Three shootings are being investigated in Bridgeton from over this past weekend. Police there say they are looking into the incidents as possible being related. No arrests have yet been made in any of the shootings but there are suspects being looked as an investigation continues. Two were injured, one shooting netted no injuries.
A 25 year-old Millville man has been charged with an unthinkable crime. Anthony Rieger was charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of his 11-week old daughter. The infant died of head trauma on Saturday, after arriving at the hospital on Thursday with “suspicious injuries”. Rieger is being held in the Cumberland County jail on…
A 42 year-old Bridgeton man is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle late Saturday night. NBC-40 reports that a vehicle traveling north on North Pearl Street just after 12:30 Sunday morning struck the victim. He was flown to Cooper Hospital in critical condition. Police have not released his identity as the crash…
An early morning fire on Monday was the second blaze to strike a vacant duplex in Millville in less than two weeks. Authorities are investigating a fire at 312 E. Vine Street that broke out at about 4 a.m. Monday. The fire started in the rear of the house and took over two hours to…
A Bridgeton man who allegedly caused the drug-induced death of a woman at a crack house in February 2002 has been granted a new trial. Last week a three-judge panel of the Appellate Division of Superior Court ruled in favor of 56 year-old Kenneth Ransome, who is serving a life sentence for twice injecting Kathryn…
An early morning fire struck a home in Millville at about 4 a.m. Monday. NBC-40 reports that multiple fire departments responded to the call of heavy flames from the rear of a house on Vine Street, between North 3rd and 4th Streets. Fire officials have not released any information on the residents of the home…
A fire struck a Bridgeton home at about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. NBC-40 reports that part of the top floor of a home was engulfed in flames on the unit block of East Avenue. Authorities have not reported any injuries, nor the cause of the fire as they continue to investigate.
A man who was previously jailed in the death of school child has now been charged with sexual contact with a minor. Peter R. Henriques is facing the charges that include criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. Bridgeton Police say the man has been placed in the Cumberland County Jail on…
How far will $1 get you with a prostitute? It apparently angered one in Bridgeton on Wednesday. Police say Pablo L. Miranda claimed to police a woman broke into his house and pushed his air conditioner out of the window to get in. Magaly Maduro, the women in question, claims she was paid for sex…
Two suspects were arrested on Tuesday for an armed robbery at the Bridgeton Deli on July 29th. Police used surveillance video to help them identify 19 year-old Darquan Lee and 39 year-old Dwayne Starks, who are also suspected in several commercial robberies and a stolen car. Starks was also charged with possesion of heroin in…