police blotter

The fatal shooting of a couple in a northern New Jersey park has been determined to be a murder-suicide.

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Ten suspects from six towns from Asbury Park to Cherry Hill face charges in a drug-busting operation that yielded more than 140 pounds of marijuana, says Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato.

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An elderly man who was among three people arrested amid allegations of prostitution and drug use at a senior citizen housing complex in northern New Jersey has pleaded not guilty.

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Prosecutors say the death of an elderly man whose body was found in his southern New Jersey home this week will be investigated as a homicide.

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Authorities responding to a woman's death inside her northern New Jersey home arrested her husband after they allegedly found a large-scale, sophisticated marijuana production system.

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Arrested in last month in connection with a Bergen County bank robbery, John Stevens will make his initial court appearance today in Newark. Stevens was on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List in 1988 in connection with unrelated robberies.

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A New Jersey man whose 4-year-old son shot and killed a 6-year-old playmate has been criminally charged and is due in court later this week.

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Aggravated assault charges have been filed against a central New Jersey woman who allegedly stabbed her mother in the foot during a dispute on Mother's Day.

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Federal prosecutors say a southern New Jersey man who tried to buy 13 kilograms of cocaine for distribution throughout the state has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Prosecutors say a musician shot and killed in his Philadelphia-area home three days after Christmas in 2011 was targeted because he sold marijuana.

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