A 32 year-old Atlantic City man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday, for human trafficking of seven women in Atlantic City and Egg Harbor Township during 2012 and 2013. Donnie T. Bethea of the 500 block of N. South Carolina Avenue, forced the women, ages 20 to 22, to engage in sex trafficking, by threats…
If the proposed PILOT bill to bail-out Atlantic City is not approved, $60 million collected from the casinos could be lost to the city. Mayor Don Guardian told the Press of Atlantic City that the Atlantic City Alliance, the group formed to market the resort, has been waiting for the new law to take effect and redirect…
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced that a Buena Vista Township man was shot and killed in Atlantic City early Tuesday morning. Police were called to Hobart Avenue just before 2 a.m. Tuesday by the ShotSpotter gunshot-audio detection system. A man was found with gunshot wounds and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced…
The Atlantic City School Board announced no decision on the appeal of a middle school teacher for his firing after breaking up a fight between two sixth-grade students. The Press of Atlantic City reports that physical education teacher Phillip Eisenstein intervened in a fight between two students several times last October. When one of the…
A 17-year-old boy was arrested after a report of shots fired on the 47th floor of the Trump Taj Mahal on Thursday night. The Press of Atlantic City reports that police responded to the Taj Mahal casino at 11:30 p.m. Thursday night and found no victims at the alleged crime scene. A short time later,…
Convention planners and attendees should not worry about the financial crisis in Atlantic City. That’s the message that is being promoted by the city’s convention and visitors bureau, knows as Meet AC. The Press of Atlantic City reports that on Friday, officials from Meet AC issued a public statement that says the city will be…
They will work for free, for three weeks. Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian says nearly 1,000 city employees will work for free for three weeks when the city runs out of money in early April. Guardian says white-collar workers have agreed to stay on the job, along with public safety and sanitation employees.
A major corporate merger involving the parent company of Atlantic City Electric has finally been consummated. Exelon Corporation and Pepco Holdings announced that a merger transaction was wrapped up on Thursday afternoon. The merger now creates the leading mid-Atlantic electric and gas utility company. No word yet on how this merger will affect employees…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says it’s time for Atlantic City officials to get serious about a state rescue plan. Christie told reporters on Thursday that his administration will not write a blank check to the city to bail it out of a deep financial crisis. Christie says he should not be tested on this…
Union casino workers picketed outside the Trump Taj Mahal on Wednesday, to protest cuts to their benefits and health insurance. The Press of Atlantic City reports that it was the first protest by UNITE-HERE Local 54 since Carl Icahn took control of the Taj Mahal. The report claims Ican offered the union an alternate health…