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Get our free mobile app Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced Monday that Douglas Thompson, 56, of Jackson, was sentenced to five years in State Prison as a result of a previously entered guilty plea to Death By Auto in a 2019 crash that later killed a Toms River man. Billhimer said the sentence is subject to the terms of the No Early Release Act, meaning that Thompson will be required to serve at least 85 percent of his prison sentence before he may be considered for parole eligi...

Jackson man threatens two teens riding dirt bikes near his house Get our free mobile app Jackson Police said four of their officers responded to Nancy Court Friday afternoon after getting a call that a man was holding two people hostage at gun point. The officers searched the wooded area by the home and learned from Dispatch that the victims were being held on Werko Place. Officers then found one of the victims standing in the woods with his phone up to his ear. Police then spotted a loaded 22...

Two teens, two towns but both with ties to Eatontown who have gone missing and police need your help in taking a look at these photos and trying to help find both of them. Ashe told her parents she was going out for a smoke and never came back. On Friday, Middletown Township Police said that 15-year old Sammie Boynton III has also been missing since Tuesday. Sammies mother said thats when she last saw him. 15-year old Sammie Boynton III of Middletown. (Courtesy of Middletown Township Police D...

The Brick Police Street Crimes Unit found 26 grams of crack and 30 grams of cocaine inside a room at the Maple Leaf Park Complex leading to two arrests. The Maple Leaf Park Complex has become a trouble spot and a place where drug deals have been broken up by Brick Police. Detective executed a "Knock and Announce" search warrant on Tuesday night and found the stash of drugs along with two people inside the room. David Gonzalez, 32, Brick is being charged with possession with intent to distribute...

Flags will be flown at half-staff for the next week starting Friday across Ocean County government buildings in memory of former Ocean County Prosecutor and Toms River Mayor Tom Kelaher, who passed away this past Sunday at the age of 88. Kelaher dedicated his life to serving others, whether it be with the U.S. Military, Ocean County Prosecutors Office, as Toms River Mayor, as a parishioner at St. Josephs Roman Catholic Church and as a husband, father and grandfather. He truly had a heart of go...

Its been two days and no word yet. Eatontown Police have issued a Missing Person Alert for 16-year old JoeZiah Ashe who also goes by Punkin and was last seen at her home on Grant Avenue around midnight Tuesday. Ashe told her parents she was going out for a smoke and never came back. She was last seen wearing pajama bottoms and a sweatshirt and did not take any personal belongings with her that night. Police say shes been known to visit the Patterson, Elizabeth, Newark and Philadelphia areas in...

Police have arrested the suspect who murdered a Little Egg Harbor man in Lakewood on Sunday night. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Lakewood Police Chief Gregory Meyer have announced that Jahvontae Debose, 24, of Lakewood, is being charged with Murder following the shooting death of Dajour Randolph, 20, of Little Egg Harbor. Get our free mobile app Lakewood Police responded to Tudor Court Sunday following a 9-1-1 call about a man who had collapsed in the middle of the road. Off...

Its a rise of the machines!...No, not exactly. This month, JSUMC opened up a new cardiac catheterization laboratory as a way to treat heart disease. A JSUMC spokesman said the lab is equipped with GE Healthcare’s advanced Innova IGS 520 image-guided system which gives physicians the technology to perform various cardiovascular and electrophysiology, diagnostic and interventional procedures. “The new state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory is the first upgrade and step towar...

The days are getting closer and closer to the Toms River Field of Dreams turning from dream into reality.

Belmar Police have arrested a man allegedly responsible for the wheeling and dealing of drugs in the borough. The department announced Monday that theyve arrested a borough resident behind the sale of illegal narcotics in the community. Police wrapped up a month long narcotic distribution investigation when they executed a search warrant at the River Ridge Apartment complex along 1st and Ocean Avenue and arrested 37-year old Robert Clayton who was then charged with 40 counts of narcotic re...