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Police ID Pedestrian Killed In South Jersey Crash Police ID Pedestrian Killed In South Jersey Crash
Police ID Pedestrian Killed In South Jersey Crash South Jersey police have identified a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a car Friday night in Cumberland County. Walberto Diaz-Marquez, 65, of Vineland was in the roadway on West Chestnut Avenue near Southwest Boulevard at 9:30 p.m. when he was hit by a car, police said. Police said they don’t know why Diaz-Marquez was in the road. he was not near an intersection or crosswalk when he was struck and killed, they said. The car's driver was identified as a 49-year-old woman from Vineland. No charges were filed, but the crash remains under investigation. Any witnesses or others  w…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
7 Dead Puppies Dropped On Side Of South Jersey Highway 7 Dead Puppies Dropped On Side Of South Jersey Highway
7 Dead Puppies Dropped On Side Of South Jersey Highway Authorities in South Jersey are trying to figure out who dumped seven dead puppies on the side of a Route 55 entrance ramp. A driver found the multi-colored dogs around 9:45 Wednesday morning on the southbound entrance ramp off Sherman Avenue in Vineland, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said. It was not clear how the dogs died or what breed they were. “Someone in the community is aware that an individual had a litter of puppies that suddenly disappeared,” Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said.  “We are asking the public to give us information that will lead to identification …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
KNOW ANYTHING? Puppies Dumped On South Jersey Highway Ramp KNOW ANYTHING? Puppies Dumped On South Jersey Highway Ramp
Know Anything? Puppies Dumped On South Jersey Highway Ramp Authorities in South Jersey seek the public's help identifying the person or persons responsible for dumping a litter of puppies on a highway ramp. Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said that on Wednesday at 9:44 a.m., a motorist notified the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department that there were dead puppies on an entrance ramp to State Route 55 off Sherman Avenue within the City of Vineland, Webb-McRae said.  “Someone in the community is aware that an individual had a litter of puppies that suddenly disappeared," Webb-McRae said. "We are asking the …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
US Marshals Capture Howard Johnson's Stabbing Fugitive In Atlantic City US Marshals Capture Howard Johnson's Stabbing Fugitive In Atlantic City
US Marshals Capture Howard Johnson's Stabbing Fugitive In Atlantic City A fugitive wanted in connection with a stabbing at a Howard Johnson's Hotel in Ocean County has been caught, authorities said. U.S. Marshals nabbed the Cumberland County man on Friday in Atlantic City, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Toms River Township Police Chief Mitchell. Carles Bryant, 34, of Millville, was considered a "fugitive from justice" relative to an incident which occurred at the Howard Johnson Hotel in Toms on March 3, Billhimer snd Mitchell said. Bryant was being held at the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing. On…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Woman, 39, Arrested In Fatal Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Crash Woman, 39, Arrested In Fatal Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Crash
Woman, 39, Arrested In Fatal Central Jersey Tractor-Trailer Crash A 39-year-old woman from South Jersey has been arrested in connection with a fatal tractor-trailer crash, authorities said. Kimberly Holmes of Cumberland County was charged with causing death or injury while driving with a suspended license, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Frank LoSacco of the East Br At 6:12 a.m. on Tuesday, authorities responded to 19A Cottage Lane on a report of an unconscious man laying on a warehouse loading dock. Police found Uttam Sharma, 43, of Jackson Heights, New York,  who was pronounced dead a…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
State Police ID South Jersey Motorcyclist, 24, Killed In Weekend Crash State Police ID South Jersey Motorcyclist, 24, Killed In Weekend Crash
State Police ID South Jersey Motorcyclist, 24, Killed In Weekend Crash Authorities have identified a motorcyclist killed in a weekend crash in South Jersey as an Atlantic County resident. Miguel Lebron, 24, of Galloway Township, was riding a motorcycle north on Shaffer Avenue in Lawrence Township, Cumberland County, about 6:40 a.m. on Saturday when the vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a tree, according to Sgt. First Class Lawrence Peele, a New Jersey State Police spokesman. Lebron was pronounced dead at the scene, Peele said on Tuesday. Funeral arrangements are being handled by DeMarco-Luisi Funeral Home in Vineland.

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
'HORRENDOUS': South Jersey Mom Jailed After Beating Bloodied Child Unconscious, Reports Say 'HORRENDOUS': South Jersey Mom Jailed After Beating Bloodied Child Unconscious, Reports Say
'Horrendous': South Jersey Mom Jailed After Beating Bloodied Child Unconscious, Reports Say A 21-year-old South Jersey woman is being held in connection with beating her 4-year-old daughter unconscious, according to news reports.  Calling the allegations “horrendous,” a Superior Court judge ordered that the mother of a girl on a ventilator with severe brain injuries remain jailed until an April 8 hearing on charges that she assaulted the toddler, according to NJ Advance Media.  Ellie Muniz @instagramInstagram@_.elliexo._ Elinette S. Muniz, 21, of Millville in Cumberland County, and her boyfriend brought the unconscious child to Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill on Feb. 24, w…

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by Jon Craig
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Trouble Collecting Unemployment? Working NJ Man Pocketed $96,437 Before COVID, Authorities Say Trouble Collecting Unemployment? Working NJ Man Pocketed $96,437 Before COVID, Authorities Say
Trouble Collecting Unemployment? Working NJ Man Pocketed $96,437 Before COVID, Authorities Say Before the coronavirus pandemic drove claims to unprecedented heights, a South Jersey man collected $96,437 in unemployment benefits from the state while holding down a job, said authorities who charged him with theft. Brian Peyton, 50, of Vineland had worked for a major food packaging company in Cumberland County for 27 years, in fact, records show. A state grand jury in Trenton indicted Peyton late last week after prosecutors said he had the benefits directly deposited from July 2010 through January 2017 while remaining employed the entire time, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Man Who Shared Infant Porn, Bestiality Pics Gets 8 Years In Fed Pen NJ Man Who Shared Infant Porn, Bestiality Pics Gets 8 Years In Fed Pen
NJ Man Who Shared Infant Porn, Bestiality Pics Gets 8 Years In Fed Pen Shared videos and photos of men abusing young children -- and even infants -- are sending a South Jersey man to federal prison for a plea-bargained eight years. Bruce Jackson, 32, must serve just about all of the sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Federal Homeland Security Investigations agents said they found files 61 videos and seven photos shared on a public peer-to-peer network from the IP address of a Bridgeton home in Cumberland County owned by the mother of Jackson’s children. The images included one of a man and pre-pubescent female, both naked, having…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Nasty Nor'easter (UPDATE): Expect Blizzard-Like Effects On Travel, Power Nasty Nor'easter (UPDATE): Expect Blizzard-Like Effects On Travel, Power
Nasty Nor'easter (Update): Expect Blizzard-Like Effects On Travel, Power UPDATE: It's not snowfall totals of more than a foot and a half in some New Jersey counties and parts of Pennsylvania that have forecasters concerned about the nasty nor'easter heading our way: It's the blizzard-like conditions. That means travel will be “very difficult to impossible” beginning with the arrival of the prolonged storm around 7 p.m. Sunday and continuing through 1 p.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service said Sunday morning. There will also be power outages from downed trees and snagged wires, as well as flooding in coastal areas. Morris, Sussex and Warren counties are ex…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
SNOW WATCH (UPDATE): Nor’easter Now Expected To Drop Up To 18 Inches In Some Counties SNOW WATCH (UPDATE): Nor’easter Now Expected To Drop Up To 18 Inches In Some Counties
Snow Watch (Update): Nor’easter Now Expected To Drop Up To 18 Inches In Some Counties UPDATE: Forecasts of the coming snowfall leaped to 18 inches, with blizzard-like conditions, for several New Jersey counties beginning Sunday night. That means travel will be “very difficult to impossible” beginning with the arrival of a prolonged nor’easter around 7 p.m. Sunday and continuing through 1 p.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service said Sunday morning. Morris, Sussex and Warren counties are expected to get the worst of it, with 15 to 19 inches of snow expected. Most of the snow there will fall during daylight Monday at a projected clip of an inch an hour during its height. Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
COVID-19: 10 New In-School Outbreaks Reported In NJ, One With 92 Linked Cases COVID-19: 10 New In-School Outbreaks Reported In NJ, One With 92 Linked Cases
Covid-19: 10 New In-School Outbreaks Reported In NJ, One With 92 Linked Cases Ten new COVID-19 outbreaks associated with in-school transmission have been reported in New Jersey this week, according to the state's Coronavirus dashboard Tuesday. The largest outbreak was in an Essex County school, which was linked to 92 cases.. Outbreaks are defined as two or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases among students or staff transmitted within the school or school-related activities. Since the onset of the academic year, there have been 131 confirmed outbreaks across New Jersey with 626 linked cases, the COVID-19 dashboard shows. Those outbreaks were reported in the following …

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by Cecilia Levine