drug epidemic

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.

A Stafford Township man has been arrested for allegedly providing the batch of heroin to a Beachwood man that led to his death last month.

A Neptune woman was arrested after authorities spotted a high capacity gun magazine loaded with ammo in her pocketbook at the Monmouth County Courthouse Wednesday.

Manchester Police make three arrests after spotting an apparent drug deal take place on Twelfth Avenue.

Two Stafford Township residents are in some trouble after police executed a search warrant and found an undisclosed amount of crystal meth and drug paraphernalia at a West Mallard Drive home.

Ocean County Prosecutor Joe Coronato will be in Washington this afternoon to testify at the House Global Health Subcommittee hearing to discuss the effects of fentanyl on the opioid crisis here in Ocean County.

Manchester Police found the man they were looking for and the end result was a Howell man in handcuffs after being found with $3,700.00 worth of cocaine at a traffic stop.

Investigators have arrested the man allegedly responsible for providing a tainted dose of heroin to a man who later overdosed in a bathroom of the Wawa on Route 9 South in Forked River April 8.