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Newark Fugitive With 100 Bags Heroin Flees Police, Drags Atlantic City Officer With His Vehicle
A 37-year-old wanted man from Essex County has been arrested in Atlantic City, authorities said.
Jamil Redd, 37, of Newark, was charged after trying to flee Atlantic City police on Thursday, a police department spokesman said.
Sgt. Richard Andrews and Det. Brian Hambrecht tried to stop Redd's vehicle at 9:23 a.m. on South Carolina Avenue during a drug investigation, police said.
Redd had an active warrant out for his arrest on a parole violation, police said.
During the stop, Redd sped away, "nearly dragging and causing a minor injury to Detective Hambrecht," according to Lt. Kevin …
South Jersey Pair Arrested In Shooting, Handguns Recovered
A 20-year-old man and a teenager from Atlantic City have been arrested in connection with a shooting, authorities said.
Saalih Davis, 20, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy, weapons offenses and possessing heroin, according to Atlantic City Lt. Kevin Fair.
A 14-year-old, whose name has not been released since he is a juvenile offender, also was charged with attempted murder, Fair said. He was carrying two handguns when he was caught, Fair said.
At 10:29 p.m. on Memorial Day, Atlantic City police responded to the 400 block of…
Trio Charged With Murder, 30 Indicted In South Jersey Drug Ring Bust
Thirty people have been indicted by an Atlantic County Grand Jury as part of a large-scale drug distribution ring from which $2.6 million in cash was seized, authorities.said.
Three of the men named in the indictment are also charged in connection to the fatal February 2019 shooting of Demond Tally in Atlantic City, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner.
Since March 2017, an investigation was conducted by the ACPO Guns, Gangs and Narcotics Unit into Steven Martinez, 27, and Shiraz Khan, 31, for operating a large-scale drug distribution organization in Atlantic County,…
Atlantic City Shootings, School Lockdowns End With Fighter's Arrest
A shooting in Atlantic City Thursday that prompted lockdowns of schools resulted in one man's arrest, authorities said.
Patrol officers responded to the 300 block of North Carolina Avenue for a ShotSpotter alert at 12:35 p.m., according to Atlantic City police.
Arriving patrol officers found Edmund Williams, 47, of Atlantic City, suffering from a gunshot wound a block away on Pennsylvania Avenue.
A second victim, 49, also from Atlantic City, was driven to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division. Williams also was taken to the medical center. Both men sustained non-li…
