News for Jackson, NJ. The township of Jackson is the 4th most populous municipality in Ocean County and the 28th most populous in New Jersey with more than 54,800 residents. The mayor in 2021 is Michael Reina. Jackson is home to Six Flags Great Adventure.
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![NJ man gets prison for violent anti-Semitic crime spree](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2024/07/attachment-NJ-man-sentenced-for-violent-hate-spree.jpg?w=980&q=75)
NJ man gets prison for violent anti-Semitic crime spree
Dion Marsh attacked five men in Lakewood and Jackson in a single day in 2022. Now, he's headed to prison for decades.
![Howell, NJ stops pop-up pool party with tough new law](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2024/07/attachment-swimply-ban.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Howell, NJ stops pop-up pool party with tough new law
Howell's ordinance prohibits an "unreasonable disturbance or disruption to the surrounding properties" and electronic or internet promotion of any activity.
![Cops arrest fugitive in sprawling case involving body in bags](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2024/07/attachment-TR-home2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Cops arrest fugitive in sprawling case involving body in bags
Following the shooting death of Gabriella Caroleo, 25, suspect Maxwell Johnston took his own life at a house owned by Kerry Rollason on Ravenswood Road in Toms River. Rollason's dismembered body was found in a Jackson home.
![Bags of body parts found after standoff in NJ homicide probe](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2024/07/attachment-Ravenswood.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Bags of body parts found after standoff in NJ homicide probe
The owner of the home where the suspect in the death of Gabriella Caroleo took his own life was found dismembered in garbage bags.
![Jackson, NJ man drowns swimming in Delaware River](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2024/06/attachment-Jeysson-Ariel-Osorio-Reyes-feature.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Jackson, NJ man drowns swimming in Delaware River
The body of Jeysson Ariel Osorio-Reyes, 24, from Jackson, NJ was recovered Saturday night from the Delaware River at Milford Beach.
![NJ budget crisis: Jackson will shut school and sell it](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2024/06/attachment-Zarrow-3.jpg?w=980&q=75)
NJ budget crisis: Jackson will shut school and sell it
Superintendent Nancy Pormilli said that no NJ school district can reopen in September without a balanced budget that is approved by the state.
![Prosecutor: NJ teacher asked student for nude photos](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2023/10/attachment-Andrew-Fantasia-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Prosecutor: NJ teacher asked student for nude photos
Andrew Fantasia, of Beachwood, was indicted by a grand jury in Ocean County on criminal sexual contact, possession of child pornography and other charges.
![Deadly weekend in NJ: At least 5 killed on roads](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2024/06/attachment-FedEx.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Deadly weekend in NJ: At least 5 killed on roads
Pedestrians died in crashes in Absecon and Hamilton while a bicyclist was pronounced dead in a Jackson hit-and-run.
![NJ woman charged after wrong-way crash killed child, other driver](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2024/06/attachment-Carolina-Bonilla-Hernandez-right-was-killed-in-a-crash-involving-Sorah-Tyner-left-Ocean-County-jail-oliveriefuneralhome.com_.jpg?w=980&q=75)
NJ woman charged after wrong-way crash killed child, other driver
Sorah Tyner, of Toms River, faces criminal charges after the deaths of Carolina Bonilla-Hernandez and a child in Tyner’s own vehicle, police say.
![Civil rights group upset at Jackson's reaction to Palestine rally](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2019/05/jackson-sign-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Civil rights group upset at Jackson's reaction to Palestine rally
CAIR-NJ says that by issuing a warning about an upcoming pro-Palestian rally Mayor Mike Reina insinuates that pro-Palestinian protestors are "dangerous, violent and even implicitly criminal.”