Monmouth County

A New Jersey man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to striking a neighbor with his Ford Explorer and dragging the victim several feet before leaving him in the road to die, the county prosecutor’s office said. Johnny Westbrook, 85, pleaded guilty Friday to a first-degree aggravated manslaughter charge for the death of Daniel Rivera, 63,…

Prosecutors in New Jersey say a 19-year veteran police officer has been arrested and charged for allegedly running a meth lab out of his Freehold home. Christopher Walls, an officer with the Long Branch Police Department, has been charged with half a dozen criminal offenses including possession, manufacturing meth, and endangering the welfare of a child. He’s since been...

One New Jersey county is in the bitcoin business — and making big profits — years after seizing the cryptocurrency from convicted criminals.

A convenience store clerk in New Jersey was arrested last week for allegedly asking underage customers to give him sexually explicit photos in exchange for free vape products, according to prosecutors. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office says Muhammad Ikram worked at Sam’s 2, a store located on Palmer Avenue within Hazlet. After receiving several reports of inappropriate behavior, police...

Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday singled out two New Jersey counties home to growing coronavirus cases as the state’s total surpasses 200,000. For over a week, the largest increases in the state were in Ocean and neighboring Monmouth counties. Masks are still mandated indoors in New Jersey, but its activity elsewhere has state and local officials worried. Gatherings like the…

A nearly 90-year-old woman who suffers from Alzheimer’s was close to losing her home after the nickel and penny she owed in taxes in 2019 accrued to more than $300 in interest

New Jersey authorities arrested a woman on the run for nearly three months after she was charged with the deaths of four puppies. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office says 24-year-old Tricia Jaccoma was apprehended Friday, nearly three months after charges were ordered for the deaths of four German Shepherd puppies. According to authorities, the four puppies were found dead...

A deer that got stuck in the ocean off a New Jersey beach is back on land following a coordinated rescue  effort by emergency responders

A New Jersey high school canceled its in-person graduation ceremony just two days before it was set to be held after a senior student tested positive for COVID-19, officials say. They’re concerned the student may have infected others. In a statement posted to its website Tuesday, the Red Bank Regional High School District said it learned early this week...

A woman and her son, both of Florida, have been indicted in connection with two murders that remained unsolved for 25 years in New Jersey, prosecutors announced Thursday. Last month, Dolores Morgan, 66, and her 47-year-old son, Ted Connors, were each charged with two separate counts of first-degree murder in connection to the deaths of Ana Mejia and Nicholas Conner. On...

Authorities say new DNA tests have allowed them to solve the rape and murder of a woman whose body was found at the boardwalk of a seaside city in New Jersey nearly three decades ago

The former boyfriend of a woman who went missing in September as a fire tore through her Ocean Township mansion has been charged with her murder, months after police say they found him sitting in her Jeep filled with stolen jewelry, shotguns and bank cards from her home. Jacqueline Terrulli hasn’t been seen since a Sept. 12 fire destroyed the…

It was a contentious detention hearing Monday for 49-year-old Ronald Teschner in Monmouth Superior Court – the convicted felon who was allegedly staying at 6,000-square-foot Ocean Township home on Wickapecko Drive when a fire broke out.

Rescue crews recovered the body of a 15-year-old boy who went missing while swimming at a New Jersey beach Sunday.

Rescue crews have been searching for a 15-year-old youth who went missing while swimming at a New Jersey beach.

Rescuers searched on Sunday afternoon for a 15-year-old boy who disappeared while swimming with family in the water off the Jersey Shore.

Twenty people have been charged for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed cocaine and crack cocaine in Monmouth County, New Jersey, federal prosecutors said.

A New Jersey man charged with killing his brother and the brother’s wife and two children has pleaded not guilty to insurance fraud.

New Jersey’s high court took action Wednesday against two judges who have faced criticism over their comments in cases involving sexual assault

A father-son talk about a summer job is on the back burner after a New Jersey college student won a $1 million lottery prize.