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Drunk Driver Crashed Vehicle, Assaulted Atlantic City Officers: Police Drunk Driver Crashed Vehicle, Assaulted Atlantic City Officers: Police
Drunk Driver Crashed Vehicle, Assaulted Atlantic City Officers: Police An Atlantic City man was arrested after he crashed his vehicle while drunk and assaulted several police officers, authorities said. Dwahn Davis, 39, was charged with driving while intoxicated, hindering apprehension, three counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, two counts of criminal mischief, and refusal to be fingerprinted. The Atlantic City Police Department announced his arrest in a news release on Tuesday, Feb. 13. An officer saw a vehicle speeding on Arctic Avenue at 12:47 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 12. The vehicle failed to stop at several red lights and drove …

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by Chris Spiker
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3 Teens Lured Into Atlantic City Car By East Orange Man: Police 3 Teens Lured Into Atlantic City Car By East Orange Man: Police
3 Teens Lured Into Atlantic City Car By East Orange Man: Police A 51-year-old man from Essex County has been arrested after trying to lure three teenagers into his vehicle in Atlantic City, authorities said. At 1:16 p.m. on Friday April 15, Atlantic City police responded to Connecticut and Arctic Avenues on a report of a man luring three teenagers into his car, police said. The man, Yusuflaki Johnson of East Orange, allegedly offered to drive the three teens to a youth program. Once in the vehicle, Johnson drove around the area eventually stopping. He attempted to get one of the juveniles to follow him to a secluded area, police said. The three juven…

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by Jon Craig
News
Federal Lawmakers Bet On Atlantic City With $10M Infrastructure Boost Federal Lawmakers Bet On Atlantic City With $10M Infrastructure Boost
Federal Lawmakers Bet On Atlantic City With $10M Infrastructure Boost A $10 million grant is going to Atlantic City for downtown improvements as part of the Rebuilding America Infrastructure bill, federal officials said Friday. Atlantic City's federal money will go toward the Atlantic City Corridor Revitalization & Safety project, which includes complete street improvements on approximately 2.7 miles of Atlantic Avenue in downtown Atlantic City. The infrastructure overhaul is planned from Albany Avenue to Maine Avenue including reducing lanes; adding ADA accessible sidewalks, drainage facilities, new bike paths; improving clear sight lines; adding interse…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Serious Shooting Reported In Atlantic City Serious Shooting Reported In Atlantic City
Serious Shooting Reported In Atlantic City Police responded to a serious shooting in Atlantic City, authorities said  A ShotSpotter alert led police to a victim shot at 1:33 a.m. Thursday at Arctic Avenue and North Carolina Avenue, Atlantic City police said. Officers found a 31-year-old man from Atlantic City suffering from a gunshot wound, police said.The victim, whose name was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, with a non-life threatening injury, police said. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Atlantic City Police Department Violent Crimes Unit at 609-347-5766. Informa…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Teenagers Arrested In Stolen Car With Loaded Handgun Atlantic City Teenagers Arrested In Stolen Car With Loaded Handgun
Atlantic City Teenagers Arrested In Stolen Car With Loaded Handgun Two Atlantic City teenagers were arrested in a stolen car with a loaded handgun, authorities said. At 8:27 p.m. on Monday, Police Officers Ivaylo Ivanov and Wahab Malik saw two vehicles drive through the red traffic light at Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Baltic Avenue, police said. They tried stop both vehicles. One vehicle pulled over, but the second vehicle sped off turning east on Atlantic Avenue. The officers saw the vehicle turn the wrong way on Kentucky Avenue and lost sight of it, police said. When the officers arrived at Kentucky Avenue the vehicle had been involved in a c…

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by Jon Craig
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Atlantic City Headshot Victim Dies, 2nd Shooting Victim Critical Atlantic City Headshot Victim Dies, 2nd Shooting Victim Critical
Atlantic City Headshot Victim Dies, 2nd Shooting Victim Critical One of the four people who were shot on Sunday in Atlantic City has died, authorities said. Another remained hospitalized with life-threatening injuries on Wednesday. The shooter or shooters remain at large, authorities said. Idel Rodriguez-Garcia, 29, of Atlantic City, was shot in the head at the intersection of Arctic and Maxwell avenues near B & B Saloon at 3:43 a.m., according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner. Two shooting victims remain hospitalized — one with life-threatening injuries. Another victim has been treated and released from the hospital, authoriti…

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by Jon Craig
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Atlantic City PD: Teenagers Shot Girl, 9 Atlantic City PD: Teenagers Shot Girl, 9
Atlantic City PD: Teenagers Shot Girl, 9 Two teenagers have been been arrested in connection with shooting a girl last month, authorities said. A 9-year-old girl was wounded in the foot by gunfire on Sept. 3 at a home on the 500 block of Indiana Avenue, Atlantic City police said.  The second of two 17-year-old suspects was arrested on Saturday on Arctic Avenue, police said. The Atlantic City teenager also was charged with possessing marijuana. The other youth, from Vineland, already was in custody at Harborfields Youth Detention Facility in Egg Harbor City in connection with another shooting, police said. Both teens were ch…

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by Jon Craig