A woman was robbed at gunpoint early Monday morning. Police in Galloway Township say that the woman was confronted on Cherokee Drive. Authorities say the suspect was a black male dressed in all black. The incident took place when the woman was exiting her vehicle. He was believed to be able five feet six inches.…
A 36 year-old man found Wednesday with a gunshot wound to the head on the 200 block of Colonial Court has died. Metrevell Gatling was removed from life support Thursday afternoon, when it was determined he no longer had any brain activity. The Atlantic County Prosecutors office and Galloway Township Police are investigating the shooting.…
One of two pit bulls that viciously attacked a golden retriever on June 25th in Absecon was not euthanized as previously reported. The attack occurred after two pit bulls escaped from their kennel, ran into a neighbor’s home and attacked their pet dog, who later died from it’s injuries. Absecon Police shot and killed one…
Two stolen cars were recovered within ten minutes of each other in Pleasantville Sunday afternoon and two teenagers were arrested. Police were called to a local gas station at about 4:40 p.m. to investigate a stolen BMW reported by the owner, but the suspects fled the scene. Ten minutes later Pleasantville Police Officer Elvis Nunez…
A drug bust netted oxycodone, marijuana and approximately $4000 in cash. Detectives from the Egg Harbor Township and Hamilton Township Police Departments executed a search warrant on a residence on Ocean Heights Avenue, in Hamilton Township, in reference to an ongoing drug investigation. Arrested was John Broomhead III., 27 years of age from, who was…
A former employee of The Vacation Ownership Group LLC of Pleasantville, N.J., admitted to conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties by offering phony consulting services. U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced that Joseph Saxon, 39, of Brigantine, N.J., pleaded guilty inside of a federal court to superseding information charging him with one count of conspiracy…
Monday kicks off the competition in the annual ShopRite LPGA Classic, being held at the Stockton Seaview Hotel & Golf Club in Galloway Township. Admission is free on Monday to the qualifying round of play to determine the final two spots in the field of lady golfers. Two local women will be in contention, pro…
New Jersey didn’t sell the winning Powerball ticket, but three tickets matched five numbers not including the Powerball, which wins you a coll $1 million. Lottery officials have announced that one of those $1 million tickets were sold in Atlantic County. The ticket was purchased at the Shop Rite in Galloway. The two other $1…
Authorities are investigating a shooting that occurred late Tuesday night. Police report finding a victim with multiple gunshot wounds at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night near Mulberry and Linden Avenues. Authorities reported that the victim was conscious and speaking with officers before being transported to the hospital. The shooting is under investigation and no other information has been released.
An Absecon man was indicted for vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal crash that claimed the life of a Pleasantville woman in 2011. An Atlantic County Grand Jury indicted Victor Hernandez-Salgado, 30, for second-degree vehicular homicide, third-degree assault by auto and third-degree endangering an injured victim. The crash fatally wounded Hernandez-Salgado’s girlfriend, Mayelin Perez,…