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Police & Fire
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" …
Police & Fire
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…
News
ABC News Helicopter Crashes In NJ Killing Pilot, Photographer, Station Says
(Note: this story has been updated with new details from 6abc.) An Action News team was killed when a Chopper 6 helicopter crashed in New Jersey on Tuesday night, Dec. 19, the outlet itself reported. UPDATE: IDs Released In Action News NJ Helicopter Crash "It has been a devastating day for the Action News team after two crew members on board Chopper 6 were killed in a crash on Tuesday night," the news station said. They were identified as 67-year-old pilot Monroe Smith of Glenside, PA, and 45-year-old photographer Christopher Dougherty of Oreland, PA. 6abc says the p…
Weather
These NJ Towns Got The Most Rain, Snow In Weekend Storm
The National Weather Service has released rainfall totals from the weekend storm. Between Sunday morning, Dec. 10 and Monday morning, Dec. 11, the area that got the most amount of rain was Deerfield with 4.45 inches, then Flemington/Hopewell, with 4.29 inches. Franklin Lakes saw 4.09 inches, the NWS says. Flanders only got .13 inches, and Florham Park only had .38 inches of rain. High Point got 5.1 inches of snow, according to the NWS, the most across the state, while Wantage saw 5 inches and Hardyston saw .4 inches. Here are the average inches of rain that feel from across the s…
Business
Former WWE Star Keeps NJ's First Cannoli Food Truck Rolling
Tube-shaped fried pastry shells stuffed with sugary-sweet ricotta-based filling? Cannolis may sound simple enough conceptually, but Thomas "Tony" Ricca Jr. — a retired WWE star — has brought the Italian dessert to new levels. What started in 1957 as Riccas' family's bakery, Sunrise Bakery, on Fairview Avenue in Hammonton has evolved in part into Cannoli World, a franchised, award-winning brand that has evolved into New Jersey’s first cannoli food truck, which debuted in 2016, Ricca said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tony Ric…
Police & Fire
Mom Of NJ TikTok Cheer Coach Tampered With Son's Sex Assault Investigation: Police
A 25-year-old cheer coach accused of sexually assaulting the young athletes at his New Jersey gym apparently had help from mommy dearest amid the investigation, say police who recently arrested and charged the 51-year-old woman with infringing on the investigation. Angela Ryker, of Hammonton, faces charges of criminal attempt and witness tampering in the probe of her son and Rockstar Cheer coach, Jonathan Ryker, Medford Township police said. Ryker became the center of an investigation in August 2022, when authorities in Medford got a tip that he sent explicit content to a minor on social me…
Police & Fire
Somerset Man Charged In Fatal Crash On Atlantic City Expressway
A 28-year-old Somerset man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal crash in Atlantic County in 2020, authorities said. On Friday, March 31, Nikhil Branscomb was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Killed in the crash in Hammonton was 20-year-old Justin Santos-Torres. On July 19, 2020, at 2:15 a.m., Santos-Torres was killed on the Atlantic City Expressway when his vehicle went off the roadway and overturned after being struck by a vehicle allegedly driven by Branscomb, the prosecut…
Police & Fire
Another H2oi Arrest Made With More Possibly On The Way
Yet another arrest has been made in the deadly H2oi meetup held last month in Wildwood and authorities say more could be on the way. Zion Diaz, of Hammonton, told others to block intersections, perform "burnouts" and block police vehicles from responding to emergency calls the night of Sept. 24, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland said. Diaz was arrested without incident and was charged with riot, a crime of the 4th degree. Diaz was processed and released on a summons pending Court proceedings. Meanwhile, authorities were looking to identify the man pictured above,&…
Police & Fire
Wildfire Burns 2,100 Acres Of Wharton State Forest
A wildfire consumed more than 2,100 acres of Wharton State Forest in South Jersey from Sunday, June 19 into Monday. Fueled by dry and breezy conditions, approximately 20 percent of the blaze had been contained as of midnight. The fire consumed parts of the park spanning Washington, Shamong, Hammonton and Mullica Townships. Road closures: ⚠️ Route 206 – from Chew Road to Stokes Road (beginning 12 a.m.) ⚠️ Route 542 – from Green Bank Road to Columbia Road Park closures: Batsto Village and all associated hiking and mountain bike trails were closed to visitors. The Mullica Rive…
Police & Fire
Near
Drowning
: Boy Unresponsive After Ocean City Lifeguards Pull 3 From Rip Current
One of three children was hospitalized in serious condition after being rescued by lifeguards from a rip current in Ocean City Saturday, May 21, NJ Advance Media reports The 12-year-old Mays Landing boy was "breathing on his own but unresponsive," when he and the two other children from Hammonton were saved by beach patron off 10th Street around noon, the outlet said citing local officials. He was rushed to the trauma center at Cooper University Hospital, while the other two were taken to Shore Medical Center as a precaution, NJ.com says. Click here for more from NJ Adv…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
IT'S
Over
: Fugitive Sought 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 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…
Police & Fire
Update
: Manhunt On For Traveling Nurse Following Attack On
Humc
Patient Care Tech: Sources
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…
Police & Fire
Update
:
Humc
Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack
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 we…
Weather
NOR'
Easter
: New Jersey Towns With The Least & Most Snow
New Jerseyans on Saturday afternoon began digging out of the second snowstorm this month. Some had a only few inches to shovel away -- others, feet. Here's a look at snow totals (in inches) from across the state, according to the National Weather Service. Wayne: 3.3 Asbury: 3.5 Verona/Montclair: 4 Hewitt: 5.1 Chatham: 6.3 Bergenfield: 6.9 Wood-Ridge: 7.2 North Brunswick: 8.3 Elizabeth: 8.5 Evesham: 10 inches Hammonton: 10 inches Cape May Harbor: 13 Holmdel: 14 Jackson: 14.1 Eatontown: 14.2 Avalon: 15 inches Little Egg Harbor: 18 inches Linwood: 19 inches Bayville: 21 Expect cold and blus…
Police & Fire
Driver Killed After Hitting Deer On Atlantic City Expressway
A Honda struck a deer killing its 27-year-old driver on the Atlantic City Expressway, authorities said. The crash was reported at 146 a.m. in the westbound lanes at milepost 39.4 in Winslow Township, according to a New Jersey State Police spokesman. Preliminary investigation indicates a Honda Accord traveling eastbound struck a deer, went off the road to the left into the center median, and entered the westbound lanes where it struck a GMC Acadia, Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The driver of the Honda, Emily FitzPatrick, 27, of Hammonton sustained fatal injuries, Goez said. The driver of the G…
News
Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs
UPDATE: A married New Jersey State Police detective couple caught lying about a North Wildwood bar fight agreed to give up their jobs on Monday, authorities said. Detective Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Ogden, 52, and Detective Sgt. Dorothy Ogden, 46, cut a deal with the state Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) rather than go to trial, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Besides forfeiting their jobs, the Ogdens -- both of Hammonton – must successfully complete a pre-trial intervention program that will clear their records of false swearing charges, the attor…
News
Jersey Shore Crash Victim Hospitalized, Numerous Car Fires & Power Outages Reported
One serious crash, power outages and multiple car fires were reported along the Jersey Shore late Tuesday, authorities said. In Marlboro, first responders from Monmouth County freed a trapped motorist from their car near 126 Crine Road after it struck a tree shortly before 6 p.m., according to initial reports. The crash victim was being taken to Jersey Shore University Hospital in Neptune, reports said. About 7:15 p.m., a major power outage was reported in Marlboro that also briefly knocked out electricity at the Marlboro Police Department, reports said. The power outages darkened numerous …
News
South Jersey Drowning Victim, 23, Identified
Authorities have released the name of a 23-year-old man who reportedly drowned in a popular but hazardous stretch of water in Weymouth Furnace Park. The man's body was recovered from Great Egg Harbor River in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township about two hours after he disappeared on Sunday, reports said. The drowning victim has been identified as Carlos Alvarado of Hammonton, authorities said. Alvarado's body was recovered at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Atlantic County officials said in a statement. Canoes and kayaks are allowed to travel though that part of the Atlantic County P…
News
'Get The Truth Uncovered': Nine More NJ Priests Accused Of Sex Abuse
The names of nine Catholic priests from New Jersey have been added to one law firm's list of accused child sex abusers. The priests below are the latest named in sex abuse settlements stemming from the Diocese of Camden County's bankruptcy case, according to the law firm of Jeff Anderson & Associates. The alleged crimes took place in Camden, Collingswood, Hammonton, Pennsauken, Waterford, Cherry Hill, Laurel Springs, and Carney’s Point, with the abuse spanning from the mid-1950s through the early 1980s, Anderson said. Rev. Jerome Prisco Rev. Joseph O’Connell Rev. John O’Brien Rev. Ken…
News
Married State Police Couple Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl, NJ Attorney General Charges
Video shows that a married New Jersey State Police detective couple lied when they claimed they weren’t involved in a North Wildwood bar fight early last year, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Detective Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Ogden, 52, and Detective Sgt. Dorothy Ogden, 46, both of Hammonton, received summonses Thursday charging them with falsifying or tampering with records, Grewal said. Video from the bar shows Gregory Ogden pushing people and trying to get at a man who bouncers were escorting out of the Exit 6 bar on Feb. 20, 2020, the attorney general said. Ogen is seen…
Police & Fire
Pedestrian, 74, Struck, Killed In Atlantic County
A 74-year-old pedestrian from Galloway Township was killed when he was struck by a car, authorities said. Charles Winkler Jr., was walking east in the outside westbound lane of Route 30 near South Balboa Avenue in Galloway when he was hit, police said. Julianne Johnson, 55, of Hammonton, was driving west on Route 30 about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday when the collision occurred, police said. Galloway police arrived to find Johnson’s car stopped in the outside lane at the intersection of Columbus Avenue. Officers found Winkler dead in the road. The crash is being investigated by Galloway Police O…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Atlantic County Man Sexually Abused Teenager For 8 Years
A 43-year-old man from South Jersey has been arrested for sexually abusing a 19-year-old woman multiple times for eight years, authorities said. The alleged sexual abuse by the Hammonton resident began when the girl was 11, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner. Dan Bocelle was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and five additional sexual assault-related charges, Tyner said. Atlantic County SWAT members helped take the suspect into custody at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday as he pulled into his driveway, Tyner said. Warranted searches of Bocelle’s house, place…
News
BIG
Winner
: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $529K Sold In Atlantic County
There is a new "half-millionaire" in South Jersey. A winning Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $529,030 was sold at a Shoprite in Hammonton, state Lottery officials said. One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn from the Wednesday Jersey Cash 5 game. The winning numbers were: 01, 07, 15, 17, and 35 and the XTRA number was: 03. The lucky ShopRite retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket. That Jersey Cash 5 prize-winning ticket was sold at Hammonton ShopRite, 80 S. Whitehorse Pike in Hammonton.
News
NJ Man Built Cannon To 'Piss Off The Neighbors' And Police Won't Do Anything About It
The good news is South Jersey residents finally know what's been making the booming noise that's had them frantically calling 911 for months. The bad news is that the guy who built it won't stop setting it off -- and no one can do anything about it. Rob Butkowski, 34, built the hail cannon in his Hammonton garage during the pandemic out of boredom and "to piss my neighbors off," he said on a call with Daily Voice Monday morning. A construction worker, Butkowski used scrap metal to build the device, which contains a cocktail of acetylene and oxygen in a propane tank. At the right angle…
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Expressway Crash Victims Include Teenage Brothers From South Jersey
Authorities released the identities of the three teenagers who died in the single-vehicle crash on the Atlantic City Expressway on Sunday, The car overturned when the driver lost control in the eastbound lanes in Hammonton, then rolled into a wooded area just before 3:10 p.m., state police said. Three teenagers, including two brothers from Camden, died, police said. The driver, a 19-year-old Philadelphia man, was taken to AtlantiCare Medical Center’s City Campus in Atlantic City with moderate injuries. Maryha Toro, 19, of Philadelphia, and two brothers from Camden — Marcus Crawf…
Police & Fire
Vineland Man, 34, Charged In Head-On Crash That Killed Atlantic County Prosecutor's Employee
A Vineland driver who had his license suspended for DWI was responsible for a head-on collision Tuesday that killed an employee from the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office, authorities said. Eduardo Ibanez-Sanchez, 34, was behind the wheel of a 2012 Volkswagen Golf that rear-ended a 2020 Kia Forte on eastbound Harding Highway (Route 40) shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. The impact projected the Kia into the oncoming lane, where a 2012 International truck struck it on the passenger side, Tyner said. The Kia driver, Little Jeffrey Grier of Mays L…
News
Somerset County ShopRites Impose Customer Limit Amid Coronavirus Spread
More than two dozen New Jersey ShopRite stores have implemented customer limits in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. The maximum number of customers will be roughly 30 percent of the store’s regular maximum occupancy, ShopRite said in a statement. A security guard will be stationed at entrances and exits to track the number of customers coming in and out. Only one entrance per store will remain open. The guard will allow customers into the building, counting them along the way. Once the store is at capacity, ShopRite will ask customers to form a line outside. The following…
Lifestyle
Most Popular Pizzerias In Atlantic County
Craving a slice of crispy, cheesy pizza loaded with toppings? Here are several places you can try today in Atlantic County. The spots you see on this list were top-rated on several user-generated review sites, featured in local publications and recommended by Daily Voice readers. Some are longtime favorites while others have only recently opened their doors. All of these pizzerias, however, are dishing up pies we think you'll love. And yes, they're all open for takeout or pick-up orders amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Matarazzo's Family Pizzeria & Restaurant, Egg Harbor City: The fam…
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