Deion Johnson

| An ex-administrative assistant from an Ocean County engineering firm has been sentenced to five years in state prison after admitting to stealing nearly $179,000 from her former employer, authorities said.

A Brick Township woman has been charged with robbing a convenience store and vandalizing another business, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday.

Steven Salami, 49, of Hazlet, pleaded guilty to second-degree financial facilitation of criminal activity before Superior Court Judge Christie Bevacqua, authorities said.

| Two nursing assistants were charged with assaulting a 52-year-old patient at a medical facility in Ocean County, authorities said Thursday.

| Second Life Bikes in downtown Asbury park has become a community staple, not just for its services, but for its involvement with the youth in the city.

The man was driving eastbound on Route 70 and ran a red light, authorities said.

A 10-month-old puppy named Chocolate Chip, who is believed to have been struck by a car, is recovering after surgery on her right thigh, the Monmouth County SPCA said.

Jaquel Accoo, 29, of Wall, also admitted he tried to bribe a witness in the case.

| The ex-husband of former ”Real Houswives of New Jersey” cast member Dina Manzo has pleaded guilty to his role in a violent home invasion attack at her townhouse in Monmouth County several years ago, authorities said.

The victim, Mikal Muhammad, 36, of Red Bank, who was found by police on the 100 block of River Street at 3:13 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the prosecutor's office said.