The "concerned citizens" who assisted police are members of groups who hunt people down online in a manner similar to the long-running Dateline NBC segment "To Catch A Predator."
A Bayville man was sentenced to four years in prison along with a Pemberton man after they both attempted to lure underage girls they met on social media to meet in person for sex.
Social media platforms are a resource for information, a way to communicate digitally with family and friends and a place to share with others what's going on in your life. It becomes a place of annoyance or fear when people misuse it to harm others.
A Red Bank Regional High School student has been charged with creating a false public alarm for allegedly posting a picture on Sunday of what turned out to be an air-soft gun with the caption "Stay Tuned".
A Freehold man who allegedly used his twitter account to post two alarming text messages threatening law enforcement is charged with making online threats and is not allowed to use the internet.
I had numerous messages saying I wrote asking for them to add as a friend, which I didn't do all weekend. So what is going on? More and more it seems Facebook is being compromised and security breached.
The author of the social media post that spread all over Toms River Monday that the parking lot on Route 37 for the Shop Rite, Staples and Panera is "apparently becoming a spot for human traffickers to kidnap victims!!!!!" has apologized and clarified the intentions of her tweet.
Ocean County Prosecutors and Beachwood Police report no credible threat following social media rumors that circulated Thursday about a threat at Toms River Intermediate South.