The Press of Atlantic City reports that the search for a new Pleasantville school superintendent may be going through the court system. Former superintendent Clarence Alston has filed a lawsuit against the school board to prevent them from naming an new interim, when the current interim superintendent’s two-year term ends on June 30th. Alston contends…
Pleasantville Police continue their investigation into a double shooting that began the weekend. Two men were hospitalized on Saturday after being shot in the 600 block of Woodland Avenue. A 30 year old victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and a 26 year old male was also shot. So far, no suspects are in custody.
We now know the identity of an 16 year-old male who was killed in a car crash early Saturday morning in Pleasantville. Police say it was Atlantic City resident Noel Arias who was at the wheel of a stolen car when he lost control of the vehicle, spun across Leeds Avenue and hit a tree.…
One person is dead, two are injured during a weekend traffic accident in Pleasantville. City police say the one-vehicle accident took place shortly after 5:00am in front of the Orchards Condominium complex on Leeds Avenue. An 18 year old Atlantic City man died in the accident, while two other teenagers suffered serious injuries.
An 80 year-old Pleasantville man with dementia was found by police on Thursday afternoon, after he left his home Wednesday evening and did not return. Joseph Stratton Sr. left the home he shares with his daughter Charlotte Golden and never returned Wednesday night. Police located Stratton via his cell phone and found him safe in…
Two Pleasantville men have been charged in connection with an alleged kidnapping on Wednesday in Atlantic City. Police arrested 24 year-old Steven Young, Jr. and 23 year-old Sterling Spence, who were charged with kidnapping a 30 year-old man at gunpoint, assaulting him and stealing his cell phone, while driving him to Ventnor City. Young and…
On Monday night, Pleasantville Police responded to shots fired for the fifth time since last Wednesday. Police were called to Woodland and Linden Avenues at 11 p.m. for two calls of shots fired and found four shell casings. No victims or damage were reported on Monday, but on Wednesday a 21 year-old Pleasantville man was…
Pleasantville Police are investigating a report of multiple shots fired in the city this afternoon. The Press of Atlantic City reports that police recovered about 12 shell casings in the roadway after shots were fired at noon at California Avenue and Main Street. The report said that another daytime shooting incident happened last month when…
A 20 year-old Pleasantville woman was arraigned Monday on charges of vehicular homicide in a 2014 Memorial Day accident that killed three teenagers. Melissa Rodriguez, who was 18 at the time of the accident, pleaded not guilty to the charges in Superior Court. Rodriguez was driving with five of her friends when her vehicle collided…
Traffic on the Atlantic City Expressway was higher in February according to toll records from the South Jersey Transportation Authority. The figures show that traffic was up by 12 percent over February 2015, with a 14 percent increase at the Pleasantville toll plaza. Officials believe a milder winter contributed to the increase in traffic on…