A 15 year old student from Somers Point has been charged with bringing a fake gun to Mainland Regional High School earlier this week. The Gazette Leader reports that the gun is very realistic and was located in the student’s backpack on September 17th. The school resource officer searched the backpack on a tip and…
Drivers in Egg Harbor Township need to be aware of a change coming to an intersection there. The cross section of Mill Road and Ridge Avenue in Egg Harbor Township to an all-way stop intersection next month. Police say the change is coming on Oct. 7. The conversion will consist of installing 4’ x 4’ stop signs…
A 19 year-old Egg Harbor City man was sentenced to 8 years in prison for a guns and narcotics crimes committed in Egg Harbor City over a 10-month period during 2013 and 2014. Ernest Collier was given the prison term for four separate incidents during that time frame. During the initial investigation, authorities seized over…
A resolution seeking a raise for Atlantic City Airport workers advanced through a Senate committee. Senator Jim Whelan and Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo are both supporting the measure to ask the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to bring the minimum wage up at the airport to $10.10 an hour. The Port Authority is…
One of the biggest casino worker unions is supporting Congressman Frank LoBiondo in his reelection bid. UNITE HERE 54 union announced its support for LoBiondo this week. On July 8, Representative LoBiondo joined with UNITE HERE Local 54 President Robert McDevitt and casino workers at a rally on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in front of the…
A new report says a potential buyer for the Revel Casino wants to build a school next to the property. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Glenn Straub, who put a $90 million bid on the property doesn’t want to focus on the casino alone, but rather look into other aspects to help the resort…
31 year old Rafael Olmo of Egg Harbor Township has been indicted on murder charges following a shooting four years ago that killed a Bergen County man. Authorities allege Olmo shot and killed 36 year old Leandro Rodriguez of Hackensack in Galloway Township. Rodriguez’s body was discovered in the back yard of an unoccupied residence…
An Egg Harbor City man was indicted for murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a Bergen County man in Galloway in 2010. Rafael J. Olmo, 31, of the 400 block Philadelphia Ave, Egg Harbor City, was indicted by an Atlantic County Grand Jury for murder and related charges f or the 2010 shooting…
An Atlantic County grand jury handed down an indictment in a 2012 death. Rodney Smiley, 24, of the 600 block of Michigan Ave., Atlantic City, for murder and other offenses for his involvement in a shooting which claimed the life of Jose Oritz, 59, of Atlantic City, in the fall of 2012. Ortiz, a resident…
The four major professional sports league could stand to benefit from sports betting in New Jersey. Senator Jim Whelan and Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo are proposing taking a portion of the proceeds and giving it to the leagues to help protect the integrity of the game and help ensure games aren’t fixed. Those reasons are often…