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Atlantic County Shooter Gets 40 Years In State Prison For Killing 1, Wounding 3
A 29-year-old man from South Jersey was sentenced to 40 years in state prison for a shooting at an Atlantic County apartment complex that left one man dead and three hurt, authorities said. Matthew Gonzalez of Mays Landing was convicted by a jury in March on multiple charges, including aggravated manslaughter, aggravated assault, weapons offenses, attempted bribery and witness tampering, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner. Gonzalez must serve 21 years and three months in prison before being eligible for parole, Tyner said. The Sept. 24, 2017. fatal shooting stemmed…
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Father Of NJ Police Officer Who Died In 2011 Motorcycle Crash Killed The Same Way, 63
A 63-year-old motorcyclist from Burlington County was killed in a Route 31 collision with a school bus over the weekend -- just more than nine years after his son died in a motorcycle crash. Alex Harvilla, of Chesterfield, was heading southbound on a Honda motorcycle when he struck an eastbound Freightliner school bus near milepost 15 around 3:20 p.m. Sunday, NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Harvilla was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the 14 passengers on the school bus nor the 64-year-old driver from Somerville were injured, Goez said. Harvilla's son, Joh…
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Three Seriously Injured When Pickup Truck Crashes In I-195 Mercer County Construction Zone
Two people standing outside their SUV on Interstate 195 in Mercer County were seriously hurt when a pickup truck collided with another truck which then struck the pedestrians, authorities said. The pickup truck driver also was hurt. All three were taken to the hospital, New Jersey State Police said. The crash occurred at 9:06 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 195 eastbound in Hamilton Township, according to Sgt. Lawrence Peele, a state police spokesman Preliminary information was that the crash occurred near Exit 3 at milepost 3.2, Peele said. The area was a construction zone. All I-195 lanes…
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South Jersey Fire Chiefs Charged With Stealing Department Money To Create Auto Parts Accounts
The fire chief and assistant chief of a volunteer company in Atlantic County have been charged with official misconduct and theft after using fire department money to set up unauthorized accounts at an auto parts shop, authorities said. Mizpah Volunteer Fire Company Chief Jay Davenport II and Assistant Chief Craig Paxton also were charged with conspiracy, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. Tyner did not say how much fire department money was allegedly stolen. Both chiefs created accounts at NAPA Auto Parts, using fire company money and its tax-exempt status, Tyner …
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South Jersey Volunteer Fire Department Under Criminal Investigation
A volunteer fire station in Atlantic County has been shut down after the prosecutor’s office began a criminal investigation, an alert said. Hamilton Township announced on Tuesday that Mizpah Volunteer Fire Department has been administratively closed and that its emergency area will be covered by neighboring fire departments in the meantime. “The Township of Hamilton Committee ensures that the fire service delivered to the residents located in Mizpah’s coverage area will not be interrupted,” Hamilton officials said in the statement. The county prosecutor's office has not released any confir…
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Authorities Bust 58 Suspects In Mercer County ATM Thefts -- And Only 8 Are NJ Residents
They flooded Mercer County by the dozens, hailing from New York City, Long Island and Westchester County, armed with bogus debit cards. They nearly returned home with more than $250,000 stolen from Santander Bank ATMs across New Jersey. Police in a half dozen counties were able to stop 58 of them since Tuesday -- and seize more than a dozen suspect vehicles, a handgun and drugs, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. Only eight of the 58 people charged in the Santander Bank ATM thefts this week in New Jersey were state residents, Onofri said. Here's the b…
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Multiple Arrests Made In Santander Bank ATM Thefts Across NY/NJ/CT
UPDATED: Dozens of people were arrested after using prepaid debit cards to steal from ATMs in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut because of a system glitch on Tuesday, authorities said. Police in Bergen, Mercer, Middlesex, Essex, Hudson, Morris and Union counties were on the lookout for suspects in Santander Bank ATM thefts using prepaid debit cards. ALSO SEE: Seven police departments in Monmouth County help round up 31 suspects. “We are cooperating with law enforcement as they actively investigate this situation," a Santander Bank spokesperson said. FBI agents and det…
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Trenton Woman, 33, Killed In Mercer County Crash
The victim of Sunday's fatal crash in Mercer County has been identified, authorities said. Lauren Lewis, 33, of Trenton was killed when her Hyundai sedan went off the eastbound side of Interstate Interstate-195 in Hamilton Township, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. Lewis' vehicle run into the woods near Exit 5B of I-195 about 5:35 p.m., state police said. The exit ramp was closed during an investigation of the crash. Last week, a 16-year-old Trenton girl was killed in a crash near Exit3B on the westbound side of the same highway.
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Trenton Teenager Killed, 2 Hospitalized In I-195 Crash
State police have identified the teenage passenger killed in a crash Thursday when a car ran off Interstate-195 in Mercer County. Yelitza Rivera, 16, of Trenton, NJ sustained fatal injuries, according to state police. The crash occurred near Exit 3B of I-195 westbound in Hamilton Township at 6:39 p.m., police said. A Mitsubishi left the highway and overturned, state police said. All three of the car’s occupants were taken to Capital Health in Hamilton where Rivera was pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the Mitsubishi, Karla Sanchez, 22, of Trenton was hospitalized with serio…
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Florida Driver, 64, Killed After Car Bursts Into Flames In Mercer County
A car burst into flames killing a driver from Florida on Interstate-295 in Mercer County on Wednesday, authorities said. Fevzi Denker, 64, of West Palm Beach, Florida, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Sgt. Philip Curry, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police. No one else was in the Toyota Corolla when it caught fire at 5:55 p.m., Curry said. The motorist was traveling north near the Exit 60 ramp to I-195 in Hamilton Township, Curry said. After catching fire, the Toyota ran off the highway, striking a concrete barrier, Curry said. The ramp was closed for approximat…
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: Tornado Touches Down In Jersey Shore Town Leaving Thousands Without Power
UPDATED: A tornado touched down in a Jersey Shore town Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service -- leaving thousands without power (scroll for videos). The tornado was over Corbin City at 9:53 a.m., the NWS said. Ocean City and the surrounding area was placed under a tornado warning until 10:15 a.m. as Tropical Storm Isaias made its way north. ALSO SEE: 1.3 Million New Jerseyans Without Power, Restoration Could Take Days More than 72,900 Atlantic City Electric customers were without power as of 11:30 a.m., the outage map shows. Reports say nearly 14,000 Ocean City reside…
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Trenton Ex-Con, 28, Charged In Fatal Shooting Over Girlfriend's Cell Phone Calls
A 28-year-old ex-convict from Trenton is accused of fatally shooting another man after finding the victim''s number on his girlfriend's cell phone, authorities said. Michael Owens was charged with murder and several weapons charges on Thursday at Mercer County Correctional Institution where he has been held since July 24 on assault and theft charges,, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Owens was jailed on earlier charges of assault and theft in connection with grabbing his girlfriend's neck and taking her phone on July 17 in Hamilton Township, Onofri said. Owens was released fr…
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