Toms River

A motorcyclist suddenly got off his sports bike on the Garden State Parkway during Thursday’s morning rush, whirled around and blasted the hood and windshield of another vehicle with his fists, causing significant damage in what appears to be a case of road rage, police in New Jersey said Friday. According to Manchester cops, who say they are assisting...

New Jersey will repair some of the beaches hardest-hit by a string of February storms that caused severe erosion and created 18-to-20-foot drop-offs at numerous beach access points, the acting head of the state’s Department of Environmental Protection said

Two men were exchanging insurance information over a previous minor accident when the suspended driver hit both of them, injuring one and killing the other, who was thrown onto the highway and struck by other cars

Authorities say a suspect has been arrested in an alleged assault on a New Jersey elementary school employee after school hours

Police officers in Toms River had an odd pair in the back of a patrol car Thursday.

Police in a New Jersey town had quite a “daaaaay” after they received a surprising call about two unexpected escapees. On Thursday morning, police in Toms River responded to a call regarding two sheep roaming a neighborhood in the North Dover section of town. Officers Eric Nelson, Walt Herman and Ron Bayer were able to corral the sheep who had…

An eighth grade social studies teacher had students act as if they were picking cotton and lay on a dirty floor while pretending to be slaves

A fire at a New Jersey home that killed a school librarian has been ruled an accident, authorities announced Monday. The woman’s body was found in her family’s Toms River home after the fire was extinguished on Friday night, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. Another adult and three young children were able to safely escape the fire,...

A school librarian and mother of three was found dead in a house fire Friday night in New Jersey. Sara Tarhey was found in the burned home in the Silverton neighborhood of Toms River, New Jersey, county investigators said. A man and three kids were able to escape, officials said, but Trahey did not. Firefighters found her body inside once…

The driver of a speeding convertible that went airborne and crashed into the second floor of a New Jersey building last year, killing both of the car’s occupants, was under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

An elementary school bus driver in New Jersey has been arrested and charged with drunk driving after school officials noticed he was behaving “erratically.”

Prosecutors formally charged a New Jersey police officer accused of trying to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex.

Police in Toms River are investigating two suspected child luring attempts.

Retired Mets All-Star pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden has pleaded guilty to third-degree drug possession in connection with a cocaine bust in New Jersey in June, the Monmouth County prosecutor’s office said Wednesday.

A juvenile has been charged with murder in the death of a 44-year-old woman at a New Jersey office complex last week, authorities said Tuesday.

A New Jersey man faces up to five years in prison after acknowledging that he dumped the body of a woman who overdosed as the two were doing drugs last year, prosecutors said.

Retired Mets All-Star pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden is in trouble with the law for the second time in about six weeks — this time a DUI bust in New Jersey, and just a few weeks after he was accused of cocaine possession in the same state.

Retired Mets All-Star pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden faces drug charges after he was caught with suspected cocaine in New Jersey last month, according to a felony complaint obtained by News 4 Friday. The 54-year-old four-time All-Star, who also had a pitching stint for the Yankees, among other Major League Baseball teams, allegedly had two small green plastic bags containing a...

Retired Mets All-Star pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden faces drug charges after he was caught with suspected cocaine in New Jersey last month, according to a felony complaint obtained by News 4 Friday. The 54-year-old four-time All-Star, who also had a pitching stint for the Yankees, among other Major League Baseball teams, allegedly had two small green plastic bags containing a...

A baby and dogs were rescued from inside a hot car in New Jersey thanks to a delivery driver who heard the child’s cries, authorities say.