The trial begins on Tuesday for a Millville man accused of killing his father and burying him under their back porch in 2009. Dreu Ferguson Jr. was charged with murder two years after authorities found his father’s body buried beneath their Maple Street home, due to a lack of forensic evidence. In addition to murder charges, Ferguson…
A routine traffic stop in Millville resulted in serious drug charges filed against a 29 year old man. Ricardo Arroyo of Millville was charged with multiple drug offenses after a traffic stop yielded 12 dozen bags of heroin inside his vehicle. Police announced they arrested Arroyo during a traffic stop Sunday morning at 4th and…
A fire struck a Millville duplex early Monday morning and displaced two large families. The fire occurred on the 600 block of East Mulberry Street and severely damaged the structure that was home to a family of seven and another family of six. The Red Cross will provide food, clothing, lodging and other services to the…
Millville is among the local communities looking to bolster its local police force. Peter Hand, Kenneth Sharretts Jr. and Israel Trejo-Mendiola all graduated recently from the Atlantic County Police Academy. Among with the three new hires, this brings the staff up to 72 officers. A number of local towns are adding to their police force…
A 33 year old woman has been accused of stealing school lunches and money from children who are as young as three years old. Millville Police say Rosa Rios was arrested on Friday. Rios worked for Sheppard Bus Services, which recently canned Rios as a result of the charges. Rios is accused of stealing lunches…
No injuries resulted from an accident involving a school bus and a motor vehicle in Millville Tuesday morning. City police say the accident occurred on Wheaton Avenue Tuesday shortly before 8:30am. A motor vehicle struck the back of a school bus while the bus was making a stop; no children were injured. 58 year old…
The city of Millville is trying to get an 81 acre property out of the state’s Green Acres program. One problem: Environmentalists oppose the idea. Petitions are being handed to Millville officials which oppose removing the land from the protection program for another use. Supporters of the deal say the property should not have been…
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.
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…
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…