Lakewood

The father of an infant who died after being left in a parked minivan on Tuesday turned himself into authorities in Lakewood.

An infant found "in distress" inside a parked minivan Tuesday afternoon later died, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer.

Video shows the bus on its side near the James Gandolfini service area in Montvale around 7:40 p.m. and a large presence of first responders from both New Jersey and New York State.

A driver headed east in in the westbound lanes near Airport Road in Lakewood hit "multiple vehicles," around 5:50 a.m., according to Lakewood police Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith. News 12 reported eight vehicles were involved in the crash.

The theft of $15 million from the cash-strapped Lakewood School District’s operating accounts is under investigation, according to several media reports.

A Jackson man was charged with touching his exposed genitals in public acts that were witnessed by teenage girls and a mother walking with her baby in recent weeks.

The Lakewood Scoop was first to report that Lakewood police have been “inundated” with calls about EBT cards whose funds are missing. In some cases fraudulent purchases were made online using the stolen funds

Dr. Jarrod Kaufman was headed north in a Tesla Y on the Garden State Parkway around 7:10 a.m. and veered off the roadway near Exit 88 in Lakewood into a briar patch after a medical episode.

Smoke was coming from the room which houses the fire sprinkler system at Tri-County Plaza shopping center in Toms River and was quickly put out by firefighters and the sprinkler system.

Quamel Benton, 36, of Farmingdale in October admitted to a series of incidents that began with a woman being struck in the head with a baseball bat in Willingboro and her car being stolen.