Crime

The State Division of Taxation will begin distribution of benefits soon, but warn about scammers.

FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office this week launched a newly created and specialized Domestic Violence Unit, Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Thursday.

TRENTON — Governor Phil Murphy signed S1017/A3748 into law, requiring that victims of sexual assault be notified of certain developments concerning the evidence in their respective cases. This legislation expands New Jersey’s existing Sexual Assault Victim’s Bill of Rights, ensuring survivors are granted the updates to which they are entitled.

FREEHOLD – A local man has been criminally charged with using a former business client’s credit card to purchase items he then resold to another client, a plot that netted more than $200,000, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Wednesday.

According to Red Bank Green, a brazen mid-day jewelry store robbery was thwarted by a security guard

TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“Division”) announced that 19 New Jersey retailers were issued Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) and assessed civil penalties of $4,500 each for allegedly violating the state’s consumer protection laws by offering and selling flavored vapor products that are banned for sale in New Jersey.

FREEHOLD – A Red Bank man has been charged in connection with leaving the scene of an accident that left a pedestrian deceased in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against a Wall Township man charged with the murder of his girlfriend that took place in an apartment complex parking lot in May, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on August 16, 2024, the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, P.J.Cr.P., sentenced Michele Nycz, 60, and Aimee Lonczak, 51, both of Brick Township, to 364 days in the Ocean County Jail as a condition of a four-year probationary term, as a result of their previously entered guilty pleas to two counts of Animal Cruelty in connection with an investigation that began on December 2, 2022 in Brick Township.

TRENTON – The Attorney General’s Office released information regarding New Jersey law enforcement officers who faced major disciplinary action from their agencies in 2023.