A bit of an interruption for some shoppers Monday night at the Hamilton Mall. Atlantic City Electric was looking into the cause of a power outage that affected part of the mall on Monday evening. Over 1,000 customers in the Hamilton Township area lost power, including some patrons at the mall.
Two Atlantic City men were jailed for drug possession in Absecon. Police there were called in for the report of an armed man. Police didn’t find any guns, but did find drugs. Qadree Nelson and Allan Moore were placed in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on $12,500 bail. The two were also wanted for warrants…
A fire took place just before the end of the weekend near the Pleasantville High School. Authorities say the fire broke out on the 600 block of Martin Terrace. Two trailers caught fire near the school. The fire started about 4 p.m. and was under control by about 5:30 p.m. An investigation is on-going into…
A newspaper report has filed a sexual harassment complaint against a Galloway Township councilman. Its alleged that James McElwee subjected the female to an act of harassment by offensive touching. Petty Disorderly Persons offenses carry a maximum penalty of 30 days in prison and up to $500 in fines. Another municipal court will hear the…
A 44 year-old Pleasantville man was struck by a tractor trailer and seriously injured on Thursday. Pleasantville Police say Kevin McCarten was crossing New Road in his wheelchair at the Black Horse Pike when he was hit by the truck and dragged an unspecified distance at a slow speed. McCarten was taken to AtlantiCare Regional…
A 23 year-old man from Galloway Township was arrested on Tuesday for posting a comment on YouTube about placing a bomb at Lower Cape May Regional High School. The Cape May Gazette reports that Richard Merkel was charged with the third degree crime of false public alarm and released on a summons. The investigation by…
A 21 year-old Egg Harbor Township man has been arrested in the death of a Pleasantville man whose body was found at the Courtesy Inn on Tilton Road Tuesday morning. Randal Scott was arrested and charged with murder and weapons offenses in the death of 20 year-old Curtis Watson, who was found shot to death…
Pleasantville Police are investigating a brutal attack on a 96 year-old woman inside her home on Saturday. The woman was beaten and sexually assaulted at about 5 a.m. Saturday when a masked man entered her home as she went outside to get the paper. Family members are caring for her during the investigation. Anyone with…
A routine traffic stop resulted in a police chase from Atlantic City to Absecon on Thursday afternoon. Police attempted to stop a car on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Arctic Avenue, but the driver fled on Route 30 after two women got out of the car. The chase ended in a residential section of…
On Thursday a grand jury found no wrong-doing in the shooting death of 19 year-old Alexis Perez outside his home in April. The grand jury found that three Pleasantville police officers were justified in the fatal shooting, after exhausting all other measures, including chemical spray, to persuade Perez to drop his knife and surrender. Perez…