Search suspended for missing fisherman in Ocean County

Sunday, January 15, 2017
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. (WPVI) -- After three days, rescue crews have suspended the search for a missing fisherman in Ocean County.

On Friday, searchers found the boat belonging to Christopher Hugg in Tuckerton Bay near Little Egg Harbor.
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But the 45-year-old was nowhere to be found.

He was last heard from on Thursday when he called his family to tell them his boat ran aground.
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The Coast Guard and New Jersey State Police, along with local authorities, were all part of the search effort.
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