No charges have been filed against a 76 year-old Cumberland County man, who exchanged gunfire with two N.J. State Troopers responding to a 911 call at the wrong address. Gerald Sykes was released from the hospital last week after being shot three times by the officers who were investigating a reported burglary. The troopers were…
On Friday, local police departments will begin their partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over annual campaign. The program is an effort to stop drunk drivers and help save lives. From now until Labor Day, local law enforcement will show zero tolerance for drunk driving, with sobriety…
Three people were injured during an accident that involved a dump truck on Route 55 at about 5 p.m. on Thursday. The truck was heading southbound on Route 55 when it collided with a Ford Mustang and both vehicles crossed the center median. One victim was airlifted to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center. Route 55 was…
Three locals were arrested in Wildwood Crest this week after authorities found cocaine and heroin inside a home on Crocus Road. Authorities announced that six people were inside the home, including three children. Arrested and charges were 39 year old Daryl L. Jones and 33 year old Crystal Green, both of Wildwood Crest, along with…
Lawmakers in Trenton failed to advance a new bill designed to improve beach access in New Jersey. Democrats are in favor of the bill, but many in this part of the State believe the bill is severely flawed. The bill does not address important decisions regarding beach access that were secured for coastal communities by…
Governor Christie has soundly rejected a new law that would automatically register you to vote when you re-up your New Jersey driver’s license. Christie criticized lawmakers who supported the bill, saying it’s a “cocktail for fraud”. Lawmakers who supported it say it helped with the democratic process of getting people to vote.
A man was injured when he apparently went through a traffic signal and was struck on his bicycle by a motor vehicle in Wildwood Crest on Monday. Crest Police say 22 year old Dejana Vujatu of Bulgaria was injured at the intersection of New Jersey Avenue and Cardinal Road on Monday morning. Vujatu suffered an…
Wildwood Crest Police recovered a car that had been reported stolen earlier this week. Police say they received a report of a 1996 Honda Civic that was stolen on August 8th; six days later, police found the stolen car located on Orchid Road. The car has been returned to its owner, the thief is still…
A nine year old New Jersey boy was killed when he fell off a pontoon boat and was injured by the boat’s propeller. Kaden Frederick of Howell was killed when he was sitting on the edge of a moving, rented pontoon boat when he fell into the water. The operator of the boat took a…
Prosecutors say one of the two men accused of killing Nicole Angstadt admitted to them that he in fact dismembered her body after her murder. The details of the confession were made in court on Thursday as Charles Mosley appeared at his arraignment, and then pleaded not guilty. Mosely and 23 year old Derrick Powers…