Lakewood

Police are searching for a man who they said tried to kidnap a woman along a New Jersey trail and drag her into the woods, before she was able to escape the terrifying attack.

Police are searching for a man who they say attempted to kidnap a woman in Lakewood on Tuesday, Gaby Acevedo reports.

Three New Jersey teens were arrested in two separate incidents after they were caught with handguns earlier this week, with one of the teens also found with heroin, police said.

The hateful ramblings posted online by the alleged Buffalo mass shooter sent shockwaves to New Jersey, as the vitriolic screed referenced Lakewood and neighboring Toms River — both home to large and growing Orthodox Jewish populations.

The local FBI office is investigating the case as a hate crime and a tragedy of “racially motivated violent extremism” and called the case the new No. 1 priority of the Justice Department. NBC New York’s Adam Harding and Jonathan Dienst report.

Ms. Becker’s fourth graders at Ocean Academy Charter School in Lakewood, NJ had a virtual visit from Storm Team 4 Meteorologist, Matt Brickman. The students asked all kinds of weather questions that effect the Jersey Shore and learned how math and science are used in meteorology.

The 27-year-old allegedly stole a car from one victim and used it to intentionally hit others during a chaotic one-day spree that involved three attempted murder victims who all had one thing in common.

A New Jersey man accused of violently attacking three Jewish men in a string of crimes that started with a carjacking last week will also be charged with terrorism, prosecutors announced Thursday. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office initially charged Dion Marsh, 27, on Wednesday with attempted murder, attempted carjacking, attempting kidnapping, unlawful possession of a weapon and bias intimidation but…

Elected leaders and police held a press conference Sunday denouncing the hate that allegedly motivated a New Jersey man’s violent attacks in their community. Dion Marsh, 27, is accused of violently attacking three Jewish men in a string of crimes that started with a carjacking Friday afternoon in Lakewood. The hate that allegedly motivated the crimes rattled people across New…

Leaders in Lakewood held a press conference Sunday denouncing the hate that allegedly motivated a man’s violent attacks in their community. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

The driver behind the wheel of a stolen Camry accused of hospitalizing at least three victims through a series of violent attacks over the course of several hours late Friday has been apprehended at his New Jersey home, officials announced. Police said 27-year-old Dion Marsh’s crime spree began in Lakewood Township shortly after 1 p.m. when he carjacked the...

The man who was behind the wheel of a plow as he appeared on video to intentionally blast two Orthodox Jewish men with snow and ice during Saturday’s storm is out of a job, his employer said.

The mayor of a New Jersey town said two Orthodox Jewish men are pressing charges after they claim they were intentionally hit with snow and ice from a passing road plow.

Two orthodox Jewish men in Lakewood, New Jersey, say a snowplow driver purposefully hit them with snow and a video from inside the vehicle captured the whole thing. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Two “very upset students” reported the situation to their coaches. Now bias incident reports have been filed with the state as well as the other school district involved.

Exclusive video from The Lakewood Scoop appears to show police tasing a suspect after they say he shot and killed two men.

Authorities in New Jersey say a 39-year-old man has been charged for the deaths of two men, each shot in the head at an apartment complex Sunday morning. The Ocean County prosecutor says police responded to the complex in Lakewood around 7:20 a.m. for reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found Tyshaun Drummond, who police say matched the description…

NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

A bus ended up atop cars in a crash in New Jersey on Tuesday. But as Gaby Acevedo reports, no one was injured.

Authorities are investigating a school bus crash involving two other vehicles in New Jersey that left a trail of wreckage but no serious injuries. Tracie Strahan reports.