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Gang Member Gets Prison Time For Possessing Handgun In Atlantic City: Prosecutor Gang Member Gets Prison Time For Possessing Handgun In Atlantic City: Prosecutor
Gang Member Gets Prison Time For Possessing Handgun In Atlantic City: Prosecutor A 22-year-old man from Atlantic City was sentenced to seven years in New Jersey State Prison for possessing a loaded handgun and other crimes, authorities said. Altarik Hopkins was additionally sentenced on Monday, Dec. 4 for resisting arrest by flight and obstructing the administration of law, according to the Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office. He must serve 42 months of the sentence before he is eligible for parole, the prosecutor said. On May 5, 2021, Atlantic City police tried to stop a vehicle which had been reported stolen out of Vineland. Hopkins and his juvenile co-d…

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by Jon Craig
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Man Gets 70 Years Prison For Pleasantville Football Game Shooting Where 10-Year-Old Was Killed Man Gets 70 Years Prison For Pleasantville Football Game Shooting Where 10-Year-Old Was Killed
Man Gets 70 Years Prison For Pleasantville Football Game Shooting Where 10-Year-Old Was Killed A 35-year-old Atlantic City man was sentenced to 70 years in New Jersey State Prison for the high school football game shooting where a 10-year-old bystander was killed, authorities said. On Monday, Sept. 11, Alvin Wyatt was sentenced for murder and attempted murder in the Pleasantville High School shooting, according to the Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office.  He was convicted of firing eight times into the bleachers at a crowded Pleasantville High School football game on Nov. 15, 2019. One of the bullets struck a 10-year-old spectator, M.T., in the neck while he watched the game…

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Atlantic City Man Charged In OD Deaths Of UK Men In Bally's Casino Atlantic City Man Charged In OD Deaths Of UK Men In Bally's Casino
Atlantic City Man Charged In OD Deaths Of UK Men In Bally's Casino An Atlantic City man was charged in the overdose deaths of two men from the United Kingdom at Bally's Casino in March 2020, authorities said. Tyrell Gist, 32, is accused of selling Scott P. Jordon, 43, and Simon Gamble, 40, the drugs that ultimately killed them, Atlantic City Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. Gist is facing two counts of strict liability homicide and multiple drug offenses. ACPO Detective Kayla Dodge responded to Bally’s Casino room 3241 on reports of two drug related deaths March 8, 2020. There, she found Jordan and Gamble inside the room dead, authorities sa…

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by Cecilia Levine