Pay For Coffee With Eggs At This Restaurant: 5 Must-Read NJ Stories

Good evening, New Jersey Patch readers! We've assembled some of the most share-worthy stories from the state for today, just for you.

Here are the top five stories from New Jersey:

1. With the cost of eggs still high in the Garden State, one cafe has come up with an inventive, one-day-only promotion for customers: You bring an egg, and they'll trade for a cup of coffee. (Read more on Patch.)

2. A New Jersey man who admitted to beating his girlfriend's dog to death will spend time behind bars, officials said. The dog died due to blunt-force trauma to the head, neck and body that ultimately resulted in a fatal traumatic brain injury. (Read more on Patch.)

3. More details have emerged about a fatal shootout that took place between a 14-year-old and police officers in Newark over the weekend. One of the officers died and the other is recovering in the hospital. (Read more on Patch.)

4. Two teenagers died in a South Jersey crash that also injured a woman and four children on Sunday, officials said. (Read more on Patch.)

5. Authorities said a police officer is recovering after he crashed into another car and a telephone pole while chasing a suspected burglar on Saturday. (Read more on Patch.)