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Arrest Made In South Jersey Middle School Shooting: Police
An arrest has been made in a shooting that took place outside a middle school in Camden County, authorities said.
Taijun Blount, 18, of Lindenwold, was charged with aggravated assault with a handgun, endangering the welfare of a minor and a weapons offense, Gloucester City police said.
Blount was being held at Camden Correctional Facility.
On Sunday, April 24, at 7:59 p.m., police responded to a report of shots fired at Gloucester City Middle School. Upon arrival, police found no gunshot victims, they said.
Police seek the public's help locating another possible suspect.…
Guns R US: Feds Charge NJ Men With Selling Homemade Pistols, Rifles, More
A South Jersey man and his ex-con pal ran a black-market business selling guns and machine guns that he made at home, said federal authorities who took both into custody.
David Bibler, 55, of Haddon Heights produced fully automatic pistols and rifles, as well as silencers while ex-con Francis Hillsee, 36, of Mount Laurel priced and sold them, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.
Hillsee also sold boxes of ammunition, she said.
Bibler had eight firearms, including rifles and pistols, as well as firearm manufacturing equipment, explosive powder, and a large amount of ammunition when h…
2 Young Drivers Dead In Wrong-Way Gloucester City Crash
Authorities have identified the two drivers killed in a wrong-way crash that injured three others Friday night in Camden County.
A Buick Century was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of I-676 when it struck a Toyota Corolla heading north head-on around 10:45 p.m., in Gloucester City, Fox29 reports.
The Buick driver, Amir Kearney, 24, of Clayton, and Toyota driver, Cassandra Sackie, of Woodbury, both died, the outlet says.
Three other individuals were injured, the outlet said.
Feds: NJ Bank Employee, Bronx Buddy Swiped $600,000 From Customers With Stolen IDs
FBI agents caught a South Jersey bank employee and an accomplice from the Bronx who authorities said stole more than $600,000 from unsuspecting victims after swiping their IDs.
Jamere Hill-Birdsong, 32, of Gloucester City, worked inside a bank call center where he recruited co-workers to help steal the identifications of call-in customers, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Thursday.
The conspirators took photos or screenshots of customers’ information and signatures that they forwarded to Hill-Birdson and Lamar Melhado, 31, of the Bronx, Honig said.
They then had phony identificat…