A scandal-laden police chief in a tiny Monmouth County borough resigned last month, six months after he was criminally ...

The resignation of Chief Peter Cooke is hereby accepted, effective immediately.”The interim chief has not yet been ...

Englishtown attracted unusual headlines when the mayor chose a former mobster, who has admitted to murders, to join the Borough Council. But that was just one of a series of odd happenings driven ...

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – Two hours into a town hall meeting in this small New Jersey town, a man took out his phone, hands shaking, and began filming. "Are you aware that he's committed welfare fraud?" ...

And the mayor claims a mysterious incident precipitated that exodus from the Englishtown borough council and led to his nomination of John Alite — the former mob hitman — as a replacement.

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FREEHOLD – Englishtown Police Chief Peter S. Cooke, who was placed on paid administrative leave from his $128,548-a-year position in April, has been charged with computer theft and conspiracy to ...

Englishtown Police Chief Peter Cooke resigns after pleading guilty to illegally accessing a law enforcement database for non-law enforcement purposes.