A good Samaritan who attempted to stop an domestic assault along Route 40 in Mays Landing Thursday morning is in critical condition after being assaulted himself.
The search continues for a missing 71-year-old woman and a 5-year-old girl from Mays Landing who have not been seen or heard from since Christmas morning.
The miles-long fusillade of bullets claimed the life of Rosemund Octavius, 22, of Egg Harbor Township, who was found dead in a Nissan. His driver was among those charged.
A Hamilton (Mercer County) man described by Lacey Township police as a convicted felon is being held in Ocean County on $400,000 full bail, after allegedly being found in a wooded spot with an AK-47, a handgun and high-capacity magazines. A second individual might be charged.
The remains of a woman found on a Hamilton Township roadside this morning are under investigation, and Atlantic County authorities are also searching for her identity.