanyl ruled the cause of her death.
Police said there has been an increase in the number of police calls to Motel 6 in recent months.
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A Jackson man pleaded guilty in the scheme that defrauded Medicare and two military health insurance programs, authorities said.
Ralph Lezin of Toms River was accused of flattening a woman's tires; police say he headbutted officers and a camera after his arrest.
The arrests resulted from ongoing investigations into drug distribution, Brick police said.
Jason Vella, 39, was arrested in 2019 and in October 2020 pleaded guilty to cocaine possession with intent to distribute.
Police say David Giordano, arrested in the theft his impounded truck, also stole 11 cans of blue spray paint for the pro-police blue line.
More than 3,200 heroin doses, Ecstacy and $11,700 were seized in the investigation in South Toms River and Toms River, officials said.
Police say David Giordano stole his impounded bucket truck then painted the line on Hooper Avenue, a request the county had turned down.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on March 30, 2021, the Honorable Wendel E. Daniels, P.J.Cr.P., ordered that ...
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on March 30, 2021, Anthony Chieffo, 25, of Brick Township, and Alexander San ...
Carles Bryant, 34, was arrested March 19 after being on the run in connection with the March 3 stabbing at the Howard Johnson.
"The world lost one of its most beautiful souls," Niagara U coach said of Patrick Romano, a 2016 Toms River East graduate, who died Saturday
The broken pipe on the fourth floor led to water on the third floor, with minor problems, officials said.
Nancy Proctor, 62, of Ortley Beach, is accused of taking the money during her time as a manager at the winery, authorities said.
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Six people were injured in the crash when a Jeep stopped at a traffic signal was rear-ended, police said.
Carles Bryant of Millville, wanted in connection with the March 3 stabbing of a woman, was arrested in Atlantic City, authorities said.
The road will be closed in the area for the rest of the day, officials said.
Quintin Alec-Manning pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge and is set to be sentenced in May.
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Carles Bryant, 34, has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was found stabbed multiple times following an altercation last week.
Police say she sideswiped a car and hit an NJ state trooper's SUV, which then hit a Toms River school bus; no kids were on the bus.
Douglas Thompson of Jackson had a .17 blood alcohol level the day of the crash, authorities said.
The victim was contacted again and told another $10,000 was needed, authorities said.
Police said the girl got up and went to the door to get her mother after the fall.