Seaside Park Police Charge Man Sitting on Lifeguard Stand, Couple Walking on Boardwalk With Coronavirus Violations

Seaside Park police charged several people with violating the state’s social distancing orders over the last several days. Konstanti Apessos Jr.,...

Parking Lot ‘Car Show,’ House Party Lead Seaside Park Police to Break Up Gatherings

Seaside Park police, in their weekly blotter, noted two incidents in which officers were tasked with breaking up gatherings which were...

Ocean County Legislators: Letting Out 800 Prisoners Amid Outbreak Has ‘Too Many Unknowns’

A plan by state officials that could allow as many as 800 prisoners – at least 300 of which would be...

Three Charged With Using Seaside Heights Motel to Distribute Drugs

Authorities in Ocean County on Tuesday announced the arrest of three local residents who they say stored and distributed drugs out...

Police Officers Cleared in Fatal Mantoloking Shooting; Shocking Account of Incident Released

A Mantoloking police officer who shot and killed a wanted man in Mantoloking in 2018 was justified in using deadly force,...

Indictment: Lavallette Man Was on Xanax, Cocaine, Fentanyl During Fatal Accident

An Ocean County grand jury this week handed up an indictment against Brian Kosanke, 39, of Lavallette, who is charged in...

Gilmore Gets a Year: 366 Days in Jail for Former Ocean County GOP Chair

A one-time political kingmaker and leader of the state’s most powerful county Republican organization with the ability to swing statewide elections,...

Seaside Heights Sex Offender Arrested After Failing to Register, Authorities Say

A convicted violent sex offender is being lodged in the Ocean County Jail on charges he failed to properly register with...

Seaside Heights Man Gets Eight Years for Heroin Distribution

A Seaside Heights man has been sentenced to spend eight years behind bars for distributing drugs, prosecutors announced Friday. Rayvon Thomas,...

Woman Who ‘Frequents Lavallette’ Missing Since Thanksgiving

Brick Township police are asking for information on a woman who has been missing since Thanksgiving. Amanda Somerholter, 36, lives in...