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NJ Woman Who Abandoned Dogs Tethered To Trees Faces Charges In 3 Towns: Prosecutor NJ Woman Who Abandoned Dogs Tethered To Trees Faces Charges In 3 Towns: Prosecutor
NJ Woman Who Abandoned Dogs Tethered To Trees Faces Charges In 3 Towns: Prosecutor A South Jersey woman is facing charges in three different towns after abandoning several dogs in a forest and paying for parvo treatment using a stolen credit card, authorities said. Trouble for 45-year-old Jodi Wozniak began on Sept. 16, when five German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois were found in the woods near N. Pitney Road in Galloway, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill said. Some of the dogs were tethered to a tree and others were inside kennels with no food or water, police said.  The dogs, owned by Wozniak, had been left alone for at least 15 hours, accord…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Atlantic County Man Sexually Abused Teenager For 8 Years Prosecutor: Atlantic County Man Sexually Abused Teenager For 8 Years
Prosecutor: Atlantic County Man Sexually Abused Teenager For 8 Years A 43-year-old man from South Jersey has been arrested for sexually abusing a 19-year-old woman multiple times for eight years, authorities said. The alleged sexual abuse by the Hammonton resident began when the girl was 11, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner. Dan Bocelle was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and five additional sexual assault-related charges, Tyner said. Atlantic County SWAT members helped take the suspect into custody at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday as he pulled into his driveway, Tyner said. Warranted searches of Bocelle’s house, place…

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by Jon Craig
News
FBI Urging COVID-19 Retests For Anyone Tested By Jersey Shore Lab FBI Urging COVID-19 Retests For Anyone Tested By Jersey Shore Lab
FBI Urging Covid-19 Retests For Anyone Tested By Jersey Shore Lab The FBI is urging anyone who got tested for COVID-19 at an Atlantic County lab to get tested again. In a tweet Friday morning, the FBI's Newark office said anyone tested at  Infinity Diagnostic Laboratory in Ventnor should be retested as soon as possible. Your response is voluntary but would be useful in a federal investigation. Based on the response provided, you may be contacted by the FBI and asked to provide additional information. Officials did not say why a retest was necessary, only that rapid finger prick blood tests are antibody tests and should not be used for diagnosing act…

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by Cecilia Levine