Absecon

A 31 year old Absecon man will be spending the next ten years of his life behind bars for heading up a local drug ring.  The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General announced that Aldo Lapaix was handed the long prison term for being involved in what was known …

A man was arrested for stealing a vehicle in Absecon. Police in Absecon say it took place on Saturday in the area of Crestview Ave. The suspect tried to flee on foot but eventually authorities caught up with the man. The suspect was identified as Erik Stornes, a resident of …

An elderly woman was scammed out of $5,000 by a fake missionary in the Absecon ShopRite parking on Oct. 21st. The man claimed to be a missionary from Africa, in the United States for charity work, and asked for a $5,000 donation. In exchange he would give her $35,000 which …

One person was killed Wednesday night in a one-car crash on Route 30 in Atlantic City. The accident happened in front of Clayton Self-Storage at about 8:30 p.m., knocked over a light pole and caused delays for outbound traffic from the city. Police have not revealed the identity of the …

Another suspect connected to a fatal shooting last year in Absecon was rounded up in Maryland this week.  Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Diane Ruberton announced that 22 year old Tywan Dixon of Pleasantville was arrested in Glen Burnie, Maryland on August 30th.  Dixon is connected to the fatal shooting at …

Two men charged in the March 2015 murder of two other men at a Red Roof Inn in Absecon appeared in court on Friday. Brian Bennett, 25, of Pleasantville and Aaquile Reeves, 20, of Absecon, both asked for public defenders at their trials for the murder of two men during …

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced murder charges against four men for the killing of two 22 year-old men at the Red Roof Inn in Absecon in March of last year. The four men, ages 20 to 24 from Pleasantville and Atlantic City, are charged with felony murder, robbery and …

A 56 year old man from Pleasantville has been arrested for robbing a branch of TD Bank last week in Absecon.  Police have announced that Michael W. Sanders has been arrested and charged with the bank robbery.  Sanders made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and fled the bank …

Another bank robbery in Atlantic County on Thursday.  This time it was the Absecon branch of TD Bank on the White Horse Pike that was the victim of a robbery.  A dye pack went off in the bag of cash during the robbery, which occurred Thursday afternoon.

The fourth suspect in a November kidnapping and murder in Pleasantville has been captured by Atlantic City police after a car chase Sunday night. Marshall Coley, 27, was recognized by a tipster as a passenger in a car driven by 26 year-old Latoya Golden, and nabbed by police after a …