Crime

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.

If it seems that driving has been more dangerous lately, you're not wrong.

At least six people have lost their lives over the holiday weekend due to traffic incidents. Three of those six deaths occurred in Monmouth County.

FREEHOLD – This month marks three years since a jogger was attacked and sexually assaulted by a person unknown to her in a local park, and the investigation into the crime remains active and ongoing, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday

FREEHOLD – An Asbury Park man has been sentenced to life in a New JerseyState prison plus an additional 46 years in connection for the killing of an Ocean Countyresident in 2022, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced onFriday.

FREEHOLD – The Englishtown Police Department Chief of Police has been charged criminally following an investigation, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.

Research by the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center in Mahwah led to the arrest of Jon Miller, 84, of Minnesota for the murder of a 25-year-old hitchhiker that took place in Wisconsin in February 1974.