Ocean County NJ News

A 74-year-old Point Pleasant Borough man has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material after investigators say more than 1,000 files were found on devices seized from his home following a cyber-tip investigation.

A Waretown man has pleaded guilty to five drug possession charges stemming from five separate arrests in Atlantic County between March 2024 and September 2025. Prosecutors say his plea agreement calls for a four-year sentence.

A 57-year-old Manchester Township man has been sentenced to 350 months in federal prison and lifetime supervised release for distributing child sexual abuse material on a dark-web site.

A 49-year-old Little Egg Harbor Township woman has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison after admitting to distributing more than 1,500 pills that contained methamphetamine.

Authorities say an ICE agent was injured after being struck by a vehicle during an attempted apprehension in Stafford Township. The suspect fled and has not yet been located.

A 28-year-old Ocean County man died after being caught in a rip current off Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island Friday afternoon. He was pulled from the surf unconscious and later pronounced dead at a hospital after rescue efforts.

A 77-year-old Little Egg Harbor Township man was sentenced to seven years in prison after investigators discovered more than 100,000 child sexual abuse files on seized electronic devices.

Two Stafford Township police officers are being credited with saving the life of a 10-month-old infant after responding to a choking emergency in a Beach Haven West home.

Authorities in Ocean County are investigating a non-fatal police-involved shooting in South Toms River. Officials say details are limited for now as the probe continues under state guidelines.

The driver killed Wednesday had shared updates about his surgery two days earlier.