Erik Larsen

Asbury Park

Reporter at Asbury Park Press

@AsburyParkPress | @USATODAY Network reporter on the Jersey Shore.

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Høyre stanser trikken til Bærum

1 week ago | budstikka.no | Erik Larsen

Meninger Hovedutvalg for klima, miljø og utvikling (klimu) i Bærum behandlet Blåtrikken i sitt møte 9. april. Høyre satte en effektiv stopp for trikk til Bekkestua. De fikk hovedutvalget til å skrive til fylkeskommunen at Jar-alternativet vil «ivareta målet om å reetablere et trikketilbud til Bærum.
'Where is your baby?': A familiar tragedy strikes US for the first time in 2025

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Erik Larsen |Jeanine Santucci

DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is 'devastated'If you visit the website for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), you'll find a "Wall of Receipts" listing more than 7,000 federal contracts it has terminated. Little detail is provided, besides the "savings" from each cancellation, and it's hard to determine the cost or …
'Where is your baby?': A familiar tragedy strikes US for the first time in 2025

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Erik Larsen |Jeanine Santucci

• Moshe Ehrlich, a 35-year-old student, described a hectic morning on the day he forgot his infant son was in the minivan while he went to class. • Ehrlich told police he had a system to remind himself that the baby was in the car, but it failed on this occasion. • The baby was left in the minivan for approximately 2.5 hours, with the internal temperature of the vehicle reaching 96.2 degrees.
Liftoff of space shuttle, cautionary tale in Neptune: From the Asbury Park Press archives

1 week ago | app.com | Erik Larsen

Monday, April 13, 1981 — 44 Years AgoThe world’s first reusable spacecraft — the space shuttle Columbia — is in orbit after its maiden launch as pictured on the front page of the Asbury Park Press the next day.
Public health alert: Contagious measles patient was at NJ Turnpike service area

1 week ago | app.com | Erik Larsen

WOODBRIDGE — Were you or someone you know at the Thomas Edison Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike last Saturday night, April 5? The New Jersey Department of Health is warning anyone there at that time that a non-resident with measles, transiting through the state at the time, stopped at the service area and was infectious at that time. Therefore, you may have been exposed.
Toms River man illegally obtained $270,000 in Social Security benefits: U.S. Attorney

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Erik Larsen

TRENTON — A Toms River man pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing more than $270,000 in Social Security disability benefits over eight years, claiming he could not work at the same time he was actually earning “a substantial income” performing manual labor for a construction contractor, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said. Krzysztof Niedzielski, 49, was previously charged with theft of public money and making false statements to the Social Security Administration, Habba said.
Asbury Park shooting victim, 19, dies from injuries: Monmouth County Prosecutor

1 week ago | app.com | Erik Larsen

ASBURY PARK — A 19-year-old local man has died from injuries he suffered in a shooting earlier this week in the city, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said Friday. Ah’kim Esdaile, 19, was rushed to a local hospital on Tuesday, after he suffered multiple gunshot wounds, according to the statement from the Prosecutor’s Office. Asbury Park police officers responded to the 1100 block of Atlantic Avenue for a report of shots fired about 4:25 p.m. Tuesday, the statement said.
Coast Guard rescues 72-year-old boater from Oyster Creek in the overnight hours

1 week ago | app.com | Erik Larsen

WARETOWN — A 72-year-old man was rescued early Thursday morning in the area of the Oyster Creek Channel, after his daughter reported him overdue from a clamming trip in Barnegat Bay, according to the Coast Guard. John Mazzy, whose hometown was not provided, was found clinging to a channel marker and suffering from hypothermia-like symptoms, the Coast Guard said in a statement Thursday night.
Howell man, 54, sentenced for sex crimes against friend’s 12-year-old daughter: Prosecutor

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Erik Larsen

FREEHOLD — A Howell man was sentenced this week to 41½ years in state prison for sex crimes against a 12-year-old girl over the course of about one year, said Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago on Wednesday. John K. Cruz, 54, must serve 34 years of the term before he is eligible for parole in his late 80s.
Howell man, 54, sentenced for sex crimes against friend’s 12-year-old daughter: Prosecutor

2 weeks ago | app.com | Erik Larsen

FREEHOLD — A Howell man was sentenced this week to 41½ years in state prison for sex crimes against a 12-year-old girl over the course of about one year, said Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago on Wednesday. John K. Cruz, 54, must serve 34 years of the term before he is eligible for parole in his late 80s.

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