There are 18 people in Lakewood who have been charged with violating Governor Phil Murphy's executive orders including the stay at home order and other ordinances
Several Jersey Shore residents and businesses have been charged for holding large gatherings or violating another of Governor Phil Murphy's executive orders aimed at preventing the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
On Wednesday evening, Lakewood Police responded to a large gathering on the corner of 8th Street and Madison Avenue for what turned out to be a funeral where between 60 and 70 people were assembled.
This gathering was in violation of Executive Order No. 107 signed by Governor Phil Murphy on March 21, which bans gatherings of individuals, whether they be at weddings, parties, celebrations, or other social events.
The wheels on a Lakewood school bus are evidentially still going round and round as police pulled over a bus on Monday afternoon in the township that is reportedly bringing students back and forth to school.
Police have broken up another large gathering of people in Lakewood and in addition to violating Governor Phil Murphy's executive order, two parents are in trouble for endangering their children.
A Lakewood man who coughed on a Liquor Store employee and said he had coronavirus because the clerk wouldn't sell him a pack of cigarettes will appear in court next month after being given a criminal complaint for disorderly conduct.
Berkeley Township Police have become the latest Ocean County town to deploy tasers to police officers as a way of safely diffusing a dangerous situation.