MAJOR LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST VINELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT

A major lawsuit has been filed against the Vineland Police Department.  The mother of 31 year old Richard Bard Jr. of Bridgeton is seeking $1 million from the city and police officers in connection with the shooting death of her son.  Bard and another man fled the scene of a mugging they committed and Bard was shot, taken to a local hospital, and died.