Community Corner
Facebook Fight Club, $200K Cheese Heist Top State News
Other top stories this week include a hit-and-run suspect whom cops allege arrived at the police station for questioning with weapons to 'deal with police,' and a man charged in the death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old girl foster daughte
Facebook Fight Page Probed By District
The Bridgwater school district is investigating a recently published Facebook page that is filled with videos of recorded fights both inside and outside of the Bridgewater-Raritan High School building.
Saddle Brook Detective Sniffs Out $200K Cheese Heist
Saddle Brook Police uncovered a 21-ton shipment of stolen Muenster cheese inside a refrigerated trailer at an NJ Turnpike rest area Tuesday, Police Chief Robert Kugler said.
Man Charged in Death of Cinnaminson Girlfriend's Foster Child
A Shamong man killed a 1-year-old Cinnaminson girl who was in his girlfriend’s foster care, according to authorities.
Find out what's happening in Collingswoodwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
A suspect in a hit-and-run crash involving his ex-wife arrived for questioning at Gloucester Township Police headquarters carrying a retractable baton and two knives, saying he brought the weapons to "deal with police," authorities allege.
Hoboken Nanny Gets Prison Time for Abuse Caught on Hidden Cam
A Hoboken nanny who was charged with aggravated assault last year after she slapped, kicked and dropped a 6-month-old baby in her care has been sentenced to three years in prison, her defense attorney said Thursday.
Find out what's happening in Collingswoodwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Man Charged with First-Degree Murder in Toms River Stabbing
A Lakewood man has been charged with first degree murder in the June 2012 death of a Lakewood man in Toms River, according to an Ocean County grand jury indictment this week.
West Deptford Woman Sentenced to 24 Years for Fatal Stabbing
A West Deptford woman who fatally stabbed a man in the neck and robbed him as he died was sentenced Thursday to 24 years in state prison.
A 74-year-old Princeton Rabbi was killed and two people seriously injured after a BMW careened down Riverside Drive on Thursday morning without braking, crossed to the other side of the road and struck two parked cars, police said.
Head of Huge Newark-based Drug Ring Sentenced to 11 Years
A West Orange man was sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday for leading a Newark-based drug ring which illegally sold millions of dollars of prescription painkillers a year, the state Attorney General's Office announced.
Former Brick Administrator Indicted in 'Pay-to-Play' Scandal
Brick Township's former business administrator, Scott MacFadden, has been indicted for violating state pay-to-play laws in his role as chief administrative officer of Birdsall Services Group, a Monmouth County-based engineering firm.
Birdsall Services Charged in Election Law Violations
The engineering firm, which does business with municipalities throughout the state is accused of skirting pay-to-play laws by reimbursing employees for their personal, unreportable political contributions.
County Executive Suffered Stroke
Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan suffered a stroke caused by pain related to multiple stress fractures, according to a report Thursday.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.