Dan Alexander

Ever since he was a precocious 5 year old who read the Bergen Record and then published his own neighborhood newspaper, Dan Alexander has always had an interest in the news. Alexander says he learns something new on this job everyday and that's what keeps it interesting. Alexander has been with New Jersey 101.5 for the past 10 years on the digital team writing news and working behind the scenes on a variety of projects.

2 men charged after mom’s body was left in fridge in NJ forest

According to an affidavit and complaint obtained by NJ.com Christopher Blevins is believed to have brought the refrigerator to the forest on July 24 and then went to Mexico.

4 invade home in Caldwell for luxury car key fob, resident says

Caldwell police told ABC 7 Eyewitness News that a group entered a home on Birkendene Road in Caldwell around 5:30 a.m.

NJ mayor’s urgent plea about animal shelter on the brink

Trenton mayor Reed Gusciora says several factors have led to overcrowding at the city's animal shelter.

More NJ victims in terror attack: Army vet suffers serious injuries

Friends and family said Adam Coste, originally from Ocean City, suffered "extensive injuries to his lower extremities" after being hit by the pickup investigators said was driven by Shamsud-Din Jabbar into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans' French Quarter.

NJ homeowner, 75, dies after escaping burning house

Firefighters found the owner of a Lacey Township home outside with serious burns in Lacey when they arrived.

Weapons arrest: Unattended bag at NJ train station leads to startling find

A man who left a bag with firearms at Newark Penn Station was found on board an Amtrak train in Trenton with additional weapons, police say.

NJ high school student, ‘remarkable young man,’ dies in holiday crash

Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolonda Ciccone said 15-year-old was the front seat passenger in a 1998 Buick that hit a utility pole along the southbound lanes of Route 130 around 7:25 a.m.

NJ borough put on lockdown as man is charged with attempted murder

Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said a manhunt started after investigators determined Daniel Williams, 52, was responsible for the shooting of a woman at a home in Allentown the afternoon of New Years Eve.

NJ dog park fright: Woman with 2 dogs trapped in freezing creek

Gloucester Township police said the woman became trapped in the water of Big Timber Creek in the Timber Creek Dog Park early Sunday afternoon.

NJ school closings & delayed openings for snow — Monday, Jan. 6

The storm looks to be a "South Jersey Special" with the most snow accumulating farther to the south according to NJ 101.5 Chief Meteorologist Dan Zarrow.

NJ high school graduate killed in New Orleans terror attack

Billy DiMaio, 25, a graduate of Holmdel High School was in New Orleans to celebrate New Year's Eve and see friends who planned to go to the Sugar Bowl, according to his parents.

Former Princeton Tiger football player dies in New Orleans attack

Kim Broussard, the athletic director at St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisana, told KLFY TV and other outlets that Tiger Bech was taken to a hospital after the attack where he was kept on life support until his family arrived.