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Trio Sentenced For South Jersey Murder Of Youth Football Coach At Middle School: Prosecutor Trio Sentenced For South Jersey Murder Of Youth Football Coach At Middle School: Prosecutor
Trio Sentenced For South Jersey Murder Of Youth Football Coach At Middle School: Prosecutor Three men received lengthy prison sentences on Friday, Jan. 10, for murdering a youth football coach after a practice in 2018. Eugene Cosby, a 48-year-old Malaga resident, Will El-Bey, a 28-year-old Vineland resident and Clifton Bailey, a 33-year-old Camden resident were convicted for the murder of Joseph Jones, 37, last fall, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. On Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, Jones was shot 10 times in the parking lot of Lakeside Middle School in Millville, Webb-McRae said. The three men and others traveled from the Carver Village Apartments in Vineland to t…

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by Sam Barron
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Cops ID Motorcyclist Killed In Route 55 Hit-Run Crash (UPDATE) Cops ID Motorcyclist Killed In Route 55 Hit-Run Crash (UPDATE)
Cops ID Motorcyclist Killed In Route 55 Hit-Run Crash (Update) A 62-year-old motorcyclist from Newfield was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Sunday, Sept. 8 on Route 55 in Gloucester County, authorities said. William Baldwin lost control while on his Harley-Davidson on the entrance ramp from Route 40 east at milepost 39.2 in Franklin Township around 3:50 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. That's when he veered left, struck the curb, and entered the southbound lane of travel, where he ejected and struck by an unknown vehicle, Lebron said. State Police are seeking the public’s help tracking down the vehicle, which "had at least one set of ta…

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by Jon Craig
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed In South Jersey Pedestrian Struck, Killed In South Jersey
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In South Jersey A 67-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed in Gloucester County, authorities said. On Monday, Aug. 12 at approximately 12:05 a.m., Harrison Township Police Department was dispatched to area of Mullica Hill Road and the Route 55 overpass in reference to a pedestrian that had been struck by a vehicle. A 2011 International 4000 box truck, operated by a 20-year-old male resident of Dover, Delaware, was traveling westbound on Mullica Hill Road when it struck a pedestrian who was walking along the westbound shoulder of the roadway, police said. The pedestrian wa…

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by Jon Craig