Ocean Township police are searching for a township resident who was reported missing on July 3. Nicholas Johnson, 26, is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He has hazel eyes and brown hair. Johnson likes to walk along beachfront area and was last seen wearing black pants and a black wool coat, […]

An Eatontown man was arrested Wednesday after he asked an 11-year-old girl if he could hide in her house in an attempt to elude police, according to a news release from the Ocean Township Police Department. Michael T. Thompson, 28, Eatontown, was seen fleeing Wegman’s Supermarket on foot Tuesday after he allegedly stole items from […]

Just two days after receiving Narcan kits, Ocean Township Police report they have already saved a woman’s life. Police responded to a reported overdose at an address in the Wayside section of the Township Thursday at approximately 8:09 p.m. where they found a 44-year-old woman unresponsive in the basement of the home, according to a […]

Two Ocean Township Police officers helped a 28-year-old woman deliver her baby in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven convenience store in the township, according to a new release from Ocean Township Police. Ocean Police received a call at 5:49 p.m. Wednesday alerting them to a woman in a vehicle who was in labor in […]

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Township of Ocean Police Department is stepping up efforts to persuade drivers to put down their phones as part of a national texting enforcement crackdown. Starting April 1 and continuing throughout the month, the department will be conducting a spring traffic safety initiative, “U-Drive, U-Text, U-Pay,”  according […]

Three of Asbury Park’s native sons will share their recollections of city’s jazz scene from the 1940s to today in a panel discussion held at the old Oakhurst School in Ocean Township in March, according to a release from the Ocean Township Historical Museum. The event is the next in the Ocean Township Historical Museum’s […]

A 23-year-old Asbury Park woman was arrested on drug charges after police spotted her fighting with a Target store employee, according to a news release from Ocean Township Police. Police witnessed Kara Fitzpatrick of Summerfield Avenue involved in a physical altercation with a loss prevention employee outside of the Seaview Square Mall’s Target Greatland store […]

An Asbury Park man was arrested after a routine traffic stop Wednesday evening when police found him to be in possession of drug paraphernalia along with stolen goods he and a Highlands man had taken from a local supermarket, according to a news release from Ocean Township police. Patrick H. Buckley of Asbury Park and Robert […]

A 19-year-old Asbury Park man was charged in connection with a strong arm robbery incident and attempted carjacking in Ocean Township, according to a press release from the Ocean Township Police Department. Ocean Police allege 19-year-old Shaheed J. Briggs tried to force his way into a woman’s car after an attempted robbery at the Kohl’s […]

A curfew is currently in effect for individuals under the age of 18 throughout Ocean Township until Saturday, according to a news release from the township’s police department. During the hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. through Nov. 1, no one under the age of 18 is permitted on the streets unless accompanied by […]