Charles Maulbeck, 51, of Toms River, pled guilty on June 9 to arson in connection with a fire that occurred in Brick Township ...

A half-dozen vehicles were stolen from the same neighborhood within three hours Tuesday morning, according to police.

After a three-month investigation, two teenagers have been charged in a wild carjacking incident in Lodi, according to the ...

A Toms River man has pleaded guilty to arson and criminal mischief in connection with two incidents that occurred in Ocean ...

A pair of 18-year-olds has been accused of starting a fire by shooting a flare gun into a house in Ocean County.

Police on Ocean County, New Jersey, have charged two 18-year-old men after, officials claim, they fired a flare gun into a ...

A Toms River man has pleaded guilty to setting a fire last year, as well as an unrelated act of criminal mischief in Lacey ...

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A second person has been charged with arson in the wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens that has grown into the state’s second-largest fire in nearly two decades. Prosecutors said Friday that ...

Firefighters battle a wildfire in Ocean County, N.J. on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP) 31,039 people played the daily Crossword recently.

The blaze in southern New Jersey’s Ocean County has spread across 24 square miles (62 square kilometers). No injuries have been reported. A 19-year-old man from Waretown was charged with arson a ...