COURTS

CRIME-COURTS

Ernest Heinz will have a detention hearing Wednesday.

PUBLIC SAFETY

The man was taken into custody without incident, police said. No name is being released.

COURTS

The program reaches individuals facing felony criminal charges whose serious persistent mental illness was the driving force in their criminality.

CAPE MAY COUNTY

An investigation into a 5-year-old's sexual assault at the family's Dennis Township blueberry farm led to allegations of child abuse.

COURTS

Tiffany Valiante's death was quickly ruled a suicide. Now several experts have joined the chorus calling it a crime.

JERSEY SHORE

The suspect remains in custody in Pennsylvania awaiting extradition proceedings.

CRIME-COURTS

Laura Caron allegedly gave birth to the boy's daughter when he was 13 and she was 28.

STATE OF NJ

Two of the largest payments in 2024 — $12 million and $6.8 million — went to women for sexual abuse …