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74-Year-Old Woman Killed In South Jersey House Fire: Police 74-Year-Old Woman Killed In South Jersey House Fire: Police
74-Year-Old Woman Killed In South Jersey House Fire: Police A 74-year-old woman was killed in a house fire, authorities said.  At 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Medford police, firefighters and EMS crews responded to the 100 block of Taunton Boulevard. Emergency responders arrived on location within minutes of the calls and found fire coming out of the first and second-floor windows, according to Medford police. The unidentified woman was found deceased on the residence's second floor, police said. The fire is being investigated by the Medford Township Police and Fire Departments and the Burlington County Fire Marshal's Office. The cause of the fire ha…

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by Jon Craig
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Missing Underage NJ Girl Rescued From Sex Trafficking Trio Missing Underage NJ Girl Rescued From Sex Trafficking Trio
Missing Underage NJ Girl Rescued From Sex Trafficking Trio An underage girl who'd been reported missing was rescued from a trio of South Jersey human traffickers who were prostituting her, authorities said. Marquise Ogawa, 28, Chyaire Lee, 26, and Jazmin Scott, 21, all of Lawnside, were being held in the Camden County Correctional Facility in Camden, charged with various child prostitution, trafficking and endangerment counts. The victim was reported missing out of Voorhees in late October of last year, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and New Jersey State Police Supt. Col. Patrick J. Callahan said in a joint release Tuesday. Detectives fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Philly Man Charged In Deadly Cherry Hill Thanksgiving Hit-Run Philly Man Charged In Deadly Cherry Hill Thanksgiving Hit-Run
Philly Man Charged In Deadly Cherry Hill Thanksgiving Hit-Run Authorities have charged a Philadelphia man for fleeing the scene of a deadly crash on Thanksgiving Day in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Michael R. Rodgers Jr., 29, has been charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a fatal accident and obstruction, the Cherry Hill Police Department announced Thursday. He has not been arrested yet. Tabreia Ewing, 29, of Camden, was crossing the westbound lanes of Route 70 near the Garden State Park shopping center on Nov. 25 at 7:10 p.m. when police say she was struck by a dark-colored vehicle near the median of the highway, according to authorities and 6…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Witnesses Sought In Deadly Cherry Hill Thanksgiving Hit-Run Witnesses Sought In Deadly Cherry Hill Thanksgiving Hit-Run
Witnesses Sought In Deadly Cherry Hill Thanksgiving Hit-Run Cherry Hill police are asking for the public's help in identifying the driver of a vehicle who struck and killed a pedestrian then fled the scene on Thanksgiving night. The female pedestrian was crossing the westbound lanes of Route 70 near the Garden State Park shopping center on Nov. 25 at 7:10 p.m. when police say she was struck by a dark-colored vehicle near the median of the highway.   The driver of the car didn’t stop and continued traveling west. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective K. Grimaldi #356 at (856)432-8835 or Officer E. Gibbs #387 at (856) 432-886…

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by Joe Gomez
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NJ Native Revealed As 'The Bachelor' Contestant NJ Native Revealed As 'The Bachelor' Contestant
NJ Native Revealed As 'The Bachelor' Contestant Among nearly two dozen women revealed as contestants on next season of "The Bachelor" is one from New Jersey. Mara A-Great, 32, of Cherry Hill, will be competing for love on the next season of "The Bachelor," Cosmopolitan Magazine reports. Clayton Echard is believed to be the next Bachelor, though ABC never officially confirmed that -- just Reality Steve. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Steve Carbone (@realitysteve) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Steve Carbone (@real…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey Shore Doc Admits Sexual Contact With Drug-Abusing Patient, Cuts Deal With State Jersey Shore Doc Admits Sexual Contact With Drug-Abusing Patient, Cuts Deal With State
Jersey Shore Doc Admits Sexual Contact With Drug-Abusing Patient, Cuts Deal With State A Monmouth County physician is having his license suspended for three years for "inappropriate sexual contact" with a substance-abusing patient for whom he also prescribed addictive drugs, state authorities said. Francis Rienzo, 60, of Sea Girt, is currently "winding down" his private practice as part of an agreement with the state through which he will avoid more serious consequences, they said. Rienzo, who also is the medical director for several treatment centers across New Jersey -- and a staff physician at Jersey Shore Addiction Services and Hackensack Meridian Health in Neptune -- "ad…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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3.5 Kilos Fentanyl, 8,500 Pills, Guns, $20K Cash Seized In Major Camden 'Pill Mill' Bust 3.5 Kilos Fentanyl, 8,500 Pills, Guns, $20K Cash Seized In Major Camden 'Pill Mill' Bust
3.5 Kilos Fentanyl, 8,500 Pills, Guns, $20K Cash Seized In Major Camden 'Pill Mill' Bust More than three kilos of highly-toxic fentanyl was seized during a multi-agency raid on an alleged "pill mill" in South Jersey, authorities said. The Camden County Prosecutor's Narcotics Task Force, with the help of multiple other agencies, successfully broke up the pill mill in Camden, following a six-month investigation, they said. The alleged pill mill spanned two City of Camden locations, accofding to  Mayer: One is located on the 1100 block of S. Merrimac Road and the other on the 2900 block of N. 36th Street, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer. This oper…

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by Jon Craig
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Indian NJ Dad Who Abducted Son Four Years Ago Captured In England, Extradited To US Indian NJ Dad Who Abducted Son Four Years Ago Captured In England, Extradited To US
Indian NJ Dad Who Abducted Son Four Years Ago Captured In England, Extradited To US A federal magistrate judge on Friday ordered the detention of a former New Jersey resident who was captured in England after kidnapping his son four years ago. Amitkumar Kanubhai Patel, 38, “obstructed the parental rights of his child’s mother by kidnapping the child and failing to return him to the United States when ordered to do so,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. He even told the mother that he was “never bringing the child back to the United States,” Honig said. Patel, most recently of Vadodara, India, had lived with the Cherry Hill woman from August 2015 through Ju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB
Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB A Florida trucker was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in state prison for fleeing a tractor-trailer crash that killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native on Route 95 in Fort Lee last year. Joel Lasanta, 39, was captured by New Jersey State Police two days after the June 4, 2020 crash, authorities said at the time. Jada Smith had been headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another accident in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.m. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behind hers coming off the Georg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Cherry Hill PD: Woman Made False Report That Man Impersonated Police, Pulled Her Over Cherry Hill PD: Woman Made False Report That Man Impersonated Police, Pulled Her Over
Cherry Hill PD: Woman Made False Report That Man Impersonated Police, Pulled Her Over A woman from Camden County filed a false report about a man impersonating police, pulling her over and trying to grab her neck, authorities said. Samantha M. Roman of Avon Road in Haddonfield was charged with making false statements, Cherry Hill police said on Monday. Last week, police in Cherry Hill said they were searching for a man who pulled the woman over, as reported here. The woman said she was pulled over on Aug. 16 about 1 p.m. on Route 38, police said last week. With help from the public, detectives were able to identify the Ford van which was captured by video surveillance in t…

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by Jon Craig
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Cherry Hill PD: Man Impersonating Police Pulled Woman Over, Tried Grabbing Her Neck Cherry Hill PD: Man Impersonating Police Pulled Woman Over, Tried Grabbing Her Neck
Cherry Hill PD: Man Impersonating Police Pulled Woman Over, Tried Grabbing Her Neck Police in Cherry Hill are searching for a man who pulled over a woman while impersonating police and tried grabbing her by her neck. The man was in a white Ford van with red and blue LED warning lights in the grill and rear doors. The woman said he pulled her over on Aug. 16 around 1:05 p.m. on Route 38. The white male in his 30s had dark red or brown hair and a mid-length beard, and was wearing a blue t-shirt with “POLICE” across the front, the woman told police. He approached the driver’s side window and reached into her vehicle grabbing for her neck, authorities said. The victim pulled…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newest Tesla Dealership Destination: Jersey Shore Newest Tesla Dealership Destination: Jersey Shore
Newest Tesla Dealership Destination: Jersey Shore A new Tesla dealership is coming soon to a Jersey Shore town, reports say.  The electric car manufacturer plans to open its first store in Monmouth County, according to the Asbury Park Press. The newest Tesla dealer will replace the vacated Funtime America on Route 35 in Eatontown. An opening date has not been announced. The project was approved by the Eatontown Zoning Board of Adjustment several months ago, according to news reports. The Eatowntown dealership will have 10 electric vehicle charging stations and a public standalone parking space for charging visitors' vehicles, APP.…

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by Jon Craig