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Guns For Cash? Firearms 'Buy-Back' This Weekend In South Jersey Guns For Cash? Firearms 'Buy-Back' This Weekend In South Jersey
Guns For Cash? Firearms 'Buy-Back' This Weekend In South Jersey Camden is among eight buy-back sites statewide for gun owners to turn in firearms for cash,  authorities said. Camden's gun trade-in is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church, 690 Ferry Ave.  Anonymity is promised for those trading in firearms for up to $250 cash per weapon, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer. Trade-ins are limited to three guns per person, she said.  The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office is co-hosting this event with the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Criminal Justice, with the help …

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by Jon Craig
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Authorities ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Camden County Police Car, AG Says Authorities ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Camden County Police Car, AG Says
Authorities ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Camden County Police Car, AG Says The 66-year-old pedestrian struck and fatally injured by a police car in South Jersey last week has been identified, authorities said. Zandra Baez of Camden was pronounced dead shortly after the collision on June 9, according to state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal. Grewal previously said his office was investigating the crash, which is normal state protocol when a police officer is involved in a deadly incident. The patrol officer driving the police vehicle that struck Baez was identified as Officer Kevin Randolph Gilbert Jr. of the Camden County Metro Police Department, Grewal said on…

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by Jon Craig
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Camden Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Car Camden Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Car
Camden Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Police Car Following procedure, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is reviewing the death of a Camden woman who was struck by a police vehicle, authorities announced Friday. The as-yet unidentified pedestrian was crossing Mount Ephraim Avenue at Woodlynne Avenue when she was struck by the marked Camden County Metro Police Department vehicle shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said."The officer was not responding to any police alert at the time of the accident," Grewal said. "The officer immediately stopped and radioed for assistance.  "The pedestrian was…

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by Jerry DeMarco