Grandson of Toms River mayor is charged with drug offenses
TOMS RIVER — The 20-year-old grandson of the township's mayor has been charged with marijuana possession and intent to distribute, according to a report on APP.com. Police found marijuana in Samuel K....
View ArticleDirector of Passaic Sheriff's motor pool is charged in $100K theft
PASSAIC COUNTY — A 52-year-old Wayne man who ran the Passaic County Sheriff's Department motor pool is accused of stealing about $100,000 from a vehicle seized in a drug bust, according to a report on...
View ArticleNewark man is arraigned in Pa. triple murder
WILSON, Pa. — A New Jersey man charged in a triple murder in eastern Pennsylvania almost three years ago has been ordered held without bail. Twenty-six-year-old Olayiwola Hollist of Newark was...
View ArticleEssex County pair caught with $10K in counterfeit money, Delaware police say
WILMINGTON, Del. — Two New Jersey men are facing charges after police in Delaware say a traffic stop turned up $10,000 in counterfeit cash. After an officer pulled over a car without a registration...
View ArticlePolice search for suspect in fatal hit-and-run accident on Garden State...
WOODBRIDGE — State Police are searching for a driver who allegedly drove off in a fatal hit-and-run accident on the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge on Aug. 14. Donald Issacs, 79, died two days...
View ArticleClinton man is accused of assaulting his mother
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A Clinton man who tossed a plate after arguing with his 64-year-old mother has been charged with assault and criminal mischief, according a a report on MyCentralJersey.com. The man...
View ArticleNew Brunswick man is caught with 2,000 bags of packaged cocaine
NEW BRUNSWICK — A 23-year-old city man was arrested for having more than a kilogram of packaged cocaine in his home, according to a report on MyCentralJersey.com. Frank Sosa was found with more than...
View ArticleThird person is charged in death of Manchester man found in burning car
LONG BRANCH — A Long Branch man was charged this afternoon with setting fire to the car that contained the body of a Manchester man who went missing for two days after dropping off his daughter....
View ArticleMetuchen man is accused of bilking $69K in loans from residents by claiming...
METUCHEN — A Metuchen man "borrowed" about $69,000 from fellow residents over the past four years and $3,000 from the borough Little League where he was a commissioner, authorities charged today....
View ArticleEgg Harbor man beaten by fellow inmates died from head trauma, reports say
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The 20-year-old Atlantic County man who was beaten to death Sunday by fellow inmates at Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility died of head injuries, early reports indicate. While...
View ArticleSomerville woman is charged with selling cocaine
SOMERVILLE — A Somerville woman was charged with drug offenses for selling cocaine to an undercover detective in Somerset County, authorities said today. Megan Williams, 24, of East Main Street, was...
View ArticlePolice search for East Brunswick PNC Bank attempted robbery suspect
EAST BRUNSWICK — Police are searching for the man who entered the PNC Bank on Cranbury Road this afternoon in an attempted robbery. The man approached a teller at 2:28 p.m. and passed a note demanding...
View ArticleAuthorities release surveillance photo of suspect in Fair Haven TD Bank robbery
FAIR HAVEN — Authorities in Monmouth County today released a surveillance photo of a suspect in a Fair Haven bank robbery Friday. Fair Haven police said a man entered the TD Bank in the Acme shopping...
View ArticleBelleville man is cleared of child sexual assault charge
BELLEVILLE — A grand jury in Essex County today cleared an Ecuadorian immigrant living in Belleville of a sexual assault charge on his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter, according to a report on...
View ArticleN.Y. man is charged with sexually assaulting teen in Somerset County
WATCHUNG — A New York man was indicted today on upgraded charges in connection with the sexual assault of a child, authorities said. A grand jury charged Louis Hulings, 51, of Berkman Drive in...
View ArticleBelleville man is accused of sexual assault at N.J. golf course
BELLEVILLE — A 19-year-old Belleville man was arrested today and charged with sexual assault stemming from an incident at the Hendricks Field Golf Course earlier this month, authorities said. Edwin...
View ArticleSouth Ward shooting marks 13th homicide in Newark this month
NEWARK &mdash A Newark man suffered a fatal gunshot wound in the city's South Ward yesterday afternoon, hours after the victim of a shooting earlier this month was pronounced dead just a block...
View ArticleOakland broker is charged with stealing clients' money to gamble on internet
MORRIS COUNTY — A 34-year-old Bergen County man has been charged with taking more than $1.9 million from nine insurance clients to use for online wagering, according to a report on NorthJersey.com....
View ArticleN.J. man is charged with sexually assaulting girl at New Hampshire camp
KEENE, N.H. — A 19-year-old New Jersey man who works at a New Hampshire summer camp is facing charges he tried to tie up and sexually assault an 8-year-old camper. Stephen Tecce of Pittsgrove has been...
View ArticleJudge won't dismiss Atlantic City ballot fraud charges
ATLANTIC CITY — Prosecutors say "autograph parties" were held in Atlantic City in 2009 in which absentee ballots were steamed open and replaced or destroyed. The revelation came Wednesday as a judge...
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