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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 Drug Raid Turns Up 330 Heroin Bags, Cocaine, Ecstasy, $2.1K In Cash, Police Say
A three-month long investigation culminated this week in the arrest of Atlantic City drug dealer found with thousands of dollars in cash, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police said.
Detectives of the Special Investigations Section executed a court authorized search warrant on a residence in the first block of south Florida Avenue leading to the arrest of 49-year-old Chance Hamilton, ACPD said in a release.
Detectives found 330 bags of heroin, 22 grams of cocaine, more than nine grams of ecstasy, more than five ounces of marijuana, paraphernalia used i…
Pair Arrested In Atlantic County Fatal Shooting
Two men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery and fatal shooting in Atlantic County, authorities said.
Leonard B. Ludwigsen, 26, of Egg Harbor Township and Neco J. Pitts, 28, of Long Branch, are charged with murder, robbery, conspiracy and multiple weapons offenses, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner.
Arturo Barrera III, 24, was killed during an armed robbery on Jan. 2, 2020, Tyner said.
At 11:20 p.m., Egg Harbor Township Police received a 9-1-1 call on a report of a shooting at 109 Vermont Ave. When police arrived, they found Barr…
South Jersey Driver Indicted For Manslaughter In Hit-Run Crash, Killing Galloway Woman, 48
An Atlantic County Grand Jury has returned an indictment of aggravated manslaughter against an Absecon man who was involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 48 year-old Galloway Township woman last spring, authorities said.
Keneet Camacho, 39, was indicted on the following charges: first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, third-degree assault by auto and third-degree causing death while unlicensed/suspended, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner
At 7:58 a.m. on April 20, 2020, the Galloway Townshi…
