Omar Rivera-Rojas and Alberto Rojas-Hernandez on Friday pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter for the 2019 Howell murder of Domingo Merino-Rafael of Lakewood.
Lakewood Police Chief Greg Meyer said a 10 a.m. - 6 a.m. curfew will be enforced after several incidents involving teens in the West Gate neighborhood.
Mayor Ray Coles said Lakewood cut down trees in Red Town Square on Aug. 8 to deter the homeless, but advocates say section 8 housing vouchers are not straightforward.
The Piners have had a stunt in their growth process in turning things around at Lakewood High School over the past few seasons and it's been a struggle to turn things in a positive direction.
The motive is unknown at this point but two Asbury Park men have been arrested for shooting a Lakewood man to death and a third man was arrested for stealing his motor vehicle.
A Lakewood Township man has been sentenced to several years in prison for distributing Cocaine as part of an incident in Brick Township where he was arrested in 2021.