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Notorious Gym Owner Who Defied COVID Orders Charged With DUI Years After Deadly Crash: Police
The South Jersey owner who drew national attention for defying Gov. Phil Murphy’s coronavirus orders in 2020 was charged with drunken driving in Burlington County — years after a crash that left another man dead, authorities said. Ian Smith, co-owner of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, was charged after an incident near Route 130 north and Andover Road at 12:25 a.m. on Sunday, on Sunday, March 27, Cinnaminson Police Chief Richard Calabrese told Daily Voice. Smith, of Camden County, is running for Congress as a Republican in New Jersey’s 3rd District. His congressional campaign co…
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Gloucester County: Police
An unidentified man was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing the street in Gloucester County, authorities said. He was struck by Rita N. Sinon, 59, of Bellmawr who was driving a 1997 Mercury Cougar northbound on the Black Horse Pike (Route 42) near Watson Drive, Washington Township police said. The crash occurred at 9:07 p.m. Tuesday, March 1. The pedestrian suffered a severe head injury and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Authorities said they were trying to identify him. The driver of the car suffered a lower leg injury and was taken to Jefferson Hospital b…
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: Suspect Stabs Police K9, Hits Trooper With Flashlight During South Jersey Pursuit
A New Jersey State Trooper was struck with a flashlight and a State Police K-9 stabbed by a man leading a police pursuit in South Jersey Monday, authorities said. Troopers from the Bellmawr Station responded to the report of a shirtless, knife-wielding man standing outside of his vehicle on Interstate 295 in the area of exit 28 in Bellmawr Borough around 2:15 p.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. When troopers arrived, the man entered his vehicle and drove away. When troopers attempted to stop the vehicle with lights and sirens, the suspect continued to flee northbound. A short time lat…
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PD: Woman Who Led Police Pursuits In Stolen Oil Tanker Found 80 Miles Away At Wildwood Wawa
A Camden County woman led police on multiple pursuits in a stolen oil tanker truck before being arrested at a Wawa store, nearly 80 miles from where she found the truck, police said. Wildwood police responding to an erratic driver on the 400 block of Rio Grande Avenue around 8:30 p.m. July 24, authorities said. There, they found a woman later identified as 44-year-old Camille Wescott, of Lawnside, parked near the gas lots of the Wawa, Wildwood police said. Registration showed police that the Taylor tanker truck had been stolen out of Bellmawr, at which point the traffic stop became h…
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South Jersey Fugitive, 38, Arrested At Atlantic City Bus Terminal After Serious Stabbing
A 38-year-old man from Camden County has been arrested in connection with a fight that ended with a multiple stabbing in Atlantic City, authorities said. The suspect allegedly was found by police trying to flee the city by bus. Darren M. Petti of Bellmawr was charged with aggravated assault and weapons charges, an Atlantic City police spokesman said on Thursday. At 4:19 a.m. on Monday, Atlantic City police received a 9-1-1 call that a man was stabbed near Kentucky and Atlantic avenues. Patrol officers arrived but were unable to find a stabbing victim, according to Lt. Kevi…
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Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup
A mail carrier, a train conductor and a retired corrections officer are among 31 men charged amid a massive roundup that produced some horrifying stories about online child sex abuse in the age of COVID, New Jersey authorities announced Wednesday. One of them offered money and other prizes through a social media “game” that he created to convince underage girls to send him nude photos, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Another got victims between 7 and 15 years old to send him sexual photos, then pressured them to send more by threatening to share those he had online, he said. …
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Camden Driver Surrenders In I-295 Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, State Police Say
A 26-year-old Camden man surrendered to New Jersey State Police Monday on accusations he struck and killed a 27-year-old Philadelphia man on Interstate 295 last week, authorities confirmed. Alfredo Vergara Jr. is accused of hitting Shariff Harrison, who was walking along the northbound side of 295 in West Deptford around around 4 a.m. May 19, NJSP Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Vergara -- whose driver's license was suspended -- apparently called police later that day and identified himself as the driver, NJ.com reports. He apparently waited five days before he surrender to troopers Monday at …
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Airline Bans Defiant NJ Gym Owner Over Maskless Trip From CPAC Home To Philly
A New Jersey gym owner who made headlines for refusing to close his facility at the onset of the pandemic is yet again causing more controversy. Ian Smith, 33 -- who owns Atilis Gym in Bellmawr -- is banned from American Airlines after refusing to wear a mask on a recent trip. Smith was flying in to Philadelphia after attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, and apparently refused to wear a mask on the flight, airline officials confirmed. Smith shared a screenshot of an email he received from the airline on Instagram. View this post o…