Sandy

An Ocean County man has admitted to ripping off 19 homeowners in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy for a total of nearly half a million dollars.

More than $540 million in illness-related costs were inflicted in New Jersey by Superstorm Sandy, according to a new report on health and climate change.

In the latest case of Sandy-related fraud, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has charged four more people with filing false applications for relief funds.

"We're going on seven years and almost 1,000 families are still not home, that we know of," said Jody Stewart with New Jersey Organizing Project.

Superstorm Sandy was so harsh, along with the weather that followed, many New Jerseyans refuse to be unprepared for disaster ever again.

Police in Palm Beach, FL, have arrested a Sandy contractor wanted in Ocean County on an outstanding warrant for theft.

Two Manahawkin contractors are charged with entering into contracts with 17 homeowners and 2 sub-contractors and partially doing or not completing the work.

A Seaside Heights man will have plenty of time to think after being sentenced a decade in prison for theft and money laundering.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is providing 60,000 free tree seedlings to New Jersey residents from March 30 through May 5.

Peter Rinaldi, 57, of Little Egg Harbor, pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree theft by failing to make lawful disposition of property received.