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Rick Rickman
Wildwood, NJ mayor, former mayor charged with state health benefits fraud, records tampering
Wildwood Mayor Peter Byron, former Mayor Ernest Troiano, and current City Commissioner Steven Mikulski face charges related to unlawfully receiving state benefits.
Kitten heartlessly thrown from window of moving car in Montclair, NJ
The "act of animal cruelty" took place just after noon in broad daylight on Friday, the Montclair Township Animal Shelter said.
Lakewood, NJ cop charged with fracturing opponent’s face at rec softball game
Lakewood officer Patrick Carney is charged with aggravated assault for punching a batter at a men's softball game at Veterans Park in Berkeley on June 1.
NJ mayor takes political aim at superintendent on armed guards at schools
Bridgewater Mayor Matt Moench on Wednesday called out superintendent Robert Beers on Facebook over armed guards in Bridgewater-Raritan schools.
NJ Rowan College baseball player drowns at state park where swimming is prohibited
Nathaniel Figueroa, 21, of Vineland drowned at a Corsons Inlet State Park on Friday after being caught in a riptide, NJ DEP officials said.
Toms River, NJ woman charged with killing two while driving high on marijuana
Danielle Bowker, 30, of Toms River is accused of driving while high and causing a four-car crash on March 29 that left two men dead.
Man charged with assaulting 72-year-old umpire at 13U NJ baseball game
Jerry Otero, 40, of Staten Island, NY is charged with aggravated assault for punching an umpire at a 13U Branchburg baseball game on June 4.
Little Egg Harbor, NJ golf course gets surprise visit from black bear
A bear was spotted near Atlantis Golf Course in Little Egg Harbor on Sunday, police said
Adding cops with guns to Bridgewater, NJ schools reveals big divide
Bridgewater is adding police officers to each of its schools through Thursday, June 23, but the move has revealed a divide between the mayor and superintendent.
Unlicensed NJ woman charged in fatal hit-and-run of 13-year-old on dirt bike, prosecutors say
A Belleville, NJ woman is charged with leaving the scene of a hit-and-run that killed Belleville Middle School student Victor Huaringa-Alvez.