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Attorney General, Wildwood Police At Odds Over Memorial Day Weekend Preparedness Attorney General, Wildwood Police At Odds Over Memorial Day Weekend Preparedness
Attorney General, Wildwood Police At Odds Over Memorial Day Weekend Preparedness The New Jersey Attorney General and Wildwood Police Department appear to be at odds over emergency preparedness following a chaotic Memorial Day Weekend. In a statement released on Saturday, June 1, the Wildwood Police Department said NJ Attorney General Matthew Platkin blamed the police department for the series of incidents that unfolded Memorial Day Weekend, in which rowdy teens prompted the closing of area boardwalks, according to various media outlets including NBC10 and the Press of Atlantic City. Platkin alleged that Wildwood had insufficient police staffing on its "world-famous…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Husband Was Naked In Bed, Watching TV When He Was Shot Dead In South Jersey: Reports Husband Was Naked In Bed, Watching TV When He Was Shot Dead In South Jersey: Reports
Husband Was Naked In Bed, Watching TV When He Was Shot Dead In South Jersey: Reports David Wigglesworth was watching TV naked in bed when he was shot to death on Christmas Day in South Jersey, news reports say. Meanwhile, the battered woman accused of killing her husband got unlikely character letters of support from her mother-in-law and brother-in-law, Breaking AC reports.  Defense attorneys and Hamilton police say a fight between Marylue Wiggleworth and her violent husband led to the slaying.  But that wasn't enough to persuade a judge who ordered Wigglesworth, 51, to remain jailed pending her murder trial at a detention hearing on Tuesday, Jan.…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Woman Watching Sunset Killed, Another Critical When Car Careens Into Delaware Bay: Reports Woman Watching Sunset Killed, Another Critical When Car Careens Into Delaware Bay: Reports
Woman Watching Sunset Killed, Another Critical When Car Careens Into Delaware Bay: Reports A woman sitting on a bench was killed and four others injured when a driver lost control and plunged into the Delaware Bay in Lower Township, Cape May County, according to published reports.  The car came careening into the water and struck the woman and one other victim who had gathered to watch the sunset around 8 p.m. Sunday, May 29, the Philadelphia Inquirer says. Both were airlifted to the hospital where the woman later died, according to the Press of Atlantic City. Three people inside the car escaped serious injury, although the driver is believed to have suffered a medical emer…

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by Jon Craig
Sports
VIDEO: Rutgers WR Carnell Davis Suffers Brain Injury In Atlantic County Street Fight VIDEO: Rutgers WR Carnell Davis Suffers Brain Injury In Atlantic County Street Fight
Video: Rutgers WR Carnell Davis Suffers Brain Injury In Atlantic County Street Fight Video footage going viral on social media shows Rutgers University wide receiver Carnell Davis suffering a knockout punch in a street fight near Atlantic County (scroll down for video link). The Galloway native -- a freshman at Rutgers who recently finished his high school career starring on a Florida football team -- suffered a fractured skull and brain injury during the incident in Margate, according to multiple reports. Davis is shown in a brief argument with a man wearing a red baseball cap, who shoves Davis in the chest.  As Davis puts his hands up, the man fakes a left-handed punch a…

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by Jon Craig
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LAWSUIT: 65 Atlantic City Firefighters Exposed To COVID-19 Followed 'Ineffective' Approach LAWSUIT: 65 Atlantic City Firefighters Exposed To COVID-19 Followed 'Ineffective' Approach
Lawsuit: 65 Atlantic City Firefighters Exposed To Covid-19 Followed 'Ineffective' Approach The Atlantic City firefighters union has filed a lawsuit saying the city took an "ineffective approach" to handling the COVID-19 pandemic after 65 firefighters were exposed to the virus. The city arranged rapid tests for firefighters directly exposed to six others who tested positive, and instructed those who tested negative to return to work, according to the suit filed in Atlantic County Superior Court. Filed by Local 198, the suit calls the approach to handling the virus "ineffective," and " jeopardized the health and safety of all firefighters, their families, and the general publi…

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by Cecilia Levine