A motorcycle crash took place when a vehicle and motorcycle collided in Hamilton Township. Police there announced that Mark Baggstrom, age 50 of Mays Landing was operating a 2014 Ford Sedan. He was traveling South on Route 50 and began to turn left onto 4th Street. As he was turning he crashed into Leonitios Bougioukas,…
A residential structural fire broke out Wednesday afternoon. Hamilton Township Police said the incident took place at the Hamilton Green development. Initial responding officers evacuated the residents but were unable to extinguish an oven fire. The Cologne, Mays Landing, and Laureldale Volunteer Fire Departments responded and extinguished the flames. Assistance was also provided at the…
A Pleasantville man was arrested for an armed robbery that took place at a McDonald’s in the Festival Mall. Hamilton Township Police announced the arrest of Daniel Camp, of Pleasantville. A female employee said that the man approached the drive in window and displayed the gun to try and get the money. The suspect was…
A traffic accident took place late Tuesday evening in Hamilton Township and one was charged with driving under the influence. Police there say that the drivers of both vehicles, Irene Trinh, of Mays Landing, and Kenneth Jimerson, of Maryland, both suffered non-life threatening injuries. Both were also wearing seat belts. Jimerson was taken to an…
Hamilton Township Police arrested a man who was pointing a firearm at another motorists during an alleged road rage incident. Police say that Javier Johnson, of Turnersville was charged with terroristic threats and disorderly conduct. Police found two loaded handguns and hollow point bullets inside of his vehicle. Bail was set at $110,000.
The Hamilton Township Police executed two search warrants and arrested two on drug charges. The investigation resulted in the arrests of Harold Miller, age 34, and Jeffrey Hemling, age 30, both of Mays Landing. Miller and Hemling conspired with each other and were charged with possession of heroin, cocaine, percocet, and other related offenses. The…
The Township of Hamilton Police Department has recently received reports of phone scams occurring in the area. One of the scams involves an individual stating they are representing a utility company and they demand immediate payment of money or the utility will be shut off. Your power company will never call you and threaten immediate…
A Thursday evening accident involved a single vehicle in Hamilton Township. The early investigation found that Nicholas Taylor, of Mays Landing, was traveling north on New York Ave. when the vehicle left the roadway on the northbound shoulder. The vehicle continued a short distance across the northbound shoulder and came to an uncontrolled position of…
A Vineland man was charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the death of a 14-year-old girl last year. Nicholas Garreffi was arrested at the Hamilton Township Police Department and charged with vehicular homicide in the death of Aisling Cooke, of Linwood. The state alleges that Garreffi operated the motor vehicle while under the influence…
A bicyclist crashed with a motor vehicle in Hamilton Township over the weekend. The preliminary investigation found that Douglas Messina, of Mays Landing, found that his Ford pickup was in the left land traveling east on the Black Horse Pike when a 16-year-old juvenile male from EHT, was riding his bicycle between the grass median…