Howell

A 83-year-old man who lost his wife in a Christmas Eve hit-and-run crash in Jackson has now lost his dog as the family continues to seek justice.

A Lakewood man, who claimed to have murdered his parents and then fled up Route 9 into Howell where police pursued him, has been arrested in Canada after fleeing the United States and crashing into the northern border.

A fugitive has been charged in the hit-and-run death of an 81-year-old Howell woman.

A Howell man strapped into a submerged UTV and a Lavalette woman on a local beach were both found Saturday, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor.

Officer Nicholas Volpe came across the single car crash on Manassa Road with the car already on fire.

Police chief Arthur Kudrick says in a memo "if political events are exempt from the latest executive orders about gatherings "then family and friends should be permitted to gather with equal consideration."

A woman who was on the run from animal-cruelty charges stemming from the abuse of stolen puppies was arrested Friday.

Police homeowner Ronald Chatman, 37, who hosted the party, was charged with violating the state executive orders limiting crowd sizes as well as with a domestic violence offense.

Current and former students are calling for Howell H.S. to get rid of all traces of its Confederate-inspired mascot and "Rebels" team name but the district is refusing to back down.

"Predators such as Larrarte should never be allowed to see another day of freedom to victimize another innocent person," the police chief said.