N.J. State Police have charged five men in connection with a rolling shootout on the Atlantic City Expressway Monday afternoon. At least four males were injured and one killed in a crime scene that stretched for miles. Troopers on the Garden State Parkway found 22 year-old Rosemund Octavius of Egg Harbor Township in a silver Nissan Maxima,…
Earlier this month it was announced that 100 Macy’s department stores would be closing nationwide. On Monday, a company spokeswoman said Macy’s will not give the details of specific store closings until late January 2017. Sales at the national chain fell by 3.6 percent last year, while online sales were up by 15 percent. The…
Egg Harbor City Council held an emergency, closed-door meeting on Monday after three shooting incidents that have residents concerned for their safety. Mayor Lisa Jiampetti requested additional police assistance from the Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office and patrols from Galloway and Mullica Townships. City residents offered to start a neighborhood watch and the city made plans…
On Monday morning a cellphone store on Main Street in Pleasantville was hit by an armed robber. Police responded to Main Street Communication at 10:36 a.m. Monday for a reported armed robbery. No one was injured and no report on what was stolen from the store.
On Monday representatives from Unite Here Local 54 and management from the Trump Taj Mahal finally sat down to discuss their labor dispute. The two-hour meeting was the first in nearly two months, as the union proposed that the Taj Mahal pay they workers the same amount for health care that other casino workers are…
The victim of a Northfield house fire on Saturday has been identified. Authorities say the body of 91 year-old Julia Eisenhardt was found in her home at 2200 Bay Drive, after firefighters extinguished the flames. The roof of the one-story rancher collapsed as a result of the fire. Eisenhardt’s cause of death is under investigation…
State Police continue to investigate a shooting that occurred Monday afternoon at about 3 p.m. on the eastbound Atlantic City Expressway near mile marker 11. Action News reported that a white Ford Excursion, covered with bullet holes, was found later in the parking lot of the Wawa on the airport circle on Tilton Road, with…
Atlantic City Police found a 21-year-old man was shot early Sunday morning in the 1000 block of Brigantine Boulevard. A ShotSpotter notification led police to the location where Djza Chase was found with a gunshot wound at 12:41 a.m. Sunday. Chase was taken to the hospital for treatment of the non-life threatening injury. The city’s…
Two shootings occurred on Thursday and Saturday in Egg Harbor City and no suspects are in custody. Mayor Lisa Jiampetti said the first shooting took place at the 24-hour Wawa on the White Horse Pike Thursday evening, as the victim was hit with at least one bullet. On Saturday afternoon, the second shooting occurred on Washington…
One person may have been killed as a result of a house fire in Northfield over the weekend. Various reports say a 91 occupant of a home located on Bay Avenue likely perished in the fire that struck the home Saturday afternoon. Emergency personnel at the scene say they were unable to revive the elderly…