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Lacey Township Schools Superintendent Sandra Brower is charged with suppressing a complaint of sexual abuse on a four-year-old when she served as Assistant Superintendent in Wall Township, then fabricating responses to police.

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In six years, one of your neighbors expects to retire after five decades on the job, but there won't be a party or pocket watch.

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The Superstorm Sandy relief fund headed up by New Jersey's first lady has awarded 19 new grants worth $4.2 million to help rebuild and announced a national fundraising effort.

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The Lakewood man convicted of shooting three township police officers in a 2009 firefight is sentenced to a maximum of 45 years in prison. Jaime Gonzalez, 43, will not be eligible for parole until he's served 29 1/2 years of the term.

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'The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world,' or so the saying goes, and that's the kind of influence Ocean County law enforcement officers are hoping to have by teaching an International anti-gang program in area elementary and middle schools.

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While the state awaits a decision from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s office regarding the murder of a Toms River six-year-old, who was allegedly shot by his playmate, many are asking why investigations get moved to other jurisdictions.

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If a gun owner fails to secure their legal weapon and a child gets access to it, the owner is charged with a disorderly persons offense-even if that child ends up hurting themselves or others with the weapon.

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New Jersey State Police say four people have been arrested in connection with an alleged ring authorities believe may be responsible for more than 20 burglaries.

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Ever since Sandy made landfall, there's been a rise in copper thefts in several of the hardest-hit areas.

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Because prescription drug abuse among kids and teens in the Garden State remains a huge problem, Ocean County is looking at possible prevention methods - one of which is a new online survey.

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