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Storm protection dominates conversation at the shore since Superstorm Sandy. This is "Storm" protection of a different, but just as vital, kind. Storm, the newest recruit in the Manchester Township Police K-9 squad, now has a bullet- and stab-proof vest. And, as it happens, just in the nick of time.

The Beachwood car trader who admitted using a children's cancer charity as a front to skip more than $500,000 in state sales taxes is ordered to spend seven years in prison.

He told dealers that he wanted their luxury cars to help a children's cancer charity, but Carl F. Monto sold them overseas and skipped more than $500,000 in state sales taxes. For that, he faces up to seven years in prison.

Two bookkeepers for a Neptune iron firm await court proceedings on charges that they stole hundreds of thousands from the company through forged checks, credit card fraud and payroll manipulation.

The investigation of the Sunday fire in Union Beach that cost a volunteer firefighter his life remains open today while members of the tightly-knit Bayshore community contemplate their loss.

The head of a Wall Township roofing firm appears headed for trial, charged with insurance fraud by investigators in the office of acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman.

An Idaho-based temporary staffing service that set up shop in New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy, neglected to register with New Jersey's Division of Community Affairs and owed back pay to 13 storm-cleanup hirees agrees to pay $27,800 to the state to settle claims against it ...