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South Jersey Air Force Vet Named NJ Adjutant General, 1st Black Woman Heading National Guard
An Air Force veteran from Burlington County has been nominated as the next New Jersey Adjutant General, Gov. Phil Murphy announced. Effective Monday, July 1, Colonel Yvonne L. Mays of Lumberton Township also would become the state's first black woman in the state's history to head up the New Jersey National Guard. The opening as acting head of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs comes after the departure of Major General Lisa J. Hou, who has accepted a new assignment as the director of the Office of the Joint Surgeon General, National Guard Bureau. The nomination is …
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South Jersey Drug Dealer Sentenced In Fatal Fentanyl Overdose: Prosecutor
An Atlantic City drug dealer has been sentenced to seven years in New Jersey state prison for causing the death of a 37-year-old woman who fatally overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin, authorities said. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Kahlil Carpenter, 31, pleaded guilty last month to strict liability for drug-induced death in exchange for the prison term. “Fentanyl has destroyed so many families and devastated several of our communities,” Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said. “We must take extraordinary measures to offer protection…
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100 Pounds Marijuana, 243K Cash Seized, 5 Arrested In Burlington County Storefront Bust
Nearly a quarter-million dollars in cash and more than 100 pounds of marijuana were seized during a raid on an illegal marijuana dispensary doing business in a Route 38 strip mall in Burlington County, authorities said. The bust resulted in five arrests, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina alongside Lumberton Township Police Officer in Charge Lt. Anthony Nippins. Additionally, 48 packets of heroin and more than a pound of psychedelic mushrooms also were seized as a result of the investigation into the operation, which was run inside a store that went by the name of …
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Atlantic City Drug Dealer Sold Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To 37-Year-Old OD Victim, Prosecutor Says
An Atlantic City drug dealer was charged in a 2019 overdose death of a 37-year-old victim from Burlington County, authorities announced. Holly Morris met Kahlil Carpenter, 30, in Lumberton Township the day before her death to buy the drugs, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Officers on Dec. 14, 2019, found Morris dead in a bed inside her Inverness Circle home in Evesham Township, Coffina said. An autopsy performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood determined she died from fentanyl toxicity, with levels in her system…
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HER? South Jersey Police Search For Missing Teenage Girl, Authorities Say
A search continues for a 17-year-old South Jersey girl missing for a month, authorities said. Gabriella McWilliams left her group home on May 18, Lumberton Township police said. There have been several unconfirmed sightings of her in other parts of Burlington County including Pemberton and Shamong townships, police said. Gabby is 5-foot-5 and about 125 pounds with brown hair. She goes to Hampton Academy in Mount Holly, which educates students with social, emotional, academic or behavioral challenges, according to her mother and police. Anyone who may know her wher…
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Burlington Prosecutor: Atlantic City Drug Dealer Charged In Fatal Overdose
A 30-year-old Atlantic City man has been arrested for selling drugs that resulted in a fatal overdose, authorities said. Kahlil Carpenter, 30, of the 1800 block of Marmora Avenue, was charged with first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death and other drug-related charges, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Evesham Township Police Chief Christopher Chew. A 37-year-old woman suffered a fatal overdose in Evesham Township last year on fentanyl-laced heroin she bought from Carpenter the day before she died, Coffina and Chew said. Carpenter was served with …
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State Police: South Jersey Woman Illegally Gave Sick Puppy Prescription Drugs
A 46-year-old woman from Burlington County has been arrested for giving medicine to a sick puppy while falsely claiming to be a member of an animal rescue group, authorities said. Dawn Abrams, 46, of Shamong was charged with impersonation, unlicensed practice of medicine and unlawful distribution of prescription drugs, according to New Jersey State Police Superintendent Patrick J. Callahan and Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. On Oct. 26, troopers from the state police's Red Lion Station were contacted about a Westie/Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy mix that was purchased…
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