A head on crash on Route 55 early Thursday morning claimed the life of a Philadelphia woman who had been living recently in Avalon. 62 year old Lydia Brannon was killed when her vehicle crashed head on with another car just after dawn in Maurice River Township. State Police say a 27 year old man…
The Press of Atlantic City reports that authorities have released the identity of the Vineland police officer who was stabbed in the face and head during an incident Wednesday at a home on South Valley Road. The injured patrol officer is John Warrington, who was stabbed while accompanying a state Department of Human Services worker…
A Vineland police officer was stabbed in the face and head by a 26 year-old Vineland man during a well-being check on his property. The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office says Johnny Flores, of the 700 block of Valley Road, got into a physical altercation with two police officers and allegedly stabbed one of the cops,…
A 19 hear-old man from Salem County appeared in court on Tuesday to face murder charges in the shooting death of a Cumberland County woman. Daiquan Blake of Penns Grove, was charged with killing 34 year-old Juanita Holley on Saturday at her Fairfield Township home. Blake was also charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying…
A 25 year-old Millville man was injured in a drive-by shooting on Sunday as 12 gunshots were fired from a vehicle. The unidentified man was shot in the arm and reported to be in stable condition. The shooting occurred in the 200 block of East Oak Street. No other injuries were reported but several parked…
Bridgeton Police are investigating several reports of gunshots during the weekend. One man was shot in the leg on Saturday at 1:15 a.m. while outside a house on Bank Street with a group of friends. On Sunday shots were fired from a black four-door vehicle on Spruce Street with no injuries reported. On Monday gunshots…
In July a nonfatal shooting of a Deerfield Township resident occurred as the result of a misdirected 911 call. Now Cumberland County officials are investigating why an emergency cellphone call was forwarded to Vineland police and then redirected to N.J. State Police, causing confusion as police responded to the wrong address. The investigation is being…
A large scale drug distribution network has been busted up in Cumberland County. Authorities say 22 people have been charged in connection with a drug distribution ring that netted authorities nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of drugs back in February, including crack cocaine, heroin, pot, along with handguns and a shotgun.
Bridgeton Police are investigating two separate assaults, in which the suspects wore all black clothing. On Monday night near North Street, police found a man who had been severely beaten by four suspects estimated to be ages 14 to 16. The victim was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in Camden. On Sunday afternoon a second…
The Tropical Storm Warning that blanketed the Jersey Shore this weekend has been downgraded to a Coastal Flood Advisory by the National Weather Service. Flooding and beach erosion can be expected for a few hours around the time of high tide on Monday on the New Jersey and Delaware oceanfront between 10:30-11:30 a.m. and between…