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NTSB Releases Findings In Chopper 6 Crash NTSB Releases Findings In Chopper 6 Crash
NTSB Releases Findings In Chopper 6 Crash In a preliminary report, federal investigators say there were no obvious engine issues that would have led to the fatal crash of news Chopper 6 last month.  The 6abc helicopter was en route from an assignment near Atlantic City, New Jersey when it crashed in Wharton State Forest around 8 p.m. on Dec. 19, the station said previously.  Pilot Monroe Smith, 67, of Glenside, and videographer Christopher Dougherty, 45, of Oreland, both died in the wreck. In its first preliminary report on the crash issued Wednesday, Jan. 17, the National Transportation Safety Board said it found "No anomalies of…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Pleasantville Woman Sentenced In Stabbing Death Pleasantville Woman Sentenced In Stabbing Death
Pleasantville Woman Sentenced In Stabbing Death A 33-year-old woman from Pleasantville was sentenced to a 13-and-a-half-year term in New Jersey State Prison in connection with a fatal stabbing, authorities said. Rollie Ellis was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 24 for aggravated manslaughter, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. An earlier, 20-year term of imprisonment was overturned on appeal when the appellate court ruled her Miranda rights were violated, the prosecutor said. On April 11, 2018, Atlantic City Police found Jennifer Rodriguez unresponsive and bleeding from a wound to the back of her neck i…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
South Jersey Woman, 28, Killed In Virginia Crash South Jersey Woman, 28, Killed In Virginia Crash
South Jersey Woman, 28, Killed In Virginia Crash A 28-year-old woman from South Jersey was killed in an out-of-state crash earlier this week, authorities said. Hasina K. Camacho-Prather was driving southbound on Route 29 in Nelson County, Virginia, when the fatal single-car crash occurred about 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to Virginia State Police. Camacho-Prather's SUV veered off the right shoulder before striking a tree, police said. Camacho-Prather of Brigantine Boulevard in Atlantic City was pronounced dead at the crash scene, police said. She was not wearing a seatbelt, they said. The cause of the crash remains under investigatio…

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by Jon Craig