Law & Justice
By PAT SHARKEY
March 20, 2023
WARETOWN - The Ocean Township Police Department is offering a Fraud Prevention Information Session on Thurdsay, May 4, 2023, at 10 a.m. Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division will present an informative seminar Identity Theft and Fraud at the Senior Advisory Meeting. The meeting ...
TOMS RIVER - A Manahawkin man faces up to 15 years in state prison after being found guilty Friday of causing a car crash that killed a Pinelands Regional High School student in 2021, according to a press release by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. Michael Pillarella, 28, was convicted of ...
TRENTON, NJ -- Two brothers have been charged with murder in the stabbing at the CURE Insurance Arena on Thursday evening after the finals of the Mercer County High School Basketball Tournament. Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced on Tuesday afternoon that brothers Kareem Finney, ...
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - A 44-year-old recently retired Long Beach Township police officer has been charged with stealing at least $47,000 from the regional PBA conference where he served as its treasurer, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced Monday. Jason Hildebrant, 44, of ...
TOMS RIVER - New Jersey’s Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced on January 10 in a press release that Superior Court Judge Francis R. Hodgson Jr. will lead the Ocean Vicinage, effective Feb. 1. Hodgson, grew up on Surf City and succeeds Judge Marlene Lynch Ford as the new assignment judge for ...
BARNEGAT - The Barnegat Police Department recently welcomed its newest officer, Ptl. Amanda Sá. Sa fils the vacancy left by recently retired Sgt. Bryan Nogowski Ptl. Sá graduated recently from the Camden County Police Academy where she distinguished herself by earning the High Academic ...
SHIP BOTTOM, NJ – Testimony before a hearing officer at Borough Hall began last week in the case of a Ship Bottom police sergeant who faces removal from the department after more than 23 years of service. Chief of Police Jonathan Potter suspended Sergeant Michael Nash without pay on January ...
TRENTON, N.J. – An Ocean County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for unlawfully possessing a privately manufactured short barrel rifle, a silencer, and five imitation badges of various federal agencies, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Jeffrey ...
BARNEGAT - On Wednesday, September 7, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that a collaborative, multi-agency investigation conducted by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Barnegat Township Police Department, New Jersey State Police Cold Case Unit, and Ocean ...
TOMS RIVER - Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced on July 19 that Christopher Gregor, 30, of Monroe Township, was indicted for murder July 19 in connection with the death of his 6-year-old son last April. The father and his son, Corey Micciolo, were living in Barnegat Township ...
STAFFORD - Stafford Township Police reported that two men were arrested for driving a stolen BMW from New York City early Saturday morning. On Saturday morning, at approximately 1:23 AM, the Stafford Township Police Department received a hit on our fixed License Plate Reader (LPR) located on ...
STAFFORD - Stafford Township Police announced on Thursday, June 23 that the Department’s Drug Enforcement Unit {DEU} was contacted by the United States Postal Service Inspectors about three packages that were seized by the U.S. Customs Border Patrol and Protection Division in June. The packages ...
LBI Region, NJ – Summer is here, and the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness has kicked off its annual “Secure the Shore” campaign. Officials are cautioning the millions of residents and tourists flocking to area beaches and boardwalks to remain vigilant. “Secure the Shore” ...
LBI REGIION - The Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce in partnership with event host Ship Bottom Fire Volunteer Fire Company, welcomes businesses and volunteer organizations to attend the June 8 free event that brings local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies directly to our ...
TRENTON, N.J. – An Ocean County, New Jersey, man today admitted unlawfully possessing a privately manufactured short barrel rifle, a silencer, and five imitation badges of various federal agencies, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Jeffrey Backlund, 57, of Waretown, New Jersey, ...
TOMS RIVER - The Ocean County Board of Commissioners released a statement at its April 20 Board of Commissioners meeting about a very hot topic in New Jersey. Recreational marijuana is now legal across New Jersey. Legal recreational marijuana sales for adults 21 years of age and older went into ...
BARNEGAT - Christopher Gregor, the father of a six-year-old Barnegat boy was charged with the murder of his son on Wednesday, March 9. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Barnegat Township Police Chief Keith A. Germain announced that Christopher Gregor, 29, of Monroe Township, was ...
BARNEGAT, NJ - On Friday, January 14th, the Barnegat Police Department Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) executed a search warrant at a Highland Drive residence. During the search CRU recovered two illegal handguns (one defaced, one ghost gun) crack cocaine, heroin, and approx $4K in US currency, ...
TOMS RIVER - Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on December 22, 2021, Sherry Lee Heffernan, 55, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a Grand Jury sitting in Ocean County on two counts of Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3, in connection with the deaths of John ...
TRENTON, NJ -- The New Jersey State Parole Board ranks have grown to protect communities and help assist parolees re-assimilate back into society with the recent swearing in of 15 parole officer recruits who took their oath of office after graduating from the New Jersey National Guard Training ...
LAKEHURST - The Lakehurst Police Department reported that they received report of a suspicious vehicle in the area of Dollar General store. When they arrived, they arrested Amanda Centanni, 33, Bayville, and Matthew Eiche, 43, of Barnegat. During the investigation, drug paraphernalia was ...
STAFFORD - The Stafford Police Department has a number of veterans who serve in their department. They have served our nation and our community faithfully. Members of the department were involved in two local events on Veterans Day. They participated in the ceremony at the Manahawkin Elks on ...
NEW JERSEY -- The New Jersey Judiciary has expunged more than 362,000 marijuana and hashish cases from court records since the Marijuana Decriminalization Law became effective July 1. Eligible cases are expunged automatically by the Judiciary. Once a case is expunged, it is removed from the ...
TOMS RIVER - The Stafford, Ocean (Waretown) and Barnegat Police departments were part of the large cooperative investigation that resulted in the arrests of many individuals in three-drug networks. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced the culmination of a four-month-long ...
TOMS RIVER - Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on October 28, 2021, Jesse Violante, 34, of Tuckerton, Mary Anne Dileo, 67, of Manahawkin, and Gary Mclain, 34, of Little Egg Harbor, were indicted by a Grand Jury sitting in Ocean County on a charge of Theft by Unlawful ...
TRENTON, NJ – Flooded by calls from Scotch Plains self-storage customers from Westfield and other towns in his district who have been denied access to their personal belongings following Hurricane Ida, Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick is planning to introduce legislation to protect their ...
SURF CITY — Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Surf City Police Chief John N. Casella, Jr., announced that on October 20, 2021, Sherry Lee Heffernan, 55, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania, was charged with possession of a handgun and an additional weapon in the murder counts she is charged ...
RARITAN BAY, NJ – Cybersecurity Awareness Month (October 2021 #BeCyberSmart) raises awareness about the importance of cybersecurity across America, ensuring that everyone has the resources needed to be safer and more secure online. In promoting Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Prove, the modern ...
SURF CITY — The daughter accused of murdering her father and his girlfriend at a Surf City home was recently excluded from his will, according to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by TAPinto Stafford-LBI. A neighbor who was friends with the couple told police that Sherry Lee Heffernan ...
SURF CITY — A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with double murder in Surf City. The woman charged is the daughter of the male victim, John Enders. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Surf City Police Chief John N. Casella, Jr., announced that Sherry Lee Heffernan, 55, of ...