A 47-year-old Atlantic City man has been arrested for yesterday’s killing of Justin Turay, 23, of Sicklerville. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest on Monday. Timothy Knight was charged with aggravated manslaughter and weapons possession. Knight was lodged early yesterday evening in the Atlantic County Justice Facility in lieu of $520,000 full cash…
An Egg Harbor Township man is dead from what appears to be a gunshot wound. Christian Gibbs was found lying near the intersection of Baltic and Reverend Dr. Isaac S. Coles Plaza. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the incident. The shooting took place just before 5…
The state is going to seek $15 million in federal disaster relief for four counties impacted during the severe thunderstorms a couple of weeks back. Over 330,000 homes lost power during the storm from damaging winds. The counties that would be eligible to receive funding include Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester. The application says the…
The House of Representatives approved letting New Jersey businesses damaged by Hurricane Sandy reapply for disaster funding. The vote came among news that there were delays in the loan process within the Small Business Administration. There were too many requests for the department to deal with during the storm. The measure will now go to…
Apparently getting a photo with Gov. Chris Christie costs a pretty penny. NJ.com reports that at an upcoming fundraiser in Asbury Park it will cost $2,700 per person to get a photo with Christie. Tickets for the overall event start at $250. The event is the first major fundraiser in state for his presidential campaign.
Vineland Police are investigating the reported kidnapping of a 19 year-old city woman on Sunday morning, who was later found in Millville. The Daily Journal reports that police responded to the alleged victim’s home at 1:15 a.m. Sunday to the report of a possible home invasion and kidnapping, in the 1100 block of Walnut Road.…
On Monday afternoon at about 2:40 p.m. a fender-bender disrupted traffic northbound in Rio Grande for about an hour. The accident occurred in front of the Cape May County Herald building, where two lanes of traffic merge into one. A black Lexus rear-ended a gold SUV, and witnesses say both drivers got out of their…
The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office will maintain its monitor on policing in Cape May. Prosecutor Robert Taylor announced that the City of Cape May’s demand that the Prosecutor’s monitor be removed was denied. Also, a judge ruled that the county prosecutor’s office didn’t overstep legal power. Furthermore, all five applications for injunctive relief and…
Riders of New Jersey Transit should expect to see increases across the board as the agency tries to fill a budget gap. NJ Transit is $60 million below budget and will hike fares 9 percent to fill that gap. The most recent increase was in 2010 when fares went up 22 percent.
A shooting in Pleasantville early Friday resulted in the death of a city man. Ronald Williams, of Atlantic Ave. died of a gunshot wound. Police are investigating the death as a homicide following an autopsy on the body. An investigation is on-going into the incident. There has been no information released on a potential suspect.