Weekend Briefs From WOBM News

News from Ocean & Monmouth Counties and around New Jersey.

ATLANTIC CITY  (AP) -- Casino regulators made way for some girls on Santa's naughty list by allowing a strip club inside the Taj Mahal Casino Resort. The move just before Christmas would mark
Atlantic City's first gentlemen's club inside a casino in the 33-year history of legalized gambling here.

SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS - A Wreck Pond dredging project is completed ahead of schedule. Monmouth County officials say public works and engineering workers removed 45-hundred cubic yards of sediment from the boundaries of Sea Girt, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights and Wall. Freeholder John Curley says the project was completed wednesday, in 21 days. It was estimated to last 72 days.

WALL - Pilot and wing modification error are being blamed for a small plane crash in Wall Township at the snow-covered Monmouth Executive Airport in 2010. The National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) report says the small craft was overloaded with fuel and people as it was taxiing down the runway for departure. Officials say speeding was also a factor. The accident claimed five lives.

LAKEWOOD - Police continue to look for answers as a 12-year-old Lakewood boy, who was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver, is laid to rest Friday. According to the Asbury Park Press, about 300 family members and friends gathered at the St. Anthony Claret Parish in Lakewood. Police say Edward Juarez was hit by a dark-colored van last Friday, Dec 16th, while walking along Clover Street to nearby apartments. The driver is still at large. Police are offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.