Peter Cooke resigned from his role as chief after a “public employment forfeiture order" was issued, according to a borough resolution.

Toms River Councilman James Quinlisk is disputing a 2002 police report that accused him of assaulting his female business ...

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

The police chief of a New Jersey town has officially resigned months after being charged with using law enforcement databases ...

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

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.

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?" ...

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 ...

The meeting was held after John Alite, a former member of the Gambino crime family, was appointed to the council. But members of the community say they have no problem with Alite’s past. Enough ...