After a night adrift between Sandy Hook and Highlands, a 19-year-old jet skier is recovering following his rescue early this morning by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Toms River man accused of leaving his dog to die in a pickup truck after it fell into the Toms River last March faces trial on two counts of animal cruelty and one count of criminal mischief.
The warmer weather means New Jersey’s waterways are getting crowded, and if history is any indication, there will be dozens of accidents on the water this summer, along with a handful of casualties.
Four people are expected to be okay after a 20-foot boat capsized off Sea Bright Sunday afternoon, sending them into the chilly Shrewsbury River, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The driver of a pickup truck that sank in the Toms River after ice under it gave way March 1 has been charged with animal cruelty and the truck recovered.
A catamaran adrift in churning seas off Cape May Inlet is rounded up with no injuries or incidents, and the captain's being credtied for prelaunch prep and quick thinking.