Crime

FREEHOLD – A Neptune Township Police Department Officer has been criminally charged for illegally accessing a pair of computer databases to look up personal information about a woman, then traveling to her home, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced

FREEHOLD – A New York man and a local man have been criminally charged with scheming to steal nearly $300,000 in funds from a Holmdel-based company by creating a fake pest control company and then using the victim’s software platform to obtain stolen credit-card information, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.

Early this morning, at 4:44 am, Wall Township Police responded to a reported burglary in progress at a residence located on Baileys Corner Road.

On January 8, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Lacey Township Police Department was dispatched to a residence on Longwood Drive, Forked River, for a report of gun shots fired.

Jessica Bartky, 44, fired a gun at another person inside the home, police said.

Timothy J. Sauers admitted yesterday to violently stabbing a relative multiple times in 2023.

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a 22-count indictment against a former Middletown Township Police Department Sergeant for crimes related to multiple forms of abusing his authority as a law enforcement officer and the illegal possession of three types of narcotics, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Thursday.

On Monday, the Governor announced 33 pardons and 3 commutations. This is the first time Governor Murphy has used his pardon power.

PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted a shipment of a potentially dangerous tianeptine, known on the street as “gas station heroin,” at an international express consignment facility in South Jersey on December 4 that was destined to an address in Edgewater, N.J.

Residents in areas of North Jersey have been complaining about large drones hovering overhead for weeks.