Kathleen Hopkins

14 hours ago | app.com | Kathleen Hopkins

TOMS RIVER - A Lakewood man charged with the murder of his three-month-old daughter told authorities he accidentally dropped the infant the day before she died, but a medical examiner said the child’s “devastating” injuries did not match the father’s account, according to a police document. Instead, Dr. Elizabeth Rouse said the victim's injury was caused by substantial force like that "experienced by a significant motor vehicle crash,'' the document said.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Kathleen Hopkins

LAKEWOOD - A 52-year-old woman is dead, and a 56-year-old Toms River man is charged in connection with her death, after the car they were in early Tuesday went flying through the air twice before landing upside down in a drainage ditch adjacent to Cedar Bridge Avenue, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Martine Taylor Jr., 56, the driver of the ill-fated 2015 Nissan Altima, was charged with causing a death while driving with a suspended driver's license, Billhimer said.

4 days ago | app.com | Kathleen Hopkins

FREEHOLD With his trial just months away, Paul Caneiro's defense attorney is now asking a judge to throw out most of the key evidence in the quadruple murder and double arson case against her client. Monika Mastellone has filed motions seeking to bar the state's arson expert from testifying at the 58-year-old Ocean Township man's trial and to exclude ballistic and motive evidence from being introduced to the jury, Superior Court Judge Marc C. Lemeiux revealed at a conference May 8.

6 days ago | app.com | Kathleen Hopkins

TOMS RIVER - A Jackson man has been arrested and charged with stabbing two men, one fatally, during a fight at an Adams Avenue home Friday, and the surviving victim has been charged with possessing cocaine found in a backpack left at the crime scene, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kathleen Hopkins

JACKSON − Police are letting people back into the Jackson Premium Outlets, after an investigation into a report of an explosive device proved negative. "Thorough investigation yielded negative results for any device,'' Jackson police posted on its Facebook page shortly before 5:30 p.m. Friday. "After a sweep of all stores, location has been deemed safe to resume normal business,'' the Facebook post said.