Ocean County Prosecutor's Office

Ocean County has a new prosecutor, Bradley Billhimer, a criminal defense attorney based in Toms River who is set to begin a five-year appointment this week.

A Jackson township police officer Marine veteran and the Ocean County Mental Health Association look to change that.

From teens to an 82-year-old woman, there was plenty of interest in the first of at least two free self-defense classes sponsored by the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

Cold case investigations "are very personnel intensive, so you really need people who are dedicated to that," said acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino.

Police found the man outside a building at the Hampton Gardens apartment complex on Monday evening.

Similar to a home pregnancy test, a testing strip can offer results in a matter of minutes.

There's nothing stopping a registered sex offender from opening the door for your kid on Halloween — at least in New Jersey. So it's up to you, the parents, to keep children away from the riskier homes.

"It's a game-changer," Al Della Fave, spokesman for the prosecutor's office, told New Jersey 101.5. "What it now does for us is gives us access to intel beyond our borders."

Security at a military charity race on Sept. 16 will quadruple the safeguards in place at last year's event where a bomb exploded inside a trash can along the route.

In total, 344 fatal crashes have been counted so far on New Jersey's roads, according to State Police data.