Crime

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.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced that on November 8, 2024, Richard Shashaty, 37, of Brick Township, was charged with Arson and Violation of the Regulatory Provisions Relating to Firearms, in connection with a wildfire that began in Jackson Township on November 6, 2024.

Alicia Campbell of Mays Landing was indicted in January on several charges after being accused of stealing from a golf course in Waretown, where she was employed at the time. The total theft of funds exceeded $175,000.

According to NJ.com, a local cardiologist agreed to permanently forfeit his medical license after pleading guilty to an insurance fraud scheme.