by Phil Stilton JACKSON-Jackson police say three individuals sustained injuries Tuesday morning in a crash involving three vehicles at the intersection of Cedar Swamp Road and Bennetts Mills Road here. At approximately 10:48 am, a Jackson Township Department of Public Works Ford F-250 truck was traveling westbound on Bennetts Mills Road when, according to police, [...]
JACKSON–East Veterans Highway between Whitesville Road and Pitney Lane was closed late last night as police investigated a single vehicle crash between Pitney Lane and Melissa Lee Drive Friday at approximately 11:40 pm. Police say a woman was driving westbound on East Veterans Highway when her vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree. [...]
JACKSON–Jackson Police responded to multiple shots fired at a home on Laurelton Avenue on Thursday, May 30th. After conducting an initial search and investigation, police located and encircled a home which had multiple gunshots visible from the outside according to police on scene. The incident happened at approximately 1:45 pm, just one block from the [...]
JACKSON–On Friday, May 24th, Jackson Police investigated a report regarding a student allegedly threatening to bring a gun to McAuliffe Middle School on South Hope Chapel Road. After interviewing witnesses and the student in question, the Jackson Police Department determined that there was no credible threat to the student population or faculty. Since Friday, [...]
SEASIDE PARK–Seaside Park Police were called for a disturbance call at a home located at 17 Farragut Avenue here on Saturday night. According to Detective Chris Bonner, between forty and fifty people were seen standing outside the residence when police units arrived on scene. Officers discovered the home was being rented to nine different people. [...]
FRISCO, TEXAS – John Libby, a former Jackson Township and Pine Beach police officer died while off-duty here after his motorcycle crashed into an SUV on Memorial Day. The 38-year-old New Jersey native was driving northbound on Custer Road at approximately 11:40 am when he collided with a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was making the [...]
by Erik Weber BERKELEY TOWNSHIP – It may have been several decades since they put down their social studies notebooks and picked up their badges, but for five of the seven current police chiefs serving in Ocean County, coming back to the halls of Central Regional High School here to reminisce about their early [...]
SEASIDE HEIGHTS–Chief Thomas Boyd confirmed today that a stabbing took place shortly before midnight here at Hemingway’s Cafe at 612 Boulevard. A verbal altercation between two patrons resulted in a stabbing. The suspect then fled the scene and police were still searching for the person as of noon, Sunday. The victim suffered a stab wound [...]
SEASIDE HEIGHTS –The borough of Seaside Heights presented Prince Harry and Governor Chris Christie each with a set of pens made from wood from the destroyed boardwalk on Tuesday. In this photos, Special Events Coordinator Michael Graichen shows the pens to the Ocean Signal before presenting them to Prince Harry moments later.
MANCHESTER MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF POINT PLEASANT MAN IN LONG BRANCH MURDER FREEHOLD–A Manchester Township man is charged with the Robbery and Felony Murder of a Point Pleasant man found in the backyard of a Long Branch home, announced Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Alan Bienkowski, 54, of Pinecrest Manor, Manchester Township, [...]