Lakewood

Lakewood police Capt. Greg Staffordsmith said 22-year-old Max Sanchez didn't make a specific threat but his "menacing behavior" caused the individuals to be concerned for their safety.

Authorities say a 24-year-old man has been charged with kidnapping, endangering the welfare of a child, and robbery in connection to a series of events in Jackson Township.

The restaurant was closed on Tuesday to try and "recover from a trauma," owner Yossi Weisz said in a statement.

Lakewood police said Jesus Penuala, 20, came to the front door of a house in the Woodlake Manor section of Lakewood around 8:30 a.m. but left when the 50-year-old homeowner confronted him.

Lakewood police and other law enforcement agencies warned about a “National Day of Hate” planned for Saturday targeted at the Jewish community with signs, banners and graffiti.

Samuel Schwinger, 37, admitted he was communicating with over two dozen minors between October 2018 and April 2019 looking for material to produce and distribute sexually explicit material and asked one for video.

The trooper was responding to a crash involving several vehicles on the northbound Garden State Parkway in Lakewood.

Police were called to the Bais Medrash Torat Chesed Yeshiva on Monmouth Avenue around 8:30 p.m. about the man who was wearing a mask across the street.

The man also chased someone down the street from the Bais Medrash Torat Chesed Yeshiva towards a construction site but police could not locate the man.

A man from Ocean County has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison for the aggravated sexual assault of a child.

A dead fox that tested positive is not believed to be the animal seen near people on Monday — Double Trouble State Park remained closed.

An Ocean County man will likely not be free from prison until the year 2039 after being sentenced for a 2018 carjacking in Lakewood.