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FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Correctional Institution Officer has pled guilty in connection with the distribution of narcotics to inmates within the jail, Acting Monmouth …

FREEHOLD – The New Jersey State Senate interviewed Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago today, and thereafter unanimously voted to confirm his nomination by …

FREEHOLD – A local man has been arrested and charged with promoting the prostitution of a teenager at a Tinton Falls motel, along with numerous …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Jury has returned guilty verdicts on the most serious charges against the man who attacked and killed a stranger in …

FREEHOLD – A local man who engaged in a lengthy standoff with police after allegedly committing an armed robbery of a Neptune Township pharmacy surrendered …

FREEHOLD – A local man has been criminally charged with taking “upskirting” photos of at least two women in a local supermarket last month and …

FREEHOLD – An English teacher at Red Bank Regional High School has been arrested and criminally charged with having a long-term sexual relationship with a …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth Beach man, who had previously been the owner of a residential construction company, has been sentenced to two years’ probation after …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Jury has returned guilty verdicts against an Asbury Park man who sexually abused two juvenile siblings on multiple occasions over …

FREEHOLD –   A Toms River man has been arrested and charged with setting ablaze a group of commercial vehicles belonging to a local business in …

FREEHOLD – A pair of Virginia residents have been arrested and charged with conspiring to orchestrate an armed home invasion and robbery in Marlboro Township …

FREEHOLD – A Long Branch man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that took place in West Long Branch and left …

FREEHOLD – An Ocean County man has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife and leaving her body on the side of a road in …

FREEHOLD – An Ocean County man has been arrested and charged with committing a daytime robbery of a West Long Branch check-cashing business that netted …

FREEHOLD – The man who was shot by police in Holmdel yesterday has been charged with a number of violent crimes that took place leading …

The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the circumstances behind a nonfatal police-involved shooting that occurred earlier today, Wednesday, October 26. The shooting, involving a …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Jury has returned guilty verdicts on nearly all charges against the local man who murdered a longtime family friend a …

FREEHOLD –   A Keyport couple are facing charges after their dog acted in an aggressive manner towards a resident and prompted an officer to fire …

  FREEHOLD – A Wall Township couple has been charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child after their toddler overdosed on suspected opioids in …

FREEHOLD – A Neptune Township man who coached a competitive youth softball team has been sentenced to five years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to …

FREEHOLD – A fatal collision involving an SUV and a dirt bike that took place in Aberdeen Township Friday night is under active investigation, Acting …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a four-count indictment against the local man charged with sexually assaulting a woman at gunpoint in …

FREEHOLD –   Three separate shooting incidents that took place within nine hours of each other have left one victim hospitalized, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond …

FREEHOLD – Raymond S. Santiago was sworn in today as Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor, a title he assumes pending confirmation to a full five-year term …

FREEHOLD – Omar Rivera-Rojas (also known as Juan Carlos Rivera-Rojas), and his nephew Alberto Rojas-Hernandez, pleaded guilty to first-degree Aggravated Manslaughter charges stemming from a …

FREEHOLD – An investigation is underway to discover the cause behind a shooting that took place last night in Asbury Park which left three victims …

FREEHOLD – A 27-year veteran of the Freehold Township Police Department has admitted to illegally accessing information from a law-enforcement computer database for personal use, …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a two-count indictment against the Middlesex County resident who was found in Atlantic Highlands with the …

FREEHOLD – As investigations continue into fatal shootings that claimed the lives of three local men during recent months, authorities are making an urgent plea …

FREEHOLD – A former Aberdeen Township police officer has been sentenced to nearly a year in jail for tampering with evidence on two separate occasions …

FREEHOLD – A husband and wife who were found deceased in their Marlboro home earlier this week appear to have died as a result of …

FREEHOLD – A two-vehicle collision in Tinton Falls that left two people dead yesterday evening remains under investigation, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced …

FREEHOLD – Following a historically deadly summer on area roadways, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey and the county’s police chiefs are urging local motorists …

FREEHOLD – A Long Branch man has been charged with the first-degree crime of Strict Liability, among other drug-related charges, in connection with a Drug-Induced …

FREEHOLD – A Morris County resident who burglarized a beachfront home in Sea Girt and stole the tenants’ vehicle and personal effects while they slept …

FREEHOLD – Two men have been arrested and criminally charged in connection with the killing of an Ocean County resident in Asbury Park earlier this …

FREEHOLD – A Matawan man has been arrested and criminally charged with killing his father in the home they shared earlier this year, Acting Monmouth …

FREEHOLD – A former Ocean Township Police Officer has been sentenced for acts of theft and forgery associated with his former part-time work buying, renting, …

FREEHOLD – A Hazlet man has been arrested and criminally charged with breaking into his father’s home yesterday and attacking two relatives, killing one of …

FREEHOLD – A sea of small purple flags will adorn the grass along the front entrance to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office for the rest …

FREEHOLD – A three-vehicle collision that took place on a rural road in Marlboro Township over the weekend has left a Middlesex County motorcyclist dead …

FREEHOLD – A joint operation conducted by members of the Prosecutor’s Office working in conjunction with the FBI has resulted in a Long Branch man …

FREEHOLD – A series of investigations led by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit and the Monmouth County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) …

FREEHOLD – A Deal resident will spend the rest of his life as a registered sex offender under parole supervision after admitting to having sexual …

FREEHOLD – A Neptune Township man has been charged with murder as a result of a stabbing incident that took place Sunday morning in the …

FREEHOLD – A Millstone Township man has been arrested and criminally charged with fatally shooting an acquaintance last month, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey …

FREEHOLD – A fatal shooting that took place yesterday evening in Asbury Park is under active investigation, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Friday. …

FREEHOLD – A local man has been arrested and charged for allegedly setting three fires in Red Bank and robbing a pharmacy in Little Silver, …

FREEHOLD – It had all the hallmarks of a call for service that could have easily gone quickly and badly wrong. Thanks to four Keyport …

FREEHOLD – A Keyport man has been charged with robbery and aggravated sexual assault as a result of an assault and an attempted theft that …

FREEHOLD – A Freehold Township man was found guilty by a Monmouth County Jury in connection with the 2017 possession and distribution of child sexual …

FREEHOLD – A former attorney has been criminally charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a deceased client’s estate and spending the funds …

FREEHOLD – A Morris County man has been criminally charged with a bias crime as the result of threatening comments he made at a Jersey …

FREEHOLD – A three-vehicle collision that took place on a rural road in Freehold Township yesterday has left an Ocean County woman dead and her …

FREEHOLD – A teenager has been apprehended in connection with a fatal shooting that took place late last week in Asbury Park, Acting Monmouth County …

FREEHOLD – A fatal shooting that took place late last week in Asbury Park is under active investigation, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced …

FREEHOLD –  “You’ve got to let me help you” were some of the first words that a Hazlet police officer used to help a suicidal …

FREEHOLD – An investigation into the circumstances behind a man being found shot inside his car in Neptune Township in the early morning hours of …

FREEHOLD – A multi-car crash has claimed the lives of two passengers and left two drivers severely injured in Freehold Township Sunday afternoon, announced Acting …

FREEHOLD – The Long Branch man who fatally shot four members of his own family with a high-powered rifle on New Year’s Eve in 2017 …

FREEHOLD – Two men have been sentenced to a total of over 60 years in state prison in connection with the 2019 midday shooting of …

FREEHOLD – Yesterday may have marked the first day on the job for four newly hired detectives at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, but today …

FREEHOLD – An Asbury Park man who killed one of his girlfriend’s Toy Poodles and abandoned the other has been criminally charged, Acting Monmouth County …

FREEHOLD – A Tinton Falls man was sentenced to a total of 11 years in state prison in connection with the 2017 possession and distribution …

FREEHOLD – A Freehold Borough man has been charged with Reckless Manslaughter as a result of a shooting that took place Sunday night in the …

FREEHOLD – The Middlesex County man criminally charged with having a woman’s body in a vehicle in Atlantic Highlands last week has now also been …

FREEHOLD – An investigation into the circumstances behind a woman being found dead in Atlantic Highlands this morning is underway, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a five-count indictment against a Somerset County man accused of taking lewd photographs of a juvenile …

FREEHOLD – A shots-fired incident that led to a vehicular police pursuit yielding an arrest and the recovery of two handguns remains under active investigation, …

FREEHOLD – The grounds in front of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office just got a little more colorful. Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey and …

FREEHOLD – A local truck driver has been criminally charged in connection with the theft of wholesale quantities of Red Bull valued at more than …

FREEHOLD – A social media flyer calling for a ‘pop-up party’ on Saturday resulted in thousands of people converging in Long Branch, creating a public …

FREEHOLD – A Keansburg police officer has admitted to a sex crime and is now expected to lose his job, register as a sex offender, …

FREEHOLD – A Neptune Township man charged in connection with a shooting that took place in Asbury Park earlier this year has been located and …

FREEHOLD – A shooting in Neptune Township that left a local man dead this past weekend is under active investigation, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori …

FREEHOLD – The former treasurer of a Red Bank nonprofit has been criminally charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the organization over the course …

FREEHOLD – A Tinton Falls woman who arranged to have her girlfriend shot before later fatally strangling her several months later and burying her body …

FREEHOLD – As the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office’s third round of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training concludes today, success stories stemming from prior sessions continue …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against the two Bayshore men criminally charged in connection with a double homicide that …

FREEHOLD – The Mercer County man who fatally shot a Freehold woman as she drove along on a state highway – a crime that took …

FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is marking National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), which is taking place April 24-30, by recognizing and honoring …

FREEHOLD – A single-car crash has claimed the life of two passengers in Freehold Township Tuesday evening, announced Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. On …

FREEHOLD – A 29-year-old male inmate of the Monmouth County Correctional Institution has been charged in the death of a fellow inmate, Acting Monmouth County …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a 31-count indictment against a man and a woman charged in connection with three attempted murders …

FREEHOLD – Three men have been arrested and criminally charged in connection with a sexual assault that took place earlier this month at a residence …

FREEHOLD – A local man is in custody and criminally charged in connection with a nonfatal shooting that took place in Asbury Park last month, …

FREEHOLD – Five officers with a combined total of more than 120 years of law-enforcement service were promoted to key supervisory positions within the Monmouth …

There is not a wealth of available information about Mary Ludwig’s life prior to the events of the late 1770s, but what is known is …

FREEHOLD – A multi-vehicle hit-and-run collision in Neptune Township claimed the life of one male driver Monday morning, announced Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. …

FREEHOLD – A former Ocean Township Police Officer has pled guilty in connection with theft and forgery charges pertaining to properties he purchased and rented …

FREEHOLD – A police officer who was off duty and on his way to work in Union County when his vehicle drifted off the Garden …

Born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Margaret Widdemer spent most of her childhood in Asbury Park, which provided the setting for many of her early novels (one …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against a local man accused of committing three bank robberies in various local municipalities …

FREEHOLD – A multi-vehicle collision in Howell has claimed the life of one male driver early Friday morning, announced Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. …

Kathy Flores summed up her philosophy about the sport of rugby during a 2010 interview with the Associated Press. “Women have always wanted to be …

FREEHOLD – A former member of the Long Branch Police Department has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison for manufacturing methamphetamine at his …

In retrospect, maybe it shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone that Radia Perlman ascended to the short list of the top technological minds of …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County jury has returned guilty verdicts against a Hudson County man who sexually assaulted a woman following their first date at …

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a two-count indictment against a former manager of a Hazlet automotive repair shop accused of stealing …

FREEHOLD – The Howell woman who was criminally charged last month with swindling a former employer out of more than $2.2 million over the course …