Lakewood

Another family in the burgeoning New Jersey city of Lakewood is facing child endangerment charges for having a party despite the governor’s order banning large gatherings. It was the third time in three days Lakewood police had to break up a prohibited event in the city’s huge Orthodox Jewish community, and the second time in three days that parents...

An annual celebration for the Jewish holiday of Purim usually takes place at Lakewood’s Kollel Ner Avrohom Synagogue. Due to concerns of the coronavirus however, it was canceled this year. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg has the details.

A man who randomly stabbed a person inside a municipal building and then punched a police officer was sentenced Friday to 10 years in state prison. Reginald Patillo, 48, of Lakewood, had pleaded guilty last November to aggravated assault charges stemming from the February 2019 incidents in Lakewood’s town hall. Patillo initially stabbed another person in an unprovoked attack that…

A man who set off fireworks near a theater as his friend made a marriage proposal created panic among moviegoers who mistook the fireworks for gunshots, leading to 911 calls and an evacuation, authorities said. Howell Township police responded to the Xscape Theater around 6 p.m. Wednesday and soon learned the theater manager had confronted a man who had lighted…

A deadly shooting at a Jersey City Kosher Market has prompted an increase in police patrols in Lakewood, New Jersey. NBC10’s Jersey Shore Bureau Reporter Ted Greenberg gets reactions from community members.

A New Jersey man has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a teen boy who was walking with his father.

Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a 15-year-old boy in New Jersey Friday night.

Firefighters are battling a fire at a catering company in Lakewood, New Jersey.

A toddler died after being left in a car in New Jersey, law enforcement sources said.

Police say a man stabbed another person and punched a police officer inside a township building in Lakewood, New Jersey.

A suspect stabbed a man and punched an officer inside Lakewood Township’s municipal building, investigators said. We’re learning more about the suspect and what led to the attack.

Happy holidays, indeed! A gambler from Lakewood, New Jersey, turned a small bet into a huge payoff Saturday when he delivered a royal flush — and the casino delivered his $1 million winnings.

New Jersey health officials have confirmed five more cases of measles in a central New Jersey community.

A deer jumped into traffic on a New Jersey highway, then flew airborne and smashed into a woman’s SUV, crashing through the windshield, onto the passenger seat and landing in the back of the vehicle, authorities say.

A doll with a knife in its head was found near a Jewish school in Lakewood, New Jersey, and prompted a police investigation. While officials believe it’s related to illegal dumping rather than an act of hate, they do say it was done in extremely poor taste in the aftermath of the deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

A child pornography suspect on the Massachusetts State Police’s most wanted list who’s been on the lam for nearly three years has been captured. Police say 47-year-old Stephen Cote was apprehended Thursday as he got out of a car in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Lakewood, New Jersey.

Sixto Sanchez, the Phillies’ top pitching prospect, has been noticeably absent from game action in minor-league camp.

A driverless car slammed into a school Thursday morning following a minor accident nearby, according to The Lakewood Scoop.

New Jersey officials have launched a piliot amnesty program for people to confess abuse of Medicaid benefits, after more than two dozen fraud arrests in the booming community of Lakewood.