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Pair Found With Defaced Gun After Galloway Vehicle Break-In: Police Pair Found With Defaced Gun After Galloway Vehicle Break-In: Police
Pair Found With Defaced Gun After Galloway Vehicle Break-In: Police Two men from South Jersey were arrested after they broke into someone's car and had a defaced gun, authorities said. Galloway Township police said they received a call from a potential theft victim at around 2:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The man said he had checked his surveillance footage and saw someone broke into his vehicle at around 1:30 a.m. Officers began checking the area and noticed a Nissan Altima parked on Smithville Boulevard. Two men were inside the car and police found the men had a defaced gun. Police arrested 33-year-old Ahmed Ismail of Moorestown and 19-year-old Tori…

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by Chris Spiker
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3 Teens Arrested After Wild Chase In Stolen Car That Catches Fire In South Jersey: Police 3 Teens Arrested After Wild Chase In Stolen Car That Catches Fire In South Jersey: Police
3 Teens Arrested After Wild Chase In Stolen Car That Catches Fire In South Jersey: Police Three teenagers were arrested after fleeing police in a stolen car that later crashed and caught fire, authorities said. A Galloway police officer rescued the unconscious driver of the car that landed in an Absecon marsh during the chase, Galloway Township police said. The boy was hospitalized. A gun was recovered from the car, police said. Two passengers were arrested and turned over to their parents. The trio included a 16-year-old boy from Hammonton, a 16-year-old boy from Atlantic City and a 15-year-old boy from Pleasantville, police said. Multiple criminal and motor vehicl…

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by Jon Craig
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Atlantic County Man Sentenced For Handgun Possession Atlantic County Man Sentenced For Handgun Possession
Atlantic County Man Sentenced For Handgun Possession A 22-year-old man from Absecon was sentenced to New Jersey State Prison for the unlawful possession of a handgun, authorities said. Quasir Smith was sentenced on Tuesday, May 9 to a five-year state prison term, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. On Feb. 10, 2022, Galloway Township Police responded to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center – Mainland Campus, for a report of a handgun found on Smith by hospital personnel, the prosecutor said. Smith did not have a permit to carry the handgun.  He was subsequently placed under arrest.

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by Jon Craig
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18 Years Later NJ Man Charged In 2nd Home Invasion Sex Assault Of Child 18 Years Later NJ Man Charged In 2nd Home Invasion Sex Assault Of Child
18 Years Later NJ Man Charged In 2nd Home Invasion Sex Assault Of Child An Egg Harbor City man who last week was charged with the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl during a 1996 home invasion has been accused of doing the same to a 5-year-old girl, authorities announced Wednesday. Brian Lee Avis, 59, of Egg Harbor City, broke into a Willow Avenue home in Galloway on July 18, 2003 around 11:45 p.m., and quickly left,  Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill said. A mother in the home told police she noticed her daughter's pajama pants were pulled down, Shill said. The case was unsolved until earlier this week, when Galloway Township Police Det…

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by Cecilia Levine