Folks who live near Naval Weapons Station Earle, with concerns about groundwater chemical infiltration, can get an update this Thursday in Howell Township.
The sound of breaking glass in the middle of the night alerts a Howell Township neighborhood and brings police face to face with a burglary suspect from Keansburg. Investigators are now trying to determine if it's the tip of a much bigger iceberg.
The death of a Belmar 38-year-old during the September 2015 Souper Groove Music Festival in Howell Township is determined to be accidental and influenced by drugs. A Monmouth County grand jury also found no cause for criminal charges against police.
Three of four suspects tied to a trio of 2011 home break-ins that included a Freehold Township man's death and the torching of his house move closer to trial.
What allegedly began as a domestic incident in Howell escalated into gunfire, a damaged car and a runaway box truck Monday night, say township police who filed charges against the truck operator and against two brothers accused of firing the shots.
It wasn't just that someone broke into a Howell shop owned by a longtime township family, or that it was just before Christmas. The capper is that the thief stole their $26 in framed "good luck" money right off the wall, according to police.
"Broke and homeless," read the sign two women held up for shoppers rushing in and out of Wal-Mart in Howell - until the afternoon that police booked them on marijuana possession charges.
Android Pay nearly paid off for a Newark woman now charged with trying to boost about $3,000 worth of goods from Howell Township's Best Buy. Police are warning that it's a growing entry point for credit fraud and identity theft.
A shooting suspect with a previous firearms conviction might return to prison for 20 years to life if convicted of two attempted murder charges tied to a 2014 double shooting in Freehold Borough.