Lakewood

Gregory Fullman, 33, pleaded guilty to three accounts of aggravated assault for fires set between May 2021 and January 2022 in Little Egg Harbor Township, Manchester Township, and Lakewood Township.

The driver of a box truck making a delivery to a supermarket on Tuesday morning was arrested after police said he tried to run over an employee and threatened to shoot others.

Lakewood police Capt. Greg Staffordsmith said 22-year-old Max Sanchez didn't make a specific threat but his "menacing behavior" caused the individuals to be concerned for their safety.

The 9-year-old got off the bus and was starting to cross in front of the bus when he was hit around 6:15 p.m., according to Lakewood police.

Gerson Aguilar-Lara was arrested Thursday morning by Toms River police, after a Jackson woman called 911, hours earlier.

Lakewood police said Jesus Penuala, 20, came to the front door of a house in the Woodlake Manor section of Lakewood around 8:30 a.m. but left when the 50-year-old homeowner confronted him.

The restaurant was closed on Tuesday to try and "recover from a trauma," owner Yossi Weisz said in a statement.

Yonoson Ely told The Lakewood Scoop that there is severe damage to the docks and equipment that will require "hundreds of thousands" dollars to repair.

Lakewood police and other law enforcement agencies warned about a “National Day of Hate” planned for Saturday targeted at the Jewish community with signs, banners and graffiti.

Samuel Schwinger, 37, admitted he was communicating with over two dozen minors between October 2018 and April 2019 looking for material to produce and distribute sexually explicit material and asked one for video.