Lower Township Police are seeking the public’s help with catching the persons responsible for spray painting some homes and businesses in the Villas Thursday night into Friday morning. Police say the vandalism included inappropriate messages to derogatory remarks. Several homes and businesses were hit in the vandalism spree.
A 20 year old woman from Belleplain was killed just before the weekend in a motor vehicle accident. New Jersey State Police say Brooke Harris lost his life when her vehicle went off County Road 347 late Thursday afternoon and hit a tree for unknown reasons. A civilian attempted CPR on the woman at the…
A man who lost his adult son in a drowning incident in the ocean off Atlantic City two summers ago is now suing the city, saying his son should not have been allowed in the ocean. Samuel Jackson Sr. alleges that Atlantic City should have erected barriers or some other structures to prevent swimmers from…
A super PAC designed to raise money for the Chris Christie presidential campaign has generated $11 million to date. Some of the companies who donated to the PAC are doing business here in the garden State. Christie is coming under criticism for some of the donations, saying despite being legal, clearly skirt the “pay to…
Vineland Police say an elderly man accidentally electrocuted himself while trimming a tree near a power line for a friend on Friday afternoon. The victim was airlifted to a burn center with severe injuries following the accident, which took place in the 3600 block of Genoa Avenue. No update yet on the man’s condition.
Millville Police arrested a city resident and charged him with possession 100 bags of heroin and hollow point ammunition during a major drug bust before the weekend. 29 year old Timothy Mays was charged with a slew of drugs and weapons offenses during the Millville Police Department’s third major drug bust in two weeks. Mays…
A 42 year old Atlantic County man will spend the next 30 months behind bars for stealing money while acting as a vacation consultant. Joseph Saxon was in court on Friday; he used to work for Vacation Ownership Group of Mays Landing and Egg Harbor Township. Authorities say Saxon skimmed money from clients as he…
On Friday two men from Vineland were sentenced for their involvement in an international drug ring, which used the U.S. Postal Service to ship cocaine from California to New Jersey. Sentenced were 43 year-old Juan M. Cortez and 35 year-old Angel P. Rivera, who both pled guilty to first-degree possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Cortez got…
Two people were charged for allegedly participating in a large-scale conspiracy to steal 94,000 credit and debit cards from customers at approximately 80 Michaels’ Stores in 19 states (including New Jersey) and then use that information to make fraudulent withdrawals from the customers’ bank accounts. Angel Angulo, 25, of Riverside, California, and Crystal Banuelos, 28,…
A municipality in New Jersey has become the first to push to legalize weed in the state. Council there voted to ask the state to make marijuana legal. Gov. Chris Christie has been against legalizing marijuana and it would be unlikely to happen until after he leaves office. New Jersey does have a medical marijuana…