Ocean County

Adorned with multiple no trespassing signs, a New Jersey home boasts multiple Confederate flags in addition to costumed ghosts — one of which seems to resemble a haunting image of a Ku Klux Klan member in robes.

A Halloween display at a house in New Jersey is getting a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace takes a closer look.

As many favorite fall activities return, one in Ocean County has special meaning, as it’s dedicated to a local police officer who is deeply missed by the community after dying from a heart condition in 2019. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.

The body of a man found in the ocean off New Jersey last week has been identified as that of a man missing for four days, authorities said. Paterson police said 26-year-old Kiariff Alston of Glen Rock left his home Oct. 10, telling his mother he was going to buy gas before going to work at a Home Depot store…

Prosecutors say a new murder-for-hire accusation against a New Jersey man in the death of his father two years ago could result in a life sentence without possibility of parole.

A Pennsylvania woman was charged Tuesday with killing her 87-year-old father and his girlfriend at his home at the New Jersey shore.

A 55-year-old Pennsylvania woman has been arrested on two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of an 87-year-old man and a 75-year-old woman in a Long Beach Island home last week, authorities said Tuesday. Sherry Lee Heffernan, of Landenberg, also is charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon. Officers…

A lifeguard was killed while seven others were injured after lightning struck a beach in Ocean County, New Jersey. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

A lifeguard was killed while seven others were injured after lightning struck a beach in Ocean County, New Jersey.

Authorities in Ocean County say the investigation into a March forest fire in Lakewood and Brick townships, which prosecutors allege was deliberately set, has stalled due to uncooperative witnesses.

Officials say a Holtec employee was splashed with radioactive water in late February when a lid came off a storage cask at the defunct New Jersey nuclear power plant.

A New Jersey man was charged Monday for a series of online threats he allegedly made alluding to the destruction of government-run buildings in Ocean County. Prosecutors in the county allege that 36-year-old David Giordano made online threats last month to bulldoze nearby structures in a series of videos posted to a personal YouTube channel called “TOMS RIVER POLICE are…

In Ocean County, New Jersey, there are plenty of shots available — just not enough arms to put them in. Brian Thompson reports.

A part-time firefighter with the New Jersey Firefighter Service is in the hospital after suffering a medical emergency while responding to a massive brush fire that ripped through buildings, forced a hotel evacuation and shut down a portion of the Garden State Parkway in Lakewood, New Jersey.

The pandemic has created a hunger crisis that has only intensified over the past year. In New Jersey, one girl’s call for help put a face to the crisis — and inspired a wave of giving to a local food bank.NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

Talk about a super delivery. A couple in Ocean County welcomed the newest addition to their family just in time for football’s biggest game of the year. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.

The board didn’t take a public vote on the request, but the board President — after praising the athlete’s passion and courage — said it was the board’s job to represent the whole school, adding that “uniforms have to be uniform”

A New Jersey teen has been charged in the stabbing death of a 38-year-old man, authorities announced Sunday. The 14-year-old juvenile, not identified by police, was arrested and charged in Ocean County following the fatal attack that occurred Saturday afternoon. Police responded to a 911 call at a Brick Township residence around 2:45 p.m. for a reported stabbing. Authorities say…

A 36-year-old New Jersey man was charged with murder in connection to the death of his baby daughter earlier this week, the Ocean County’s prosecutor announced Thursday. David Smith, of Lakewood, is currently in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing following his arrest Wednesday, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer. Attorney information was not immediately known. The charge...

Twenty-nine individuals from Monmouth and Ocean counties were charged with racketeering, conspiracy, attempted murder, drug- and gun-trafficking and dogfighting following and 8-month investigation into gang activities and organized street crimes, Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced Friday. The investigation allegedly revealed a power grab by Xavier Reed, a Bloods gang leader, to consolidate his command of the gang’s criminal activities...