Police

A former Monmouth County resident has been indicted for making threatening phone calls and emails to elected officials, judges, law enforcement and attorneys and phoning in false bomb threats to government offices, police, two law firms and a commercial establishment.

The Pennsylvania man behind bank robberies in Stafford and Barnegat earlier this year has been sentenced to ten years in prison, five years for each incident.

Toms River Police Chief Mitch Little will be in our studios taking your questions LIVE Friday on the first episode of WOBM News' 'Ask The Chief' on the 92.7-WOBM Facebook page.

While fighting crime is a main focus of what law enforcement in Monmouth County does on a daily basis, Sheriff's officers this month are supporting the fight against breast cancer during the month of October.

A Barnegat Township Police Officer has passed away while off-duty and working a second job at a construction site in Lakewood on Wednesday afternoon.

Plumsted Police have hired two new officers and promoted three others as they continue to protect township residents.

A Newark man who was spotted by law enforcement leaving a motel on Route 37 in Toms River and was found to be dealing heroin, is found guilty of the crime following a jury trial.

A suspect is wanted after committing multiple burglaries in Manchester and avoiding police.

I was granted a request with Chief Mitch Little to take a "ride along" with TRPD, but not in a car on land, on one of their boats offshore.

The Monmouth County Sheriff's Office is setting up a Citizens Police Academy & Law Enforcement Mini-Academy for residents age 14 and up.