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IDs Released In Action News NJ Helicopter Crash
Action News has released the names of the pilot and team photographer killed in a helicopter crash Tuesday night, Dec. 19 in New Jersey. Monroe Smith, 67, of Glenside, PA, was the pilot, and Christopher Dougherty, 45, of Oreland, PA, was the photographer, according to the news station. They had departed from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport before 7:30 p.m., in a Eurocopter AS350B2, headed toward Galloway Township, NJ, according to the FAA and 6abc. The helicopter's altitude dropped while heading back to Philadelphia, and crashed in the Wharton State Forest, Action News says. The wrecka…
Police & Fire
Maple Shade Council Votes To Close Independent Fire Company After 100+ Years
The Maple Township Council has unanimously voted to shut down Independent Fire Co. 1. The vote came during a heated council meeting Thursday evening, Dec. 14, in which residents turned up in droves in support of the more than 100-year-old department, as reported by 6abc and Fox29. A statement issued by Town Council on Dec. 1 says the company is being processed through five state investigations, the first having been filed in 2019, over administrative and operational compliance issues. They've received seven local and state sanctions for non-compliance, and have violated federal and state r…
Police & Fire
Fire Evacuates Atlantic City Boardwalk (
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Firefighters doused a blaze on the Atlantic City Boardwalk Wednesday, Nov. 15. The two-alarm fire broke out around 3:50 p.m., outside Resorts Casino Hotel. The blaze spread to the building’s exterior wall and part of the marquee above the boardwalk entrance, city officials said. 6abc shared footage of the flames, provided by Ted Jones, on TikTok. @6abcactionnews Video shows the moments after a large fire erupted on the Atlantic City boardwalk on Wednesday afternoon. ♬ original sound - 6abc Action News - 6abc Action News Minimal smoke extended into the building, forcing brief ev…
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Student Struck By Car In Hawaii Will Return Home To NJ In Medical Chopper
A college student from Burlington County who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Hawaii was cleared to make his big return home via medical chopper on Monday, Feb. 27. Christian DeCola, 19, of Maple Shade, was riding a moped for a food service delivery company when he was hit the night of Feb. 12, his mom, Valerie, tells 6abc. The vehicle backed over her son before fleeing, she said. Christian was unconscious in the Intensive Care Unit when his parents got word of the accident the following day, writes Michele Liberton on a GoFundMe page she launched for the DeCola family. Chri…
Police & Fire
Family Demands Answers After Teen Boy Killed Following Camden Birthday Party: Report
The family of a 14-year-old boy killed after another teen's birthday party in Camden is demanding answers. Daimeon Allen was at a party at the Elks Lodge on Mt. Ephraim Avenue when gunshots rang out around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, according to police and 6abc. His mom, Shamane Allen, was demanding answers and remembered her son as the one who stayed calm amid chaos. "So for him to die in a violent way is heart-wrenching to me," she told the outlet. Daimeon was a freshman at Lindenwold high school. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made. Click here for more from …
Police & Fire
$20K Reward Offered In Fatal Ambush Of Driver Pumping Gas In Philly: Police
Police are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the ambush killing of a Pennsylvania man pumping gas in Philadelphia on Monday, May 9. Surveillance footage released by Philadelphia police shows two masked men dressed in all black arriving at a Liberty gas station on the 1000 block of East Mount Airy Avenue around 2:30 p.m. in a 2009 red Mazda 3 sedan with the New Jersey license plate number V62-PWX. Brandon Dixon was shot and killed while pumping gas in Philadelphia on Monday, May 9.PhiladelphiaPolice The armed suspects then leaped from the backseats and be…
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Philadelphia Detective Assaulted Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder During Interview: Police
A Philadelphia homicide detective has been arrested on accusations he assaulted a woman wrongfully convicted of murder during an interview in 2010, authorities said. Detective James Pitts assaulted Obina Onyiah — who was exonerated after 11 years — during questioning at the Race Street police headquarters sometime around Nov. 8, 2010, then lying about it, according to Philadelphia police and the DA's office. Onyiah was convicted in the 2010 shooting death of William Glatz, a local jewelry store owner, 6abc reports. He spent 11 years in prison but was exonerated when evidence revealed …
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NJ Home Of 76ers Guard Tyrese Maxey Catches Fire Christmas Eve
The New Jersey house of Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey caught fire Christmas Eve, 6abc reports. The multi-alarm fire broke out at the guard's Voorhees home on Fairway Drive around 7 p.m., the outlet said. No injuries were reported and the cause was under investigation. Posted by Jay Lubes on Friday, December 24, 2021 Click here for more from 6abc.
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South Jersey Volunteer Firefighters Suspended, Credentials In Question
A group of volunteer firefighters in one South Jersey town are temporarily banned from responding to calls as officials are questioning their credentials. Woodbury (Gloucester County) Mayor Peg Sickel notified residents that the firefighters were suspended until further notice, 6abc reports. "I have been requesting the credentials for the volunteer members in order to ascertain whether or not these individuals qualify under the current city ordinances," she wrote in a letter obtained by the outlet. In the meantime, paid firefighters and firefighters from surrounding agencies will be respon…
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Villanova University Football Player Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Female Student
A 19-year-old Villanova University football player from Maryland has been charged with attempted sexual assault, reports say. Iyanu Elijah Solomon tried forcing a female student into sexual acts in September 2019, the Delaware County District Attorney's Office told 6abc. The woman reportedly told her resident assistant of the incident two weeks after the alleged incident happened, but decided not to file a police report at the time. But Solomon continued harassing the woman, who pursued criminal charges last month, the DA's office says. Solomon was charged with attempted sexual assault, a…
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