The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of a local doctor and five other Atlantic County residents on drug charges after a three-month investigation. Dr. Alan Faustino, 48, of Absecon, was charged as the alleged leader of a narcotics trafficking network, that dealt in illegally prescribed or purchased pain killers. Faustino was placed in the…
A naked man was roughly 200 feet in the sky before being successfully talked down. Vineland Police responded to the Vineland Electric Authority. Authorities say the man was in the air for roughly two hours and eventually came down via a ladder in an smokestake that wasn’t being used. An investigation is on-going into the…
A press conference was held on Thursday to show off a 36 bill package aimed creating jobs. They say the package wouldn’t cost taxpayers any money. Of those bills, 11 of the measures have Democrat co-sponsors and 8 of them have been moved in the Senate. The legislation hits a number of areas, including tourism,…
A fire broke out on Thursday at the Ocean View Nursing and Rehab. A mutual aid call went out for the smoke and flames that were quickly extingushed. All staff and residents were kept safe and no injuries were reported. Mutual aid came from Avalon, Upper Township, State Police, among others.
A Ventnor woman who was charged for killing and dismembering her husband and keeping his remains in storage containers for six years was sentenced on Wednesday. Loretta Doyle Burroughs, 63, was sentenced to 55 years in prison for the 2007 stabbing death of her husband, Daniel Burroughs, 66, and concealing evidence of her crime. Her husband’s…
The Egg Harbor Township Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a subject involved in fraudulently using a lost/stolen credit card at the ShopRite located in our jurisdiction. The same card was used at the WaWa (Route 322/McKee Ave, Hamilton Twp.) and Belco Liquors in Hamilton Twp. Although it appears that she was…
Wildwood taxpayers won’t see a tax rate increase from the city. The Wildwood Commission held a second reading and public hearing on the budget on Wednesday and the commission passed the budget with no increase to the tax rate. Commissioner Pete Byron told Coastal Broadcasting that the city brought in more revenue last year than…
A man robbed a convenience store in Egg Harbor Township on Wednesday night. The victim stated the suspect jumped the counter, brandished a knife and demanded the money in the register. The suspect fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash. The victim was not injured during the incident. The suspect is described as…
Legislation to ban offshore oil drilling was introduced on Wednesday, which also happened to be Earth Day and the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Coast. U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker from New Jersey joined senators from Vermont to Maryland in sponsoring the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism…
The Middle Township Police Department will be hosting their community relations program “Cops and Coffee” on Wednesday, April 29 at the Heritage’s Store located in Cape May Court House. This program will take place between 8:00 and 10:00am and is designed to give members of the public a chance to speak with some of our…