Ocean County NJ News

Four South Jersey lottery players had a memorable week, with wins ranging from $10,000 scratch-offs to a $50,000 Powerball ticket, plus two Somerset County players sharing a $310K Jersey Cash 5 jackpot.

Two Stafford Township police officers are being credited with saving the life of a 10-month-old infant after responding to a choking emergency in a Beach Haven West home.

The driver killed Wednesday had shared updates about his surgery two days earlier.

Have you heard the one about the naked man in the liquor store? This really happened.

A juvenile has been charged in a Friday evening robbery in Manchester Township, Ocean County. The victim escaped, and police, with K-9 and drone units, quickly made an arrest.

A house fire in Stafford Township early Friday morning killed a 92-year-old woman and sent two others to Philadelphia hospitals in critical condition.

Shaun Anderson, 47, pleaded guilty to distributing over half an ounce of cocaine in Ocean County, NJ. State seeks a 10-year prison sentence at his upcoming sentencing.

Police say an Ocean County man crashed into a utility pole in Egg Harbor Township early Sunday, fled on foot, and was later arrested. He now faces assault by auto, DWI, and other charges.

More than six years after his father’s death, a Brick Township man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot that left his father beaten to death.

A Toms River couple has done the impossible: they’ve won two massive NJ Lottery jackpots in seven months, a feat officials say carries 1-in-2-trillion odds.

A 16-year-old was killed in a head-on crash in Jackson, NJ, on East Veterans Hwy. The teen's car was struck by a pickup truck. Two others were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Thomas Lester of Ocean County pleaded guilty to setting a Little Egg Harbor house fire in 2024. Sentencing with co-defendant Ethan Salter is Nov. 17.