Atlantic City Police arrested a 16 year-old male after responding to a report of an armed robbery in the 1600 block of Atlantic Avenue on Saturday evening. Officers were searching for a robbery suspect when they observed the teen grab his front waistband and hurried away. He was stopped by the officers and found to have…
The Cape Atlantic League Cross Country Championships were held Thursday at the New Jersey Motor Sports Park in Millville. This year’s C.A.L. Titles were won by the Ocean City boys and Egg Harbor Township girls. Ocean City senior Jacob Davis finished in first place in the boys competition at 16 minutes 13.93 seconds, while Lower…
Local leaders led a rally on Thursday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to urge voters not to approve a question on the November ballot authorizing casino expansion to North Jersey. More than 1,000 people attended the protest organized by the group No North Jersey Casinos. A recent Fairleigh Dickinson poll indicates that the casino…
A 25 year-old Pleasantville man who was arrested in August in connection with a shootout on the Atlantic City Expressway is back in jail on drug charges. Wilbert Demosthenes was arrested by Pleasantville Police after they found more than 47 grams of uncut drugs in his vehicle. Demosthenes was out on bail from charges in connection…
An elderly woman was scammed out of $5,000 by a fake missionary in the Absecon ShopRite parking on Oct. 21st. The man claimed to be a missionary from Africa, in the United States for charity work, and asked for a $5,000 donation. In exchange he would give her $35,000 which he was required to give…
A 43 year-old Galloway Township man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly hitting a man on a bicycle and leaving the scene. State Police have charged Todd Battaglia with aggravated assault after Glen Bott, 59, also of Galloway, was critically injured when he was run down on East Mill Road in Port Republic on Oct.…
On Wednesday morning, Atlantic City Police arrested two men and confiscated 1,150 bags of heroin and a hand gun. The suspects were observed making a drug deal in the 1500 block of Sewell Avenue and later apprehended by police. Arrested were 30 year-old James Garland and 46 year-old Anthony Allen. Both men were taken to…
On Wednesday officials from Atlantic City met with the state Assembly Judiciary Committee in Trenton to present their fiscal recovery plan and answer questions from lawmakers. Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, D-Camden, expressed concern that the proposed sale of Bader Field to the city’s MUA may not be legal. Another controversial part of the plan…
A student at Pleasantville High School was charged with allegedly bringing brownies laced with marijuana to school on Wednesday. Pleasantville Police charged a juvenile female student with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana. The school resource officer was handling the incident and no illnesses were reported from anyone eating the brownies.
On Tuesday Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian led a contingency of officials from the city to Trenton and met privately with state officials to discuss their recovery plan. The group met with members of the Department of Community Affairs for two hours to review the financial recovery plan and answer questions from the state. If…