Millville Police say that one person was injured in a Tuesday afternoon shooting. The incident took place near the corners of Dock St. and Arnold Ave. An investigation is on-going into the shooting. The unidentified victim was taken to Inspira Medical Center Elmer. No details have been released about a potential suspect.
A Code Blue is in effect for Vineland on Thursday and Friday evenings. A warming center will be opened each night from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. the following morning for anyone seeking shelter from the cold. The shelter will be located at the First United Methodist Church, 7th St. & Landis Ave. The cold…
A man who was released on a summons for domestic assault was arrested for another assault a short time later. Wilbor Doss, 54, of Vineland, was taken into custody a second time on simple assault, terroristic threats, and weapon possession charges. This time he got placed in the Cumberland County Jail on $40,000.
At a Tuesday city council meeting, protesters demanded that Bridgeton City Council condemn the fatal shooting of a Millville man by police last month. Council members refused to adopt a resolution to condemn the shooting as Mayor Albert Kelly said it was improper for them to get involved in the controversy during an active police…
The state Department of Environmental Protection has recently closed shellfish beds in South Jersey due to elevated levels of fecal coliform and raw sewage. On January 9th the DEP suspended shellfishing in Upper Barnegat Bay in Ocean County and areas of Ludlam Bay in Cape May County, after inspections showed the waters did not meet…
A bank robbery took place in Vineland Monday and police are looking for their suspect. The robbery took place at the South Jersey Federal Credit Union at the corner of Landis Avenue and West Avenue. The suspect is being described as a black male, around 5’6” and a medium to stocky build. After the robbery took place…
Millville Firefighters were called to the scene of a fire on Monday night, where another vacant home went up in smoke and flames. The fire made it up to two alarms and is similar to another vacant home fire from less than a week ago. The fire broke out at 3rd and D streets. Fire crews…
Bridgeton Police are looking for two inmates who walked away from separate halfway house programs Sunday night. Jacob Brown, 35, walked away from a program called Kintock in Bridgeton, and is currently serving a five-year sentence on robery and weapons charges. Timothy Rutecki, 33, who was in jail for resisting arrest/eluding never returned to Kintock II from…
Despite frigid temperatures on Wednesday night, nearly 100 demonstrators marched on the Cumberland County Courthouse to protest the police killing of a Millville man. Jerame C. Reid, 36, was fatally shot by two Bridgeton police officers during a Dec. 30 traffic stop. The 0.7 mile march began at 6 p.m. where the shooting occurred, near South…
On Tuesday night two firefighters suffered minor injuries in Millville while fighting a fire at a vacant Millville home. The fire occurred near the corner of Oak and Third streets around 8:20 p.m. and crews spent six hours fighting the fire. Officials say the injuries to the firefighters are not serious and no other injuries…