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Buena Borough, NJ

Woman's Screams Lead To Attempted Murder Charge For Christmas Strangler In NJ: Police Woman's Screams Lead To Attempted Murder Charge For Christmas Strangler In NJ: Police
Woman's Screams Lead To Attempted Murder Charge For Christmas Strangler In NJ: Police A 33-year-old man was charged with trying to kill a 52-year-old woman in South Jersey on Christmas. Reports of a woman screaming brought police to N. Franklin and W. Arbor Avenue in Buena Borough just after midnight on Monday, Dec. 25, Franklin Township police said. The Mays Landing woman was disoriented and bleeding from her head, police found after Justin Lopez, of Landisville, had strangled her and thrown a brick at her head, police said. The woman was hospitalized while Lopez was charged with aggravated assault, strangulation, and unlawful possession of a weapon. He was held in the Atl…
Vigil Planned For South Jersey Home Explosion Victims Vigil Planned For South Jersey Home Explosion Victims
Vigil Planned For South Jersey Home Explosion Victims A vigil has been planned for the victims of a deadly house fire that killed four people, including two small children in Atlantic County. Two men were among those killed when a home on Northwest Boulevard in Buena Borough exploded at 10:35 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, authorities said. According to Facebook posts, the mother of the 2- and 3-year-old victims, shared a planned vigil at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, across from the site of the fire in the 300 block of Northwest Boulevard in the Landisville section of Buena. The vigil is in loving memory of the children killed, Lyanni and Leovani, accordi…
Witnesses Heard Explosions As Fire Destroys Home In South Jersey (VIDEO) Witnesses Heard Explosions As Fire Destroys Home In South Jersey (VIDEO)
Witnesses Heard Explosions As Fire Destroys Home In South Jersey (Video) A home was destroyed by fire in a four-alarm blaze in Atlantic County. The fire broke out on Northwest Boulevard in Buena Borough at about 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 3.  Residents reported hearing at least two explosions, according to Facebook posts. Video from a witness driving past the fire scene shows flames spreading to a neighboring home.
South Jersey Man's Fingerprint Found On Duct Tape In Home Invasion Robbery: Prosecutor South Jersey Man's Fingerprint Found On Duct Tape In Home Invasion Robbery: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man's Fingerprint Found On Duct Tape In Home Invasion Robbery: Prosecutor A 46-year-old man from Atlantic County was convicted of robbery in an armed home invasion, authorities said. An Atlantic County jury found Michael Hayes, of Absecon, guilty of a total of 15 charges on Tuesday, June 6, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. The jury heard evidence that weeks leading up to the incident, Hayes conspired with an unknown accomplice to rob the victim, the prosecutor said. On Sept. 15, 2020, Hayes and his accomplice waited outside the victim’s house in Buena Borough with masks on and confronted him at gunpoint as he left to go t…
South Jersey Ex-Convict Admits Possessing Fentanyl, Weapons: Prosecutor South Jersey Ex-Convict Admits Possessing Fentanyl, Weapons: Prosecutor
South Jersey Ex-Convict Admits Possessing Fentanyl, Weapons: Prosecutor A 53-year-old ex-convict admitted possessing fentanyl and weapons, authorities said. Anthony Johnson, of Bridgeton, pleaded guilty in Superior Court on Thursday, Nov. 17 to an indictment charging him with the unlawful possession of fentanyl and certain persons not to possess firearms, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. On July 5, 2022, in Buena Borough, Franklin Township police were patrolling the area in front of the Budget Lodge Motel on Harding Highway when they observed a vehicle on the road with an expired registration, the prosecutor said. Johns…
Trio Charged With Murder, 30 Indicted In South Jersey Drug Ring Bust Trio Charged With Murder, 30 Indicted In South Jersey Drug Ring Bust
Trio Charged With Murder, 30 Indicted In South Jersey Drug Ring Bust Thirty people have been indicted by an Atlantic County Grand Jury as part of a large-scale drug distribution ring from which $2.6 million in cash was seized,  authorities.said. Three of the men named in the indictment are also charged in connection to the fatal February 2019 shooting of Demond Tally in Atlantic City, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner. Since March 2017, an investigation was conducted by the ACPO Guns, Gangs and Narcotics Unit into Steven Martinez, 27, and Shiraz Khan, 31, for operating a large-scale drug distribution organization in Atlantic County,…
SEEN HER? Missing Philadelphia Woman, 29, Last Seen In Atlantic County, NJ State Police Say SEEN HER? Missing Philadelphia Woman, 29, Last Seen In Atlantic County, NJ State Police Say
Seen HER? Missing Philadelphia Woman, 29, Last Seen In Atlantic County, NJ State Police Say New Jersey State Police seek the public's assistance in locating a 29-year-old missing from the Philadelphia area for nearly two years. The NJSP Missing Persons Unit and Franklin Township Police Department are seeking the public's assistance finding Robin Best-Bey who has been missing since early 2019. In February 2019, Best-Bey traveled from Philadelphia to Buena Borough in Atlantic County to visit family in the area, according to NJ state troopers.  She was last seen walking to the Pantry 1 Food Mart in Buena Borough sometime between Feb. 10 and Feb. 17, 2019, troopers sai…
Man Shot In South Jersey Home Invasion Robbery Man Shot In South Jersey Home Invasion Robbery
Man Shot In South Jersey Home Invasion Robbery A homeowner was shot during a robbery in Atlantic County, authorities said. The home invasion break-in was about 6:45 a.m. Tuesday  in Buena Borough, according to Franklin Township police.  The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries, police said, when he was shot at his home on Summer Avenue. It is considered to be an isolated incident and there was no immediate threat to the general public, police said.  Anyone with information about the robber is urged to call Franklin Township detectives at 856-694-1415.
South Jersey Motorcyclist Killed In Atlantic County Crash 'Died Doing What He Loved Most' South Jersey Motorcyclist Killed In Atlantic County Crash 'Died Doing What He Loved Most'
South Jersey Motorcyclist Killed In Atlantic County Crash 'Died Doing What He Loved Most' A 61-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash Friday evening in Atlantic County, State Police said. Robert Mercogliano was headed north on State Highway 54 on his Harley Davidson as a Chrysler minivan was turning from Pancoast Mill Road onto the southbound side of the highway in Buena Borough, Trooper Alejandro Goez said. The two collided at the intersection around 6 p.m., Goez said. Mercogliano of Vineland died at the scene, he said. Mercogliano was "on his way to help others" and "doing what he loved most -- riding," at the time of the crash, his wife, Wendy Gallagher, said in a Facebo…