Ocean County

Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok died at a hospital in Pennsylvania, where he lived, according to the Department of Defense.

Child neglect charges were filed after parents threw a bar mitzvah party for their son that was attended by dozens of guests.

A 80-year-old reputed mobster who admitted taking part in a drug trafficking ring while he was on federal probation for similar crimes was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison.

A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of his mother last year when he was 17 years old has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Authorities say a woman fatally beat her male roommate with a tape dispenser, a shower rod and other items during a dispute.

A man pretending to be a 14-year-old child staged a sting that lead to an attempted sexual assault arrest in New Jersey.

State police in New Jersey say two kayakers were rescued last week as they were “struggling to stay afloat” after one of their kayaks capsized in Barnegat Bay.

Police in New Jersey used the geolocation feature on Snapchat to arrest a man on drug, weapon and harassment charges.

A teenage boy who allegedly attacked and killed his mother last summer as his younger brother watched will be tried as an adult, prosecutors said.

The owner of a dog that died after it was left outside in sweltering temperatures for several hours will have to serve a county jail sentence and a probation term.

A New Jersey appellate court ruled Friday that a woman accused of stabbing her fiance and then leaving him in a car outside a hospital should remain jailed until her murder trial.

New Jersey asked people to donate 200 discarded Chrismas trees to help rebuild sand dunes. The DEP got 2,000 trees.

A man accused of shooting two people at a southern New Jersey shopping center last weekend has been charged with attempted murder.

Nine cats died as fire swept through a house in Manchester Township.

A man who exchanged gunfire with police and escaped on a tricycle has been arrested.

New Jersey has drumsticked up a plan to deal with flocks of wild turkeys that are ruffling some feathers in a Jersey Shore neighborhood.

Police say a car crashed into the second floor of a New Jersey business, killing two people.

As he makes his way to his shed each day, John Magsamen is typically not by himself. He said he has counted about 35 wild turkeys hanging out in his backyard.

Authorities say a second teenager has been arrested in the shooting of a student near a New Jersey high school last week.

Authorities say that a 17-year-old boy has been taken into custody in connection to a shooting in Brick Township on October 22.