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Feds: Leader Of Ring That Flooded South Jersey, Philly 'Burbs With Fentanyl, Meth Gets 18 Years
A drug kingpin who headed a network that slung fentanyl and meth in South Jersey and the suburbs of Philadelphia while he hid from his pursuers was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 18 years in federal prison. Glenn Long, 29, of Philadelphia, must serve just about all of the time he received in U.S. District Court in Camden on Jan. 4 because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Long – known on the street as “Bless” and “Max” – ran the operation as a fugitive for three years while under a federal indictment for major drug trafficking out of Philadelphia. A second drug conspi…
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'Wanna Meet?' Ex-Jersey Shore High School Sportswriter Takes Plea In Underage Sex Luring Case
A former high school sportswriter from Ocean County admitted on Wednesday that he trafficked child porn off his cellphone and repeatedly pressed a minor to send him sexually explicit images, authorities said. Kevin Van Pelt, 33, of Lakehurst, was originally arrested in May 2019 after Gloucester County prosecutor's detectives and police in Woolwich Township said they found that he'd sought a meeting with a 14-year-old girl for sex through Snapchat and Instagram. Van Pelt, who worked part-time for NJ Advance Media – the parent company of NJ.com and the Star-Ledger – told the girl he’d been a …
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Charged With Luring What He Thought Was A Child Online: Prosecutor
A 27-year-old man from Gloucester County has been arrested for trying to lure a child online, authorities said. Todd Merinuk of West Deptford was charged with two counts of attempted sexual assault, three counts of attempted endangering the welfare of a child and one count of attempted luring, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. About three weeks ago, detectives with the prosecutor’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit investigating individuals trying to exploit children online connected with a subject via an anonymous social media plat…
Police & Fire
Carbon Monoxide Kills Pair In South Jersey: Report
Two people in South Jersey were found dead of what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning on Tuesday, Dec. 13, NJ Advance Media reports. The bodies were apparently found in a home on Monroe Street in Paulsboro. An official cause of death awaits completion of an investigation by the medical examiner’s office, the outlet said, quoting Tom Gilbert, chief of detectives with the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. No further information was provided. Click here for the complete story by NJ Advance Media.
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Shooter In Murder-Suicide Was Retired Atlantic City Police Officer
The man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend before killing himself was a retired Atlantic City police officer, authorities confirmed. William Beattie, 47, retired from the police force on Feb. 1, 2010, according to public records. Police were called to Ogden Road in Deptford at 6:50 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28. They found the bodies of the resident, Erin Gatier, 47, and Beattie, of Landisville, inside, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. On Facebook, Gatier's older sister, Salena Schwegel, wrote, "This is another example of abusive men leading to the worst possible outcome.…
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: Boyfriend Kills Girlfriend Then Himself In South Jersey, Authorities Say
An Atlantic County man killed himself after fatally shooting his Gloucester County girlfriend, authorities said. Police were called to Ogden Road in Deptford at 6:50 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28. They found the bodies of the resident, Erin Gatier, 47, and William Beattie, also 47, of Landisville, inside, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. Autopsies performed on their bodies by the Gloucester County Medical Examiner’s Office found the incident was a murder-suicide, investigators said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Brandon Cohen of the Gloucester County P…
Police & Fire
Glassboro Public Schools Locked Down
UPDATED: All Glassboro Public Schools were reported to be locked down during a police investigation, authorities said. Glassboro Police confirmed a shelter-in-place was lifted by early afternoon Thursday, Sept. 22. An undisclosed threat was made to one of the schools, police said, without naming which one. No students have been injured and all staff and students are safe, police said on Facebook. "Our department will continue to have officers present outside each of the schools for the remainder of the day, again as a precautionary measure," police said. The investigation was reportedly…
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South Jersey Man Sentenced For Trying To Buy Child Porn Off 12-Year-Old Girl: Authorities
A 25-year-old South Jersey man was sentenced to time behind bars for trying to purchase sexual images from a 12-year-old Massachusetts girl, authorities said. Nicholas D. Coffin, of West Deptford, was sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison and must serve five years before he's eligible for parole, Swansea Police Chief Marc Haslam said. Coffin is also under a no-contact order, subject parole supervision for life, Megan’s Law restriction, must pay restitution to victims, and is subject to fines. He was convicted in Gloucester County Superior Court of Endangeri…
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4-Year-Old Child Rescued From Backyard Pool In South Jersey Leaves Hospital: Report
A 4-year-old child pulled from an outdoor swimming pool in South Jersey was expected to be released from a hospital on Thursday, Aug. 18, NJ Advance Media reported. On Tuesday, Aug. 16, the child and a 2-year-old relative were found unresponsive in the pool at a home on Malus Court in Harrison Township, Gloucester County, and rushed to hospitals before the 2-year-old was pronounced dead, DailyVoice.com reported. The investigation remains active, though the incident appears to be a "tragic accident," the outlet reports citing a Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson. …
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NJ Daughter Beat Mom Dead With Broomstick: Report
A 65-year-old woman is facing multiple charges including manslaughter after she beat her 80-year-old mother dead with a broomstick, CBS reports. Florence Dicriscio was rushed to the hospital after police responded to Woodmont Circle in Washington Township for a dispute on Aug. 6, various outlets say citing the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. Neighbors told CBS they heard screams. DiCriscio Florence J. "Peggy" passed away peacefully on August 9, 2022. Devoted wife of the late Alfonso "Sonny"... Posted by Grasso Funeral Home on Thursday, August 11, 2022 Dicriscio's daughter, Loret…
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Teenager Accused Of Driving 100 MPH Before Fatal Crash: Police
A 19-year-old driver from Gloucester County has been charged with death by auto in connection with a fatal crash, authorities said. Police say an investigation found that the driver was traveling more than 100 mph just before the crash. On Monday June 27, Monroe Township Police charged Tyler Proffitt of Turnersville, in connection with the crash that occurred on Feb. 25 on North Black Horse Pike at Maxine Avenue. Proffitt is accused of traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour just prior to impact. He was additionally charged with assault by auto and endangering the welfare of a chil…
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Explosion Kills One At South Jersey Truck Repair Shop
One person was killed when a home heating oil truck exploded Wednesday, June 15 in South Jersey, officials said. The explosion occurred around 10:40 a.m. at Timberline Services on Swedesboro Road in Harrison Township, Harrison Township police said. Leni Fortson, regional director of OSHA, confirmed that her federal agency had sent an inspector to investigate the report of a death. The truck may have been parked in a building when it exploded, according to one report. The investigation remains ongoing in conjunction with the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and Fire Marshall, police s…
Police & Fire
Threat Against 'Specific Individuals' Closes South Jersey School District
A Gloucester County school district was closed Friday, June 3 after a threat was made against the high school, officials said. Classes in the six-school Monroe Township Public Schools were canceled with police present at Williamstown High School. In an announcement to the school district, Superintendent of Schools Susan B. Ficke said the principal at Williamstown High School received an email of a threat of school violence which was to occur Friday. "We received the threat prior to the scheduled school day. There were approximately 30-50 students already at the sc…
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Feds: NJ Man Admits He Ran Guns From Georgia With Online Dating Match
An ex-con from New Jersey most likely didn't list "gun running" among his hobbies when he made an online love connection with a Southern woman. It'll be quite some time before Dylan Ianncelli, 28, of Gloucester County dates again -- either online or off -- after admitting in federal court on Wednesday, March 9, that he and his Georgia peach trafficked nearly a dozen firearms into New Jersey. Ianncelli went down to Georgia after meeting Jessy Hill, who authorities said bought 11 guns from a licensed dealer on Aug. 12, 2021. Hill "falsely indicated during the purchase that she was the actual…
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Fugitive Wanted For Setting
Humc
Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees were n…
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: Fugitive Sought For Setting
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Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of his own hand in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees w…
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Philadelphia Man Who Killed NJ Stepdad Over Gay Dinner Guest Indicted: Report
A Gloucester County grand jury indicted a Philadelphia man in the shooting death of his stepfather after an argument over a gay dinner guest, according to NJ Advance Media. Christian A. Smith, 23, was indicted on one count of first-degree murder and a second-degree count of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose after killing Woolwich's Dennis McKenzie, 43, when he learned about the sexual orientation of a guest McKenzie invited to a gathering last October, the outlet said. Smith told his stepdad that he did not "approve" of the guest's presence and that their house was a "house of …
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NJ Chiropractor Stabs Wife, Shoots Himself In Murder-Suicide: Prosecutor
A prominent New Jersey chiropractor is believed to have stabbed his wife dead before killing himself with a shotgun in South Jersey, authorities said. John Kolonich, 46, was found in his car along Franklinville-Williamstown Road in Franklinville, dead with a gunshot wound to his head around 10:30 a.m. last Thursday, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. Moments later, police were told that Kolonich’s wife, Melissa, 42, a local realtor, was dead from stab wounds inside their nearby home on Florawood Court in Franklin, authorities said. The physician is believed to …
Police & Fire
Security Guard Charged In Dog Attack At NJ Restaurant
A 33-year-old security guard whose K9 officer bit a man outside of a New Jersey restaurant has been charged with aggravated assault, authorities said. Steven T. Rudy was working as a private guard during the incident involving a 26-year-old man outside of Adelphia Restaurant in Deptford on July 29, the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office said. The man, Khalif Hunter, of Burlington City, began yelling at Rudy and other guards after getting up from a curb, authorities said. Hunter can be seen in a 15-second clip posted to Facebook walking off as someone calls Rudy a "white p****y," at…
Police & Fire
Purported Pagan's Motorcycle Club Member Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Break-In
A purported member of a the Pagan's Motorcycle Club was charged with attempted murder after breaking into a home and firing a gun Saturday night in South Jersey. Michael F. Dorazo, 41, was armed with a pair of handguns and a high-power, high-capacity assault weapon when he broke into a Pasadena Avenue in Deptford around noon, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said. The Gloucester Township resident last December was released from federal prison to home confinement pending a trial stemming from a firearms charge, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The charges apparently ste…
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Youth NJ Soccer Coach Who Sent, Requested Nudes From Boys Facing More Charges: Authorities
A South Jersey youth soccer coach was indicted by a grand jury on 18 charges Wednesday after more alleged victims came forward, Gloucester County officials said. Christopher Ferrari, 26, of Oaklyn, was accused of sending sexual images to and requesting the same from boys he met through the South Jersey Elite Baron's Soccer Youth Program, where he worked as a coach, the prosecutor's office said. Ferrari was charged with multiple counts of manufacturing child pornography and endangering the welfare of a child in the indictment stemming from incidents that occurred between 2015 and March 2019,…
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: South Jersey Fugitive Wanted In Five Killings Captured In Missouri
A 47-year-old man from New Mexico wanted in five killings and recently spotted in South Jersey was captured by police in Missouri, authorities said. Sean Lannon was arrested Wednesday morning in St. Louis, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office confirmed. Lannon was most recently wanted for the killing of a 66-year-old acquaintance earlier this week in East Greenwich Township (Gloucester County). He was previously identified as a "person of interest in a quadruple homicide" in New Mexico, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. One of those victims include Lannon's …
Police & Fire
South Jersey Teens Arrested In Carjacking, Armed Robbery, Near-Fatal Shooting
Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with this week's carjacking, armed robbery and near-fatal shooting in a market parking lot, Gloucester County authorities said. On Monday at about 6:50 p.m., police officers from Deptford Township responded to Rastelli’s Market, 1276 Clements Bridge Road in Deptford on a report of a 42-year-old victim who was seriously injured during an attempted carjacking, according Chief Thomas Gilbert of the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. Deptford Township parol officers found the victim in his pickup truck, which had travelled …
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Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Tried To Buy Sex Images From Pre-Teen Girl
A man from South Jersey has been arrested after he tried to buy illicit photos and video from a 12-year-old girl, authorities said. Nicholas D. Coffin, 24, of West Deptford Township, allegedly contacted a 12-year-old girl via social media and offered to pay her for illicit photos and videos, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. A Massachusetts police agency worked with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office to investigate. West Deptford Police and New Jersey State Police also assisted. A warranted search of Coffin’s home was made on Jan. 14 and he admitted owning a “s…
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'Wanna Meet?' Feds Bust Ex-Jersey Shore High School Sportswriter In Underage Sex Luring Case
A former part-time high school sportswriter from Ocean County was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday and charged with convincing an underage girl to send him sexually explicit photos, authorities said. Kevin Van Pelt, 29, of Lakehurst, “engaged in sexually explicit conduct over an online messaging service,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Van Pelt originally was arrested last May following an investigation by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and Woolwich Township police, who said he used Snapchat and Instagram to ask seek a meeting for sex with a 14-year-old girl. Van Pelt, who wo…
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