Eric Conklin

1 week ago | nj.com | Kevin Shea |Eric Conklin

An appeals court has overturned an Atlantic County murder conviction because it said police improperly seized the suspect’s cell phone for a month before obtaining a search warrant for its contents. The Tuesday decision overturns Timothy Wright’s murder conviction for the strangulation death of 25-year-old Joyce Vanderhoff. A driver spotted her body on the side of Weymouth Road in Hamilton Township in February 2014 and pointed it out to a passing patrol officer.

1 week ago | nj.com | Eric Conklin

More than 70 people were arrested, three were stabbed and the boardwalk was shut down overnight during a chaotic Memorial Day weekend in Seaside Heights, police said. Fifty-two adults and 21 juveniles were arrested between 6 a.m. on Friday and 6 a.m. on Memorial Day, Seaside Heights Detective Steve Korman said. About 100,000 visitors flocked to Seaside Heights for the holiday weekend this year, Korman said.

1 week ago | nj.com | Eric Conklin

A car struck and injured a 19-year-old pedestrian in Seaside Park early Monday, authorities said. The man, a Toms River resident, was crossing at the corner of M Street and Central Avenue at around 1:30 a.m. when he was hit, Seaside Park police Sgt. Andrew Casole said. He was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, but his condition was unknown. The vehicle was driven by a man in his 40s turning at the intersection, Casole said. The pedestrian was alone.

1 week ago | nj.com | Eric Conklin

It sits empty and forlorn next to the ramps leading from the Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge to Sandy Hook and the Gateway National Recreation Area in Monmouth County. But the tattered building, known as the Sandlass House, is historically significant to New Jersey as the last standing structure of the 19th century Highland Beach Resort, one of the first to be built at the Jersey Shore.

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Eric Conklin

A 21-year-old Cumberland County man was arrested after being seen at the Jersey Shore pointing an “assault-style rifle” from a car, according to police. The Bridgeton resident was seen Wednesday in Wildwood brandishing the weapon through the car’s driver-side window, authorities said. Footage from a dashboard video camera and a business surveillance video helped police file charges, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday.