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Tractor-Trailer Driver From North Arlington Killed In Interstate Ramp Crash, Troopers Say Tractor-Trailer Driver From North Arlington Killed In Interstate Ramp Crash, Troopers Say
Tractor-Trailer Driver From North Arlington Killed In Interstate Ramp Crash, Troopers Say A Bergen County man was killed when his tractor-trailer went off an interstate ramp in Camden County, authorities said. Jorge Valdivia of North Arlington died in the crash on Monday, Nov. 4, a state police spokesperson said. The wreck happened in Bellmawr on the ramp from Interstate 76 East to Interstate 295 North at around 2:04 a.m. Investigators said Valdivia was driving a Freightliner truck with a pneumatic trailer when it went over the ramp's right guardrail and went down an embankment. Valdivia was ejected from the tractor-trailer and the 46-year-old was p…

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by Chris Spiker
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NJ Man Killed By Teen's Punch Was Popular Youth Hockey Coach, Loving Dad NJ Man Killed By Teen's Punch Was Popular Youth Hockey Coach, Loving Dad
NJ Man Killed By Teen's Punch Was Popular Youth Hockey Coach, Loving Dad They called him Snook. He was a hockey coach, who treated each player like his own kid. A dad, never shy with hugs. Oron Carl Beebe was a friend to all, those who knew him say. Life doesn’t always make sense. But, our lives and world were better with Carl Beebe in it. RIP to a great man,... Posted by Holy City Publick House on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 The 46-year-old Mount Ephraim dad died more than a week after he was punched by a 16-year-old Collingswood boy in the parking lot of a business at 20 West Kings highway, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said. His death leaves man…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lyndhurst Man Wanted On Warrants Charged With Trashing Relative's Home, Fighting Police Lyndhurst Man Wanted On Warrants Charged With Trashing Relative's Home, Fighting Police
Lyndhurst Man Wanted On Warrants Charged With Trashing Relative's Home, Fighting Police A Lyndhurst man wanted for trashing a relative's home ran from police, then fought with them before being subdued, authorities said. Officers responding to a call from a Stuyvesant Avenue home learned that Faiz Mohammad, 27, had become irate and vandalized the place, causing $1,300 worth of damage before fleeing, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Police were looking out for Mohammad when he returned, prompting the relative to hide in a bathroom and call police, Auteri said. He fled again but was spotted soon after by Officer Matthew Dudek on 5th Avenue, the lieutenant said. Dudek ended u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Sports
Star-Crossed NJ Wrestling Couple Featured In New Vice Docuseries Star-Crossed NJ Wrestling Couple Featured In New Vice Docuseries
Star-Crossed NJ Wrestling Couple Featured In New Vice Docuseries Chris Candido and Tammy Lynn Sytch's tragic wrestling love story is the subject of a new documentary. The Monmouth County natives who were high school sweethearts at Red Bank Catholic High School were profiled in "Dark Side of the Ring: Chris and Tammy" on Vice. .@DarkSideofRing co-creators @Evanhusney and @JasonEisener break down everything you need to know about our premiere episode on Chris & Tammy.Watch tonight at 10P on VICE TV. Find your channel: https://t.co/SfgVz53gIY pic.twitter.com/du0gbtWccP — VICE TV (@VICETV) May 30, 2023 Candido grew up wanting to be a professional wr…

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by Sam Barron
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4/20 Is Last Day Curaleaf Can Sell Recreational Marijuana At 2 NJ Locations 4/20 Is Last Day Curaleaf Can Sell Recreational Marijuana At 2 NJ Locations
4/20 Is Last Day Curaleaf Can Sell Recreational Marijuana At 2 NJ Locations A major marijuana company will be forced to scale back its recreational marijuana sales to just one of its three New Jersey locations. The state Cannabis Regulatory Commission declined on Thursday, April 13 to renew the retail and cultivation licenses for Curaleaf, a self-described "vertically integrated cannabis operator" with a presence in 21 states, according to its website.  "All Curaleaf’s dispensaries have active permits to sell medicinal cannabis," the CRC explained to Daily Voice in a statement.  "Their dispensaries in Bellmawr and Edgewater Park are licensed and permitte…

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by Mac Bullock
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DUI Charges Dropped For Defiant NJ Gym Owner: Reports DUI Charges Dropped For Defiant NJ Gym Owner: Reports
DUI Charges Dropped For Defiant NJ Gym Owner: Reports Drunk driving charges against Ian Smith, a former gym owner known for defying state COVID orders, have been dismissed, the New Jersey Globe reports. The charges had dashed Smith's chances of winning a Republican Party primary for the 3rd congressional seat. However, for the next nine months, a municipal court judge ordered Smith to have a breath alcohol ignition interlock device placed on his vehicle, his defense lawyer told NJ Advance Media. The former owner of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, Smith pleaded guilty to refusing a breathalyzer and careless driving, according to news reports. Th…

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by Jon Craig
Politics
Yacht Company CEO Defeats Gym Owner Who Defied NJ COVID Rules In Congressional Primary Yacht Company CEO Defeats Gym Owner Who Defied NJ COVID Rules In Congressional Primary
Yacht Company CEO Defeats Gym Owner Who Defied NJ COVID Rules In Congressional Primary A South Jersey yacht company owner and former punk rocker defeated the gym owner who defied New Jersey coronavirus mandates in Tuesday's congressional primary, according to unofficial returns. Businessman Bob Healey was leading Ian Smith for the Republican Pary ballot line. The winner faces two-term Democratic incumbent Congressman Andy Kim, who also won his primary race.  Smith, who co-owns Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, faced an uphill battle amid publicity about his COVID rule defiance and a DUI arrest years after a fatal crash.  Kim, a two-term US representative, is still considered…

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by Jon Craig
News
Amazon Workers 'Treated Like Machinery' Strike At NJ Facility: Report Amazon Workers 'Treated Like Machinery' Strike At NJ Facility: Report
Amazon Workers 'Treated Like Machinery' Strike At NJ Facility: Report Some New Jersey Amazon workers upset by an imminent job site closing walked out in solidarity Wednesday, June 1. One Bellmawr worker told Eyewitness News he felt he was being treated like "warehouse machinery," not people. Amazon is reportedly closing the Camden County facility and forcing them to take shifts at a warehouse further away, the outlet said. But an Amazon spokeswoman said that Bellmawr's employees are being offered opportunities to work at five different sites that are as close as nine miles from their current location. "We’ll be closing one of our facilities in Bellmawr and …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Here's When NJ's Legal Weed Sales Begin Here's When NJ's Legal Weed Sales Begin
Here's When NJ's Legal Weed Sales Begin New Jersey has set a date for the legalization of marijuana sales, state officials announced Thursday, April 14. Starting on Thursday, April 21, "adults ages 21 and up will be able to legally purchase cannabis and cannabis products without a medical card," Gov. Phil Murphy said. Starting on April 21st, adults ages 21+ will be able to legally purchase cannabis and cannabis products without a... Posted by Governor Phil Murphy on Thursday, April 14, 2022 The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission announced that it will grant licenses to seven alternative treatment centers (ATCs) to beg…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Notorious Gym Owner Who Defied COVID Orders Charged With DUI Years After Deadly Crash: Police Notorious Gym Owner Who Defied COVID Orders Charged With DUI Years After Deadly Crash: Police
Notorious Gym Owner Who Defied COVID Orders Charged With DUI Years After Deadly Crash: Police The South Jersey owner who drew national attention for defying Gov. Phil Murphy’s coronavirus orders in 2020 was charged with drunken driving in Burlington County — years after a crash that left another man dead, authorities said. Ian Smith, co-owner of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, was charged after an incident near Route 130 north and Andover Road at 12:25 a.m. on Sunday, on Sunday, March 27, Cinnaminson Police Chief Richard Calabrese told Daily Voice. Smith, of Camden County, is running for Congress as a Republican in New Jersey’s 3rd District. His congressional campaign co…

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by Jon Craig
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NJSP: Suspect Stabs Police K9, Hits Trooper With Flashlight During South Jersey Pursuit NJSP: Suspect Stabs Police K9, Hits Trooper With Flashlight During South Jersey Pursuit
Njsp: Suspect Stabs Police K9, Hits Trooper With Flashlight During South Jersey Pursuit A New Jersey State Trooper was struck with a flashlight and a State Police K-9 stabbed by a man leading a police pursuit in South Jersey Monday, authorities said. Troopers from the Bellmawr Station responded to the report of a shirtless, knife-wielding man standing outside of his vehicle on Interstate 295 in the area of exit 28 in Bellmawr Borough around 2:15 p.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. When troopers arrived, the man entered his vehicle and drove away. When troopers attempted to stop the vehicle with lights and sirens, the suspect continued to flee northbound. A short time lat…

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by Jon Craig
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PD: Woman Who Led Police Pursuits In Stolen Oil Tanker Found 80 Miles Away At Wildwood Wawa PD: Woman Who Led Police Pursuits In Stolen Oil Tanker Found 80 Miles Away At Wildwood Wawa
PD: Woman Who Led Police Pursuits In Stolen Oil Tanker Found 80 Miles Away At Wildwood Wawa A Camden County woman led police on multiple pursuits in a stolen oil tanker truck before being arrested at a Wawa store, nearly 80 miles from where she found the truck, police said. Wildwood police responding to an erratic driver on the 400 block of Rio Grande Avenue around 8:30 p.m. July 24, authorities said.  There, they found a woman later identified as 44-year-old Camille Wescott, of Lawnside, parked near the gas lots of the Wawa, Wildwood police said. Registration showed police that the Taylor tanker truck had been stolen out of Bellmawr, at which point the traffic stop became h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup
Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup A mail carrier, a train conductor and a retired corrections officer are among 31 men charged amid a massive roundup that produced some horrifying stories about online child sex abuse in the age of COVID, New Jersey authorities announced Wednesday. One of them offered money and other prizes through a social media “game” that he created to convince underage girls to send him nude photos, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Another got victims between 7 and 15 years old to send him sexual photos, then pressured them to send more by threatening to share those he had online, he said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Airline Bans Defiant NJ Gym Owner Over Maskless Trip From CPAC Home To Philly Airline Bans Defiant NJ Gym Owner Over Maskless Trip From CPAC Home To Philly
Airline Bans Defiant NJ Gym Owner Over Maskless Trip From CPAC Home To Philly A New Jersey gym owner who made headlines for refusing to close his facility at the onset of the pandemic is yet again causing more controversy. Ian Smith, 33 -- who owns Atilis Gym in Bellmawr -- is banned from American Airlines after refusing to wear a mask on a recent trip. Smith was flying in to Philadelphia after attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, and apparently refused to wear a mask on the flight, airline officials confirmed. Smith shared a screenshot of an email he received from the airline on Instagram. View this post o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says
NJ Pedophile Roundup: 21 Caught Having Or Trying To Have Sex With Kids, AG Says One pedophile traveled to Atlantic City from Oklahoma for sex with two pre-teenage girls. Another had a girl carve his initials into her legs. A third posted a social media video of her raping a youngster she was babysitting. These were among 21 people busted in a massive state pedophile roundup, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Wednesday. Opportunities for predators to contact children directly have dramatically increased with remote home learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, Grewal said. “Reports to our Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force of potential pred…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WATCH: Video Shows Arrest Of Defiant South Jersey Gym Owners WATCH: Video Shows Arrest Of Defiant South Jersey Gym Owners
Watch: Video Shows Arrest Of Defiant South Jersey Gym Owners The owners of Bellmawr's Atilis Gym were arrested after continuously defying Gov. Phil Murphy's COVID-19 shutdown order, CBS Philadelphia reports. A woman who identified herself as an author working on a book with Atilis owners Ian Smith and Frank Trumbetti told Daily Voice she was five minutes away from leaving after a night of writing when authorities pulled in and made the arrests. "Well, this was a first," the author wrote on her Facebook page. "I stayed the night in the gym writing, my book clients Ian & Frank were just waking up, I’m gathering my computer & notebooks, ju…

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by Cecilia Levine
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‘It’s F—king Showtime,’ Owner Says After Judge Rules Against Gym That Defied COVID Closure ‘It’s F—king Showtime,’ Owner Says After Judge Rules Against Gym That Defied COVID Closure
‘It’s F—king Showtime,’ Owner Says After Judge Rules Against Gym That Defied COVID Closure The owners of a South Jersey gym found in contempt of court by a judge for ignoring state coronavirus lockdown orders vowed to stay inside the facility and resist any efforts to close it down. ”It’s f--king showtime,” Atilis Gym co-owner Ian Smith said. “We are not backing down.” Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy ordered Smith and co-owner Frank Trumbetti to pay legal fees and court costs on Friday in Camden after finding them in contempt. Lougy authorities the state Health Department to “place locks on the doors … or otherwise construct or place barriers" to guarantee compliance with stat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Justice Department Sues Contractor For Fraud In $39M NJ Road Project Justice Department Sues Contractor For Fraud In $39M NJ Road Project
Justice Department Sues Contractor For Fraud In $39M NJ Road Project A construction company lied to the federal government to get a $39 million subcontract on a New Jersey road project, authorities said Friday. C. Abbonizio Contractors Inc., based in Sewell, “defrauded the government by claiming to use disadvantaged entities” when, in fact, it didn’t, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Companies must use disadvantaged business entities (DBE) for a specified percentage of the work in order to secure federal contracts for New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) projects, Carpenito said. Abbonizio Contractors obtained a $39 million subcontract from PK…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Health Commissioner Closes NJ Gym That Defied COVID-19 Emergency Lockdown Health Commissioner Closes NJ Gym That Defied COVID-19 Emergency Lockdown
Health Commissioner Closes NJ Gym That Defied Covid-19 Emergency Lockdown After several days of intense media attention, New Jersey health officials early Thursday closed a Camden County gym whose owners defied a state coronavirus emergency lockdown. Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli signed a four-page order posted on the front of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, which drew national media attention when its owners allowed members to work out there beginning Monday in open defiance of a state shutdown order intended to protect public health and safety. Co-owner Frank Trumbetti told reporters the gym would remain closed while attorneys were consulted. He also brought i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GoFundMe For Defiant NJ Gym Owner Rakes In $43K As He Addresses Fatal DWI Crash GoFundMe For Defiant NJ Gym Owner Rakes In $43K As He Addresses Fatal DWI Crash
GoFundMe For Defiant NJ Gym Owner Rakes In $43K As He Addresses Fatal DWI Crash A co-owner of the controversial South Jersey gym that defied the state's coronavirus shutdown order has been dragged into the media spotlight for major criminal problems more than a decade ago. Ian A. Smith, 33, of Atilis Gym in Camden County, was a Stockton University student in 2007 when he drank a dozen beers and ran a stop sign the next morning, killing Kevin Ade, 19, of Galloway Township, according to 6ABC News and other news accounts.  ** UPDATE: New Jersey's health commissioner closed Smith's gym Thursday morning. ** Smith pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and …

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by Jon Craig
Sports
COVID-19: Gym-Goer, Owners Ticketed For Defying State Shutdown Order COVID-19: Gym-Goer, Owners Ticketed For Defying State Shutdown Order
Covid-19: Gym-Goer, Owners Ticketed For Defying State Shutdown Order A South Jersey gym reopened for a second consecutive day Tuesday in defiance of a state order against workout facilities operating during the coronavirus outbreak. And for a second time, police issued tickets to the owners at Atilis Gym. At least one workout customer also was ticketed while leaving the gym after he refused to give his name, Bellmawr police said. Police also warned supporters gathered outside to leave or they faced summonses. “This gathering is a violation of the governor’s order,” Bellmawr Lt. Mike Draham said. “You are directed to immediately and peaceably disperse. If yo…

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by Jon Craig
Business
'Have A Good Day,' South Jersey Police Tell Gym-Goers As Members Defy COVID-19 Shutdown 'Have A Good Day,' South Jersey Police Tell Gym-Goers As Members Defy COVID-19 Shutdown
'Have A Good Day,' South Jersey Police Tell Gym-Goers As Members Defy Covid-19 Shutdown A gym in South Jersey reopened for business Monday, defying a state order that shut down nonessential businesses to slow the spread of coronavirus, according to multiple news reports. This video posted on Facebook shows police warning patrons of Atilis Gym in Camden County that "Formally, you are all in violation of the executive order. On that note, have a good day. Everybody be safe." Gym members erupted into cheers, chanting "USA, USA."  Gov. Phil Murphy, during an afternoon news briefing, said the isolated breach in Bellmawr did not concern him. "I'm not overly concerned right no…

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by Jon Craig