One person is dead, and two others are injured following a shooting incident in Pleasantville on Thursday. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office reports that the shooting occurred Thursday afternoon in Linden Avenue. Killed in the shooting was 26 year old Maurice Hampton of Pleasantville. The suspect remains at large.
There was a major warehouse fire in Pleasantville overnight. Fire crews remain on the scene of the fire Tuesday morning putting out some hot spots. An apartment building was temporarily evacuated as a precaution. There are no reported injuries. The auto parts warehouse is located off Main Street.
27 year old Vance Golden of Atlantic City has been charged with robbing a man at gunpoint inside the men’s room at the Wawa convenience store located on West Deliliah Road in Pleasantville. Authorities say the holdup took place Thursday just before lunchtime. Several hundred dollars in cash was robbed from the victim; Golden was…
It’s three years in prison for one of the men involved in a shooting last year at a high school football game that claimed the life of a young boy. 27 year old Shahid Dixon of Atlantic City was handed the prison term on Tuesday. A ten year old boy was shot and killed at…
The school year hasn’t even started, and a student athlete has tested positive for coronavirus at Pleasantville High School. School district officials are asking anyone who came in contact with the student to quarantine for the next two weeks be…
Pleasantville Police say a deceased man was found along the side of the Black Horse Pike early Wednesday morning, wearing a hospital bracelet. Police identified the man as 54 year old Ricki Jackson. So far, no word on the cause of death for Jackson.
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Pleasantville Police found 30 shell casings at the scene of a shooting early Monday morning. Police say three people were shot after midnight Monday morning on Lafayette Avenue. Two of the three victims were hospitalized with injuries; none are life …
A 25 year old Pleasantville man was shot to death Friday night. Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner announced that the fatal shooting took place on North First Street in the city. No arrests have been made, the victim’s name has not been rel…
It’s ten years in prison for 45 year old Javier Cruz-Rojas of Pleasantville. Atlantic County authorities say he gets the long prison term for repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor over a two year period when the victim was just eight years old. Cruz-Rojas will have to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence.
A fifth person has pleaded not guilty to a crime connected to the fatal shooting of a ten year old boy at a Pleasantville football game last year. 28 year old Tyrell Dorn was in court Thursday and pleaded not guilty; however, Dorn may be ready to tell authorities he tossed a gun from a…