A teacher at Cumberland Regional High School has been charged with possession of child pornography. State officials say 52 year old David Rodriguez faces a child endangerment charge after authorities executed a search warrant at his home. Officials say many of the photos featured young boys engaged in sexual acts.
Senator Jeff Van Drew is seeking a federal declaration request via a letter sent to Gov. Chris Christie. The governor is the only person who can make a federal declaration request, which opens up the possibility of federal dollars to help with the clean up and rehabilitation. The letter included both Cumberland and Cape May…
The Press of Atlantic City reports that two correction officers were injured and one inmate from Bayside State Prison was killed in a traffic accident Thursday afternoon on Route 55 in Millville. The N.J. Corrections Department van in which they were traveling rear-ended a flatbed truck at milepost 24.9 southbound on Rt. 55 in Millville.…
Maximum wind gusts could hit 60 mph or higher during the winter storm this weekend. The National Weather Service has released its latest projections for the weekend and power outages are a major concern in the packet. Coastal flooding is also expected to take place as a result of the storm. The snow is expected…
A 27 year old Bridgeton man is headed to prison for six years for distributing child pornography. Jeffrey Mander used internet software to create files that contained child pornography that were available to the public. Investigators found nearly 300 images of the pornography in a folder on his computer. Mander will not be eligible for…
An arrest was made in a fatal Bridgeton stabbing. Ronald Foster was arrested without incident near the Amity Heights Apartments, where he resided. The stabbing claimed the life of Travoise Cannon. The 29-year-old was involved in a domestic-related altercation when Foster stabbed him. Foster was placed in the Cumberland County Jail on $250,000 bail.
The Press of Atlantic City reports that a 29 year-old Bridgeton man was stabbed in the torso early Sunday morning. The stabbing occurred at the Amity Heights apartment complex, killing Travoise Cannon, who died in a Vineland hospital four hours after police were called to the apartments on Pamphylia Avenue for “a domestic-related physical altercation.” Bridgeton…
He ripped off a man at his own nursing home, and now the former head of the Cumberland County Republican Party will spend four years in prison. Robert Greco was handed the prison term on Friday. Greco pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $140,000 from an elderly Ventnor man who was staying in his nursing home…
A company based in Cumberland County plans a $14 million expansion and will add several dozen new jobs to our region. Allied Speciality Foods’s expansion has been announced by the Cumberland County Improvement Authority. Allied’s new facility will become the headquarters and total operations plants for the company. It produces meat products that are used…
The New Jersey State Police is seeking the public’s assistance with identifying a suspect wanted for robbing a man at gunpoint on East Commerce Street in Fairfield Township, Cumberland on New Year’s Eve. At 9:08 p.m., the victim was leaving Tips Trailer Park after delivering food when the suspect approached his vehicle, displayed a handgun,…