Students Hospitalized After Eating Suspected Weed Gummies: Top 5 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. Four students at a Mercer County charter school were taken to the hospital Monday after they ate what officials believe were cannabis gummies, police said.

2. Two men in a South American theft ring were caught after a foot chase through Bergen County, police say. Federal agents said one of the men was wanted for a homicide in Colombia. (Read more on Patch.)

3. A former special education teacher has been indicted on charges of aggravated sexual assault and manufacturing child pornography, with officials saying she sexually abused a middle school student several times. (Read more on Patch.)

4. Concerns about high bacteria counts have lead officials to ban swimming at a beach on the Toms River for 2025, a report said. (Read more on Patch.)

5. Police said a middle school student used a 3-D printer to create a fake gun and brought it on the bus to school on Tuesday. School officials seized the firearm, which officials confirmed was not operable. (Read more on Patch.)