As the drug epidemic wreaking havoc at the Jersey Shore continues to get worse year after year, in inmate at the Monmouth County Correctional Institute talks with us about what got him hooked on Day Two of our series on Incarcerated Life.
If you've never been incarcerated, then you likely don't know, but if you have been, then you know all too well what happens inside a jail or a prison. We explore that on Day One of an Exclusive WOBM News series inside the Monmouth County Correctional Institution.
A Brick Township man is charged with possessing child porn following his arrest by township police and Ocean County Prosecutors who also teamed up with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the investigation.
Serving 300,000 New Jerseyans annually, Catholic Charities provides assistance to residents seeking counseling for behavioral health or addiction, or who may be facing homelessness, food insecurity, or lack of access to proper clothing.
Drug abuse in Monmouth and Ocean counties continues to grow at alarming rates. Two locations in Mon-Oc ranked in the top 10 for heroin abuse in New Jersey.
We are hearing more and more everyday about the increasing heroin epidemic here at the Jersey Shore. The problem is no longer relegated to inner cities, or even local towns with a bad rap like Asbury Park.
No, this problem is widespread, and it's targeting our friends, our families, our neighbors, and co-workers. And it's ruining the lives of people at younger and younger ages. And I am trying to
A former contestant of Tyra Banks' modeling competition/reality show 'America's Next Top Model' is in a very different place these days...struggling with an addiction to methamphetamine.
I'm starting to think I have a problem.
I crave it. When I don't have it, I turn into several of those famous dwarves: Grumpy, Sleepy, Dopey...and the lesser known Witchy. With a capital B.
What is this wonderous substance? Coffee. And I'm fresh out.