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Driver Beats Victim With Baseball Bat In NJ Road Rage Attack: Police Driver Beats Victim With Baseball Bat In NJ Road Rage Attack: Police
Driver Beats Victim With Baseball Bat In NJ Road Rage Attack: Police A 32-year-old man from Deptford was charged in connection with a road rage incident, authorities said. On Wednesday, June 21, at 7:33 p.m., the Gloucester Township Police Department responded to the area of Blackwood Clementon Road and Millbridge Apartments. The caller reported that a vehicle began to merge into his lane almost causing a collision.  The caller sped away and the suspect vehicle followed him. The caller pulled to the side of the road and approached the suspect's vehicle and kicked it.  The suspect exited his vehicle, grabbed a small baseball bat and began to strik…

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by Jon Craig
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Troopers Catch Suicidal Woman Trying To Jump From South Jersey Overpass Troopers Catch Suicidal Woman Trying To Jump From South Jersey Overpass
Troopers Catch Suicidal Woman Trying To Jump From South Jersey Overpass A pair of New Jersey State Troopers and a Glouceter Township officer are being hailed as heroes after rescuing a suicidal woman from leaping off of an overpass. Troopers Corey Beczo and Brandon Muessig were dispatched to the Route 42 overpass at exit 10A for the report of person sitting on the guardrail around 12:35 p.m. July 26. There, Gloucester Township officers were speaking with a 20-year-old woman who was in emotional distress and was contemplating jumping from the overpass.  As first responders talked to the woman, she let go of the railing. Detective Dicallmo of the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Gas Station Grapple Injures 2 NJ Officers, Disorderly Man Released On Summons: Police Gas Station Grapple Injures 2 NJ Officers, Disorderly Man Released On Summons: Police
Gas Station Grapple Injures 2 NJ Officers, Disorderly Man Released On Summons: Police Two police officers were injured during a gas station grapple with a man who threw a bottle at a passing car in Camden County Friday, April 15, authorities said. Robert Allen was stopped based on his description by Gloucester Township officers while walking on Blackwood Clementon Road near the Sunoco gas station at 8:30 a.m., local police said. The officers tried to stop him, however, he continued walking away before running into a nearby Sunoco store, police said. There, he ran behind the cash register while refusing to follow the officer's commands to stop. The officer tried again to arr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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12-Year-Old NJ Boy Found Unresponsive On School Bus Dies 12-Year-Old NJ Boy Found Unresponsive On School Bus Dies
12-Year-Old NJ Boy Found Unresponsive On School Bus Dies A 12-year-old boy died days after being found unresponsive on a school bus in Camden County, authorities said. School officials and first responders tried reviving the boy after finding him on a bus in Gloucester Township Jan. 24, a spokesman with the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said. He died on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The matter remains under investigation by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and the Gloucester Township Police Department

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jeep Lifted Out Of NJ Backyard Pool After Crash Jeep Lifted Out Of NJ Backyard Pool After Crash
Jeep Lifted Out Of NJ Backyard Pool After Crash A Jeep was lifted out of a backyard pool after a crash Monday in Gloucester Township. The car was heading north on Roosevelt Avenue when it hit a parked vehicle, left the road and went through two backyards into the in-ground pool around 12:40 p.m., local police said. A Jeep landed in a backyard pool after crashing and plowing through two backyards Monday in Gloucester Township.Gloucester Township PD The driver self-extricated prior to the arrival of emergency services and suffered minor injuries. Gloucester Twp. Engine 88 responded to the crash along with EMS.  The Jeep was then lift…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Purported Pagan's Motorcycle Club Member Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Break-In Purported Pagan's Motorcycle Club Member Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Break-In
Purported Pagan's Motorcycle Club Member Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Break-In A purported member of a the Pagan's Motorcycle Club was charged with attempted murder after breaking into a home and firing a gun Saturday night in South Jersey. Michael F. Dorazo, 41, was armed with a pair of handguns and a high-power, high-capacity assault weapon when he broke into a Pasadena Avenue in Deptford around noon, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said. The Gloucester Township resident last December was released from federal prison to home confinement pending a trial stemming from a firearms charge, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The charges apparently ste…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN THEM? Massive Search Under Way For Missing South Jersey Girl, Dad SEEN THEM? Massive Search Under Way For Missing South Jersey Girl, Dad
Seen Them? Massive Search Under Way For Missing South Jersey Girl, Dad Search efforts are under way for a 3-year-old girl and her 31-year-old father Thursday morning in South Jersey. Jose and Leih Diaz were reported missing from a home in the Clementon section of Gloucester Township Dec. 9, police said. They were last seen leaving the area in a 2014 burgundy Honda Accord. Jose was last seen wearing a black or dark colored jacket. Leih has brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue jeans and tan pants. Authorities say they could be in the Bronx, NY. Anyone with information is urged to call 9-1-1, the Gloucester Township Po…

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by Cecilia Levine