Pleasantville fire officials responded to an apartment fire Sunday afternoon on Chester Avenue. Fire officials say the second and third stories of a duplex were on fire, and it took firemen about a half hour to douse the flames. 16 residents have been displaced, but there were no injuries. The cause of the fire is…
Pleasantville fire officials responded to a house fire Monday afternoon on Linden Avenue. Authorities say the fire started in the kitchen and quickly spread to other areas inside the home. Two people were taken out of the home, along with two pets; there were no injuries. So far no word on what started the fire.
A man was killed in Galloway Township while walking in the roadway. Police there say that 61-year-old Galloway resident William A. Williams was struck by a vehicle at 1:30 a.m. Monday morning. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under investigation, but not charges have been filed.
Two Pleasantville men was arrested with a large quanity of narcostics. Matthew A. Bradley, 34, and Kirk Eason, Jr., 29, were taken in on drugs and weapons charges. Bradley and Eason were both charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a handgun, three counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance (one count for…
A 52 year old man from Galloway Township was struck and killed while riding his motorized scooter on Monday. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Joseph Strike Jr. was heading east on Moss Mill Road near the intersection of Quail Hill Boulevard when his scooter was struck by a vehicle. The driver of the…
Gunfire in Pleasantville Monday night. City police say both cars and houses were hit by gunfire in separate shooting incidents in the city. Bullets were fired along Adams Avenue and a short time later on Tilton Avenue near Broad Street. No injuries were reported, no suspects in custody.
Absecon Police are looking for three men who committed an armed robbery at the Royal Lodge Motel in Absecon Monday night. Police say three men were asking about room rates before they jumped the counter and tied up five motel employees. They made off with $3,000 in cash and some jewelry before getting away. Police…
Two men are dead following a single vehicle accident on the Garden State Parkway in Galloway Township. State Police say 53 year old James Friedrich and his 22 year old Justin were both killed during the accident early Saturday morning near milepost 44 of the Parkway. Their Nissan Pathfinder was found by police on the…
A 26 year old woman was killed during a motor vehicle accident in Galloway Township Wednesday afternoon. Lyndsey Sickler drove her vehicle over a curb on Moss Mill Road and her vehicle slammed into a tree. Police say Sickler suffered major injuries during the accident and died at a local hospital. The crash remains under…
They got him. Authorities arrested the man who held up a branch of TD Bank in Absecon on Wednesday morning. Authorities say 27 year old Ernest Womack was arrested in Delaware two hours after he robbed the bank while using a handgun. Womack is charged with robbery, assault, and other offenses. He made off with…