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North Laurel Street, Bridgeton, NJ

Woman, 61, Strikes Building, Killed In South Jersey Crash Woman, 61, Strikes Building, Killed In South Jersey Crash
Woman, 61, Strikes Building, Killed In South Jersey Crash A 61-year-old woman was killed when she struck a building in Bridgeton, authorities said. On Monday June 26, at 1:44 p.m., Bridgeton police responded to the intersection of North Laurel Street and American Avenue for motor vehicle crash. The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2018 Jeep Renegade operated by Maria A. Sorantino, of Bridgeton, was travelling westbound on American Avenue, proceeded through the North Laurel Street intersection and eventually struck 540 N. Laurel Street, police said. As a result of the crash, Sorantino succumbed to her injuries at the c…
South Jersey Man Gets 20 Years State Prison In Shooting Death: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Gets 20 Years State Prison In Shooting Death: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Gets 20 Years State Prison In Shooting Death: Prosecutor A 33-year-old man from Cumberland County was sentenced to 20 years in New Jersey state prison in connection with a shooting death, authorities said. Raheem Jacobs, of Bridgeton, was sentenced Friday, Aug. 5 in connection with the Aug. 11, 2015 homicide of Keon Butler, also of Bridgeton, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. A Cumberland County jury previously returned a guilty verdict on May 26 for second-degree reckless manslaughter following a two-and-a-half-week trial.  The sentence is also subject to the No Early Release Act requiring the defenda…