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'Abducted Child' Not Found In South Jersey Woods, Authorities Say 'Abducted Child' Not Found In South Jersey Woods, Authorities Say
'Abducted Child' Not Found In South Jersey Woods, Authorities Say A neighborhood report of a child abduction in South Jersey turned out to be false, authorities said.  About 11 p.m. Monday, a caller told police that they witnessed an unidentified man force a 7- or 8-year-old boy into the woods, police said. Multiple local police and firefighters and New Jersey State Police searched woods off of Blenheim Avenue and Ritz Drive,, police said on Tuesday. Absecon police and firefighters were helped in the ground and air search by the New Jersey State Police aviation unit and police from Galloway and Pleasantville. "After a thorough investigation there h…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Teenagers Arrested In Stolen Car With Loaded Gun, Heroin Atlantic City Teenagers Arrested In Stolen Car With Loaded Gun, Heroin
Atlantic City Teenagers Arrested In Stolen Car With Loaded Gun, Heroin A pair of teenagers from South Jersey was arrested in a stolen car with a loaded handgun and 80 bags of heroin, authorities said.  At 10:34 p.m. on Monday, Atlantic City Detectives Anthony Abrams and Nicholas Berardis stopped a car in the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue after recognizing a 16-year-old driver who did not have a valid license. The driver and passenger, 17, were arrested after the vehicle was found to have been reported stolen from Galloway, police said.  The passenger, from Atlantic City, had a loaded handgun and 80 bags of heroin, police said. He was charged with…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
South Jersey Motorcyclist Dies In Crash With Mail Truck South Jersey Motorcyclist Dies In Crash With Mail Truck
South Jersey Motorcyclist Dies In Crash With Mail Truck A 34-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash with a USPS mail truck Saturday in South Jersey, police said. Michael P. Giannetta Jr., of Galloway, was heading westbound on W. White Horse Pike on a 2019 Suzuki GSX when he struck the driver's side of a mail truck at the intersection of Upas Avenue entering the intersection around 2:50 p.m., Galloway Township police said. Giannetta was ejected from the bike and taken to ARMC City Division, where he died, authorities said. The mail truck driver, Jocelyn Moore, of Egg Harbor, was taken to ARMC Mainland for non life-threatening injuries, police sai…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
5 Arrested In Atlantic County: Police Recover Gun, Cash, Drugs 5 Arrested In Atlantic County: Police Recover Gun, Cash, Drugs
5 Arrested In Atlantic County: Police Recover Gun, Cash, Drugs Five people have been arrested in Atlantic County in connection with drug dealing, authorities said. Members of the Atlantic City Police Department's Special Investigations Section executed a residential a warranted on Friday in the first block of south Florida Avenue, turning up drugs, cash and a handgun. Justin Suarez, 35, of Atlantic City was arrested on multiple drug and money laundering charges along with two men and two women, according to Lt. Kevin Fair, a police department spokesman. During the search of the residence, a storage area and the arrested individuals, detectives recover…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Police Officer, 29, Found Dead In Car Atlantic City Police Officer, 29, Found Dead In Car
Atlantic City Police Officer, 29, Found Dead In Car The Atlantic City Police Department is mourning the loss of a 29-year-old officer, found dead in his car over the weekend. The body of Officer Richard Link, of Brigantine, was found in his car in Galloway Saturday, his department said in a statement. The cause of death was not included but police said his passing was sudden and unexpected. Link began his career in Atlantic City in December 2016, when he was hired as Special Law Enforcement Officer, Class II. He was promoted to police officer in April 2019, and assigned to the Operations Division. Link was on a temporary assignment with t…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Feds: South Jersey Man Contacted 'Murder-For-Hire' Dark Web Site To Kill Child Porn Victim, 14 Feds: South Jersey Man Contacted 'Murder-For-Hire' Dark Web Site To Kill Child Porn Victim, 14
Feds: South Jersey Man Contacted 'Murder-For-Hire' Dark Web Site To Kill Child Porn Victim, 14 A South Jersey man facing charges of child pornography has been arrested for trying to pay a "dark web" hitman $20,000 in Bitcoin to kill the 14-year-old victim, authorities said. John Michael Musbach, 31, formerly of Galloway was first arrested on child pornography charges in March 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Two months after that arrest, Musbach began communicating with a murder-for-hire website on internet, Carpenito said. The website he visited advertised that they were the right guys "if you wanted to kill someone or beat the s--- out of him," the U.S. Attorney said on Th…

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by Jon Craig
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Authorities: South Jersey Woman Was Driving Over 100 MPH In Fatal Head-On Crash Authorities: South Jersey Woman Was Driving Over 100 MPH In Fatal Head-On Crash
Authorities: South Jersey Woman Was Driving Over 100 MPH In Fatal Head-On Crash A 24-year-old Pleasantville driver who was going more than 100 miles per hour in a school zone when she struck another car head-on killing the driver in 2018 has been arrested, authorities said. Kaitlyn Hayes was arrested on June 10 and charged with aggravated manslaughter and vehicular homicide in a school zone, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said Thursday. “We cannot emphasize enough the importance of refraining from driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Very simply, if you drive while impaired, it is more likely that someone will be injured or killed. The risk…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Absecon Man, 38, Charged In Fatal Head-On Hit-Run Crash Absecon Man, 38, Charged In Fatal Head-On Hit-Run Crash
Absecon Man, 38, Charged In Fatal Head-On Hit-Run Crash Police arrested a 38-year-old Absecon man who they said fled the scene of a crash Monday that killed one person and seriously injured another.  Keneet Camacho remained held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility, charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident, driving while impaired and driving while unlicensed in connection with the 8 a.m. crash on Wrangleboro Road, Galloway police said.  He also received several traffic summonses, they said. The crash killed Janel Bembry, 48, of Galloway, who was pronounced dead at Atlanticare Regional Medical Center in Atla…

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News
These NJ ShopRite Stores Imposing Customer Limit Amid Coronavirus Spread These NJ ShopRite Stores Imposing Customer Limit Amid Coronavirus Spread
These NJ ShopRite Stores Imposing 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…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Galloway Woman, 56, killed, Little Egg Harbor Driver Hurt In Head-On Collision Galloway Woman, 56, killed, Little Egg Harbor Driver Hurt In Head-On Collision
Galloway Woman, 56, killed, Little Egg Harbor Driver Hurt In Head-On Collision A 56-year-old woman was killed and three others were injured in a head-on accident in Galloway, police said. Laila Marak of Galloway was attempting to turn left from southbound Route 9 into the Leeds Point Shoppes when her car collided with a northbound SUV, Galloway police said. Marak was brought to AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City where she was pronounced dead. The driver of the SUV, a 33-year-old Egg Harbor City man and his two passengers, a 29-year-old woman and a 2-year-old girl were brought to AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center’s Mainland Campus in Pomona with …

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by Jon Craig