drug epidemic

The topic of school bullying has resurfaced in conversations everywhere following the recent tragedy in Ocean County after the brutal bullying assault of Adriana Kuch at Central Regional High School earlier this month.

There are lifelines, there is help, and there is always hope as communities across the Jersey Shore and beyond battle the ongoing drug epidemic that has taken so many lives in recent history.

The Manchester Township Council introduced an ordinance this week along with an initial approval of a measure that would prevent cannabis shops from establishing themselves in this Ocean County municipality.

Two Ocean County residents dealing of cocaine has now ceased to be, it is no more as they've been arrested following an investigation by Lakewood Police and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

A South Toms River pair are sitting in the Ocean County Jail awaiting a detention hearing on a number of charges related to their illegal narcotics activity.

A Toms River who is also a member of the Decavalcante crime family, based in Elizabeth, has admitted to possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute in Trenton Federal Court.

A Brick Township man with alleged ranking ties to a criminal group known as the Bloods Street Gang has now been charged for his role in a Drug Trafficking organization.

A Manchester man has plead guilty to possession and distribution of cocaine and is facing 12-years in prison for his illegal activity.

The agreement is now in place that guarantees Ocean County residents will have the medicine they require to fight addiction when they return home from prison.

An Ocean County Grand Jury has indicted three people who dealt a lethal drug package of heroin and fentanyl to a man who later died earlier this year.