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52 Arrested In 'Elaborate' Cockfighting Ring In South Jersey: Police 52 Arrested In 'Elaborate' Cockfighting Ring In South Jersey: Police
52 Arrested In 'Elaborate' Cockfighting Ring In South Jersey: Police More than 50 people were arrested after police broke up a large cockfighting ring in Atlantic County, authorities said. Galloway Township police executed a search warrant at a home on the 300 block of South Bremen Avenue on Saturday, Mar. 9, the department said in a news release. When officers arrived, a large group of people were there and many tried to run away before they were detained. Investigators found an "elaborate cockfighting operation" that included a fighting ring, seating for spectators, and several cockfighting kits. About 50 roosters were found in "various degrees of health" …

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Man Put White Supremacy Stickers On Playground Equipment In South Jersey: Police Man Put White Supremacy Stickers On Playground Equipment In South Jersey: Police
Man Put White Supremacy Stickers On Playground Equipment In South Jersey: Police A South Jersey man has been charged with bias intimidation after he allegedly placed stickers promoting white supremacy at a playground, authorities said. A concerned citizen contacted Greenwich Township police on Monday, July 24 to report someone "was placing stickers promoting a White Nationalist and White Supremacy ideology on a bench and playground equipment at Dr. Chester Ulmer Park on Memorial Avenue," Greenwich police said in a statement. "The strikers would be removed by township personnel and a new set would be on the bench in a day or two," police said On Thursday, July 27 at 9:2…

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by Jon Craig
News
NJ ShopRite Recalls Store-Made Ground Meat Due To Possible Metal Fragments NJ ShopRite Recalls Store-Made Ground Meat Due To Possible Metal Fragments
NJ ShopRite Recalls Store-Made Ground Meat Due To Possible Metal Fragments A New Jersey ShopRite store has recalled store-made ground meat made July Fourth weekend due to possible metal fragments. ShopRite of Greenwich, located on Route 22, issued a release regarding store-made packages of ground beef, Angus ground beef, meatloaf mix and ground pork with a sell-by date of July 2. No other products were affected by the recall, and no injuries related to the recall have been reported. Pre-packaged ground meat products and ground beef sold in other ShopRite stores in the area were not affected by this recall. “We are advising customers who purcha…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Pedestrian, 35, Struck By Pickup In Pleasantville: Police Pedestrian, 35, Struck By Pickup In Pleasantville: Police
Pedestrian, 35, Struck By Pickup In Pleasantville: Police A 35-year-old man from South Jersey was struck by a pickup truck, authorities said. On Sunday, Feb. 13 at approximately 5:10 p.m., Pleasantville police responded to a pedestrian struck on the 700 Block of West Black Horse Pike.  A Dodge Ram driven by Jermaine Sinclair, 36, of Greenwich was traveling west on the pike, Pleasantville police said. Frank Guenther, of Pleasantville, was walking west on the shoulder of the pike, police said. Guenther walked into Sinclair’s lane of travel and collided with the front passenger fender and mirror, police said. Gunther sustained n…

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by Jon Craig