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NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says
NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says A New Jersey police officer who has been on the force for just under a decade has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that critically injured an 18-year-old bicyclist last month, authorities said. Christopher Bucceroni, 28, a Gloucester Township police officer from West Deptford, was off-duty and driving his personally-owned vehicle, a 2020 Toyota RAV4, when he struck the 18-year-old bicyclist around 2:30 a.m. June 20, on Erial Road and Blackwood-Clementon Road, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said alongside Bucceroni's chief, David Harkins. Bucceroni, a nine-…

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South Jersey Mom Learns Her Fate After Suffocating Baby 'Getting In Way Of Affair' South Jersey Mom Learns Her Fate After Suffocating Baby 'Getting In Way Of Affair'
South Jersey Mom Learns Her Fate After Suffocating Baby 'Getting In Way Of Affair' A New Jersey mom of three has learned her fate after being convicted of suffocating her toddler who prosecutors say she killed in part for interfering with her affair. Heather Reynolds, 45, of Sicklerville, was sentenced by Judge Gwendolyn Blue on Tuesday, Nov. 15 to life in prison without parole for the murder of her 17-month-old son Axel on May 10, 2018, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay announced. Heather Reynolds and baby AxelHeather Knecht Reynolds Heather ReynoldsFacebook/ Heather Knecht Reynolds The judge also sentenced Reynolds to a concurrent 8-year prison term for …

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NJ Murder Suspect Arrested After SWAT Standoff: Prosecutor NJ Murder Suspect Arrested After SWAT Standoff: Prosecutor
NJ Murder Suspect Arrested After SWAT Standoff: Prosecutor A 23-year-old murder suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of another man his age after barricading himself in a South Jersey home over the weekend, authorities announced. Ronin Austin Nevels has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Isaiah Shaw on Friday, Sept. 30, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Lindenwold Police Chief Michael P. McCarthy Jr. said. Shaw of Winslow Township was found with gunshot wounds on Egg Harbor Road around 9:50 p.m., and pronounced dead at the scene, MacAulay said. On Saturday, Oct. 1, Nevels barricaded himself in a home…

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NJ Mom Convicted Of Suffocating Baby For Getting In Way Of Her Affair: Prosecutor NJ Mom Convicted Of Suffocating Baby For Getting In Way Of Her Affair: Prosecutor
NJ Mom Convicted Of Suffocating Baby For Getting In Way Of Her Affair: Prosecutor A Camden County jury has convicted a mother of three in the suffocation of her toddler who prosecutors say she killed in part because he was getting in the way of her affair. Heather Reynolds, 44, of Sicklerville, was convicted of murder and additional charges connected to the May 2018 death of her 17-month-old son, Axel, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay announced. Reynolds also was accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill an ex-boyfriend who spoke to police about the case. She was acquitted on that conspiracy charge.  On Thursday, July 28, a jury returned a guilty verdict…

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Boy Who OD'd On Bus Had Been Cleaning Uncle's Fentanyl Paraphernalia: Prosecutor Boy Who OD'd On Bus Had Been Cleaning Uncle's Fentanyl Paraphernalia: Prosecutor
Boy Who OD'd On Bus Had Been Cleaning Uncle's Fentanyl Paraphernalia: Prosecutor A 35-year-old man from Camden County has been arrested for causing the fentanyl-overdose death of his 12-year-old nephew, authorities said. The boy had been directed by Troy Nokes, 35, of Blackwood, to clean fentanyl paraphernalia before he passed out on a school bus on Jan. 24, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Gloucester Twp. Police Chief David Harkins. Life-saving measures were performed by the school nurse until EMS arrived and took the child to the hospital. He died of his injuries eight days later.  The child lived at a home in Blackwood, where Nok…

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Serial NJ Bank Robber Who Served 18 Years Headed Back To Fed Pen For At Least 16 More Serial NJ Bank Robber Who Served 18 Years Headed Back To Fed Pen For At Least 16 More
Serial NJ Bank Robber Who Served 18 Years Headed Back To Fed Pen For At Least 16 More A convicted bank robber from Camden who just couldn’t stop is headed back to federal prison for more than 16 years. Anthony L. Livingston, 50, robbed a PNC Bank in Gloucester Township on July 14, 2018 (photos above), a day after he’d been released after serving more than 18 years in federal prison for robbing eight South Jersey banks in 2000 and 2001, authorities said. Ten days after the Gloucester holdup, Livingston tried to recruit a homeless man to rob another PNC branch, this one in Stratford, they said. Livingston “instructed the man on how to rob the bank, gave him a demand note to s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hit-Run Driver Killed In Head-On Crash While Fleeing Police In South Jersey Hit-Run Driver Killed In Head-On Crash While Fleeing Police In South Jersey
Hit-Run Driver Killed In Head-On Crash While Fleeing Police In South Jersey A driver was killed in a head-on crash with three other vehicles after fleeing police following a hit-run accident in South Jersey, authorities said Monday. Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said his office was investigating the Gloucester County incident, as required under state law and his own office's guidelines, because police were involved. Gloucester Township police who were among those responding to a hit-and-run crash began pursuing the fleeing vehicle but pulled back shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday, Bruck said. The driver was later involved in a head-on cash with thr…

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Authorities: NJ Contractor Installs Mirrors To Spy On Girls In Middle School Bathroom Authorities: NJ Contractor Installs Mirrors To Spy On Girls In Middle School Bathroom
Authorities: NJ Contractor Installs Mirrors To Spy On Girls In Middle School Bathroom A peeping Tom installed mirrors so he could spy on girls in the bathroom stalls at a South Jersey middle school, authorities charged. Staffers caught contractor Gregory Mahley, 51, of West Deptford peeking through an air conditioning vent at the Glen Landing Middle School, police in Gloucester Township said. That's when they discovered that mirrors had been installed on the interior doors of the stalls in one of the girl’s bathrooms. Police were called and Mahley was arrested on invasion of privacy and child endangerment charges. Mahley -- who was sent to the Camden County Jail -- has wor…

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Police Sink 300-Person South Jersey Pool Party Police Sink 300-Person South Jersey Pool Party
Police Sink 300-Person South Jersey Pool Party South Jersey police sank a huge "for-profit" pool party that snubbed the state's COVID-19 restrictions Sunday. The rowdy, backyard Sicklerville party featuring an in-ground pool attracted about 300 people. But it also came with a price -- a cover charge of $100 to $150 apiece -- and a risk of contracting coronavirus, according to Gloucester Township police. Homeowner Lionel Mincey, 56, of Jarvis Road was charged with maintaining a nuisance, a disorderly persons offense and issued summonses for noise, littering and zoning violations, police said. Twenty-five parking tickets were issued and …

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by Jon Craig