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Serial Atlantic City Arsonist Set 3rd Fire In 11 Months: Prosecutor
A 57-year-old convicted arsonist was ordered detained after another arson in Atlantic City, authorities announced Wednesday, June 10.
On Monday, June 1, Atlantic City police responded to reports George Jones, a Halfmoon resident, had set several fires at and within the city's Korean War Memorial, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said.
Officers located Jones standing over one fire and located another nearby, authorities said. This is the third fire Jones has set in Atlantic City in less than a year, authorities said.
On Saturday, May 17, Atlantic City police responded to the Army Nat…
Easton HS Cop Jailed After Flashing Girl On FaceTime, Sending Her CashApp Money
A school police officer once honored for his service to students was sentenced to jail after exposing himself to a 16-year-old girl during a FaceTime call and sending her money and explicit images, the Northampton County District Attorney announced.
Guilty Plea And Sentencing
John “J.T.” Smoke, 45, of Bangor, pleaded guilty to Corruption of Minors, a first-degree misdemeanor, on May 22, 2025, before Judge Jennifer Sletvold in Northampton County Court. On July 16, 2025, she sentenced him to 9 to 24 months minus two days in county prison, followed by 36 months of probation, according to court …
4 Involved In Shooting Of Njsp Detective At Salem County Mobile Home Park Learn Fate: AG
Four people who recently pleaded guilty in the 2020 shooting of a New Jersey State Police detective in Salem County, were sentenced on Tuesday, April 1, with sentences ranging from prison to probation, authorities said.
Markese Rogers, a 30-year-old Pittsgrove resident, Ashley Acevedo Diaz, 27, Imari Lazu, 27, and Noel Lazu, 25, pled guilty in February for their involvement in an incident that led to NJSP Detective Richard Hershey being shot at the Harding Woods mobile home park in Pittsgrove, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.
Rogers was sentenced to five years in pris…
NJ Man Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting Passenger On United Airlines Flight: Feds
A New Jersey man who admitted to sexually assaulting a woman passenger seated next to him on a United Airlines flight has been sentenced to six months of home confinement, authorities said.
Piyush Mathew, 31, of Robbinsville Township, must also serve five years of probation and register as a sex offender, the U.S. Attorney's Office said on Thursday, Aug. 1.
Mathew, who pleaded guilty in March, was sentenced on Wednesday, July 31.
In court documents, the government alleged that on Sept. 7, 2023, Mathew and the victim, identified as Jane Doe, were seated next to each other on United Airlines…
Apartment Maintenance Worker Who Stole $4,500, Smartwatch In South Jersey Sentenced: Prosecutor
A maintenance worker will spend nearly a year in jail after he was convicted of stealing $4,500 and a smartwatch at an Ocean County apartment complex, authorities said.
Troy Jones, 58, of Jackson Township, was sentenced on Friday, May 31 to 364 days in the Ocean County Jail as a condition of a three-year probation term, county prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release on Tuesday, June 4. A jury found him guilty on Wednesday, Mar. 20 after a nearly two-week trial.
Jackson Township police responded to a reported theft at an apartment in The Ga…
