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PA Hiking Trail Killers Captured After Hours-Long Standoff In Atlantic City AirBnB: Authorities
After a four-hour stand-off in Atlantic City, authorities say they have arrested the pair responsible for a murder on the Schuylkill River Trail in Norristown early last month. Cody Reed of Norristown and Marquise Johnson of Philadelphia, both 23, were taken into custody by US Marshals and local police at an Airbnb late on Thursday, April 6, said the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office in a release. Both men were previously named suspects in the killing of 25-year-old Daquan Tucker of Audubon, who disappeared on March 2 and was found dead some 100 feet from the river tr…
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Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud
An Atlantic City councilman who was accused last year of assaulting his wife and endangering his daughter was busted by federal authorities for voter and unemployment fraud. MD Hossain Morshed, 49, a Democrat who represents the city’s Fourth Ward, was charged in a complaint unsealed Friday, March 17, in U.S. District Court in Camden. Morshed falsified voter registrations, lied to the FBI and filed bogus unemployment benefit claims with the state, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. According to Sellinger, Morshed gave a prospective voter in the June 2019 primary a pre-filled voter regi…
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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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2 Dead, Medevacs Called, Unruly Crowd Causes Chaos During H2Oi Show In Wildwood (
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UPDATE: Pittsburgh Driver Charged With Killing Two Victims During H2Oi Event In Wildwood The fatal crash on Atlantic and Burk avenues was among several other collisions in which multiple medevacs were called, according to witnesses and various news reports. The George Redding Bridge was closed around 10 p.m. due to "ongoing issues" with the car meet, police said. Mayor Pete Byron called Gov. Phil Murphy for additional support. Police from Ocean City, Atlantic City, Upper, Middle, and Lower Cape May responded, officials said. This year's event had been moved to Wildwood from Ocean City, M…
Police & Fire
Strip Club Fight: 3 Suspects Charged In Assault Of South Jersey Man Found Dead, Police Say
Three men have been arrested in connection with a fight at a strip club that occurred early Sunday before a South Jersey man went missing and was later found dead. The body of Irving Mayren-Guzman, 19, of Egg Harbor Township, was found in a marsh near the Centerfolds Night Club in Pleasantville on Tuesday morning. Jamaul Timberlake, 30, Atlantic City; John Hands, 24, of Pleasantville and Garnell Hands, 29, of Pleasantville were taken into custody Wednesday evening, according to Pleasantville police. All three men were charged with second-degree aggravated assault and consp…
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Admits Killing Atlantic City Woman, 56: Prosecutor
A 58-year-old man from Pleasantville has admitted to killing a woman in Atlantic City in 2018, authorities said. Mark Huff, 58, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter for the homicide of 56-year-old Vernell K. Vance, according to Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill. The State will recommend Huff be sentenced to 25 years in New Jersey State Prison when he is sentenced on Feb. 10, Shill said. Huff was arrested in Pleasantville on April 16, 2018. He was taken into custody by detectives from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, Atlantic City Police detect…
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Suspect Nabbed During Atlantic City Hotel Robbery, Police Say
A 31-year-old man from Atlantic County was arrested in connection with a robbery at a Best Western Hotel, authorities said. Jahlil Boston of Egg Harbor City was charged with robbery and burglary in connection with the incident on Tuesday, according to Atlantic City police. At 10:23 p.m., Patrol Officers Nicholas Grasso and Justin Peyton responded to the Best Western Hotel in the 1400 block of Pacific Avenue on a report of a man threatening others. Grasso found three employees outside of the hotel. Grasso entered the lobby and allegedly saw Boston behind the counter…
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Atlantic City Man Charged In OD Deaths Of UK Men In Bally's Casino
An Atlantic City man was charged in the overdose deaths of two men from the United Kingdom at Bally's Casino in March 2020, authorities said. Tyrell Gist, 32, is accused of selling Scott P. Jordon, 43, and Simon Gamble, 40, the drugs that ultimately killed them, Atlantic City Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. Gist is facing two counts of strict liability homicide and multiple drug offenses. ACPO Detective Kayla Dodge responded to Bally’s Casino room 3241 on reports of two drug related deaths March 8, 2020. There, she found Jordan and Gamble inside the room dead, authorities sa…
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: Weather Service Warns Against Rip-Tide Swimming As Temperatures Rise
The National Weather Service is warning that there is a "high risk" of rip tide currents this weekend at New Jersey and Delaware beaches, just as temperatures are expected to climb up into the 90s. An offshore storm is expected to cause swells, making swimming potentially dangerous, according to forecasts. “Remember, the ocean water temperature is only around 60 degrees and many beaches are not yet staffed with lifeguards,” the NWS’s Mount Holly station said on Twitter. The National Weather Service is warning weekend beachgoers that there could be rip currents in NJ and Delaware. Twit…
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Report: Atlantic City Police Sergeant Used Wine Bottle As Weapon, Pushed Woman From Home
An Atlantic City police sergeant was arrested last month for threatening a woman with a wine bottle and then physically pushing her out of a house, according to a recent news report. Mohammed Kaiser was taken into custody on Feb. 3 in Absecon and charged with simple assault by attempting to cause bodily injury, NJ.com reports citing the criminal complaint. The woman feared for her safety as Kaiser held the bottle toward her, the complaint says. Kaiser has reportedly been reassigned to a desk job as he awaits a March 22 court appearance. Kaiser was hired in 2013 and promoted to his current…
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Ex-AC Basketball Star Whose Paterson Heroin Killed 48 Users Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen
A former basketball star who led a Paterson-to-Atlantic-City drug ring that peddled heroin connected to 48 heroin overdose deaths and 84 other ODs was sentenced Monday to 135 months in federal prison. Khalif Toombs, 31, of Egg Harbor Township previously admitted directing an operation that regularly brought heroin by the kilo from Paterson into Atlantic City. FBI agents used wiretaps, video surveillance, confidential informants and more to infiltrate the organization, which sold heroin in bags stamped with, among other names, “AK-47,” “Apple,” “Fortnite,” “Rolex,” “Frank Lucas,” “Bentley,” …
Police & Fire
Man Dies In Fall At Atlantic City Casino
A 30-year-old man from Upstate New York died after falling two stories to his death in an Atlantic City casino, authorities said. The man from Rochester was trying to climb over a divider when he fell from a second-level mezzanine into the lobby at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, police said. The fall occurred about 4 a.m. on Monday. Atlantic City police officers responded and found casino security performing CPR. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, a police spokesman said. Atlantic City police urged anyone with information about the fall to call its Criminal Investigations S…
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Man, 69, Charged With Killing Neighbor During A Dispute
A 69 year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting an Atlantic City neighbor during a dispute, authorities said. Atlantic City police received a 9-1-1 call at 11:24 a.m. on Saturday about a woman suffering a gunshot wound at 1507 Belfield Ave., Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. The 32-year-old shooting victim, Marketa E. Thorpe, was taken to Atlanticare Regional Medical Center, City Division, where she was pronounced dead, Tyner said. Maximo Santiago was arrested by Atlantic City police officers and charged with first-degree murder and several weapo…
Police & Fire
Boy, 12, Speeds Away From Officer In Stolen Car Before Crashing Into Pole In Atlantic City
A 12-year-old boy crashed a stolen car while speeding away from a motor vehicle stop in Atlantic City, authorities said. Police officer Aaron Jones was stopped by a concerned citizen on New Jersey Avenue saying there was a car being driven by a juvenile at a high rate of speed around 9:50 a.m. Monday, Atlantic City police said. The office attempted to stop the car but the driver refused, then crashed into a pole on the 600 block of Connecticut Avenue, police said. The boy had been driving a car that had been reported stolen earlier that morning, authorities said. The boy was arrested with…
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Ex-Con Arrested On Multiple Heroin, Cocaine Charges After Chase On Atlantic City Expressway
A Burlington County man was arrested on multiple drug charges after speeding away from Atlantic City police, crashing into two cars and then fleeing on foot into a marsh, authorities said. Julian Hinton, 27, of Delanco Township recently was released from prison, Atlantic City police said. Hinton was initially stopped by police at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday for several traffic violations when they found he has a suspended license and warrant out for his arrest, police said. As Atlantic City Officers Christian Ivanov and Kevin Perez approached Hinton's vehicle, he allegedly sped away, they sa…
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