N.J. State Police have charged five men in connection with a rolling shootout on the Atlantic City Expressway Monday afternoon. At least four males were injured and one killed in a crime scene that stretched for miles. Troopers on the Garden State Parkway found 22 year-old Rosemund Octavius of Egg Harbor Township in a silver Nissan Maxima,…
Earlier this month it was announced that 100 Macy’s department stores would be closing nationwide. On Monday, a company spokeswoman said Macy’s will not give the details of specific store closings until late January 2017. Sales at the national chain fell by 3.6 percent last year, while online sales were up by 15 percent. The…
Hamilton Township Police are looking for a 19 year-old man in connection with multiple burglaries in the area. On August 17th cash and other property was stolen from the Hamilton News and Tobacco in the Festival Mall, and police identified Elijah Thomas of Mays Landing as the suspected robber. Thomas is also wanted for multiple residential…
A 7-mile stretch of the Black Horse Pike in Hamilton Township has commercial development projects galore, creating new jobs and retail space. The Press of Atlantic City reports that no fewer than nine projects are under various stages of development, from luxury car dealerships to a Walmart Supercenter. Local officials estimate that over 700,000 square…
Galloway Township Police report a 27-year-old woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver just before midnight Tuesday. Aubrey Service of Little Egg Harbor was struck in a cross-walk at 6th Avenue in Galloway Township near the westbound lanes of Route 30. The driver did not stop and police are looking for an older model silver…
A 21 year-old Mays Landing man was charged with arson in connection with a boat fire that happened Saturday night on the Great Egg Harbor River. Hamilton Township Police arrested William Ford after he was found in a car that matched the description of a vehicle seen leaving the the fire scene. A boat and…
On Thursday night a man was found wandering in the woods after his pickup truck crashed and it’s fuel tank exploded. Hamilton Township Police report that 47 year-old Vincent Eberline of Towanda, PA, was driving westbound on Route 322, when his 1994 GMC pickup left the roadway, crashed into several trees, overturned, came to rest…
A 63 year-old man from Burlington County was killed Tuesday morning when his SUV overturned onto the median of the Atlantic City Expressway. State Police identified the victim as Jan Dragum, of Marlton, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Dragum was driving a Jeep Cherokee westbound on the expressway when for unknown reasons, the…
A 38 year-old motorcyclist was killed Wednedsay morning when he crashed into a bus on the Black Horse Pike near McCall Avenue. Hamilton Township Police report that Charlie Brooks, of Pine Hill, was reportedly driving his motorcycle at a high rate of speed eastbound on Route 322 when a westbound bus turned left and Brooks…
A 60 year-old Mays Landing man was killed in a single vehicle crash Tuesday morning on the Black Horse Pike. Hamilton Township Police report that Bruce Kienzle lost control of his 2010 Toyota Tundra while traveling west on Rt 322 at Malaga Road, crossed over the grass median, entered the woods and struck a…