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Fentanyl, Heroin, BB Gun Land Atlantic City Man In State Slammer
An Atlantic City man was sentenced on Thursday, Jan, 4, to three years in state prison after police found him with a BB gun, heroin, and fentanyl in 2021, authorities said.
Atlantic County prosecutors said 43-year-old Emmanuel Diaz had been convicted of third-degree unlawful possession of a BB gun.
On Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, Atlantic City police saw Diaz walking near South Montpelier Avenue. The officers said when they made eye contact with Diaz, he put what looked like a semi-automatic black handgun in his front pocket.
Officers then searched Diaz and discovered the weapon was actually a …
Pair Sentenced In Drive-By Shooting In South Jersey
Two Atlantic City men were sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison for their roles in a drive-by shooting, authorities said.
Adresce Jones, 20, and Armaad Brooks-Chappelle, 21, were sentenced on charges of attempted murder, unlawful possession of community guns, and related crimes, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
A third defendant, Quran Fenwick, 19, also of Atlantic City, pleaded guilty for his role in the drive-by shooting to charges of attempted murder and possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose.
Although Fenwick was a juvenile at the time of …
South Dakota Man Indicted In Fatal Shooting Of Atlantic City Man: Prosecutor
A 27-year-old man from South Dakota has been indicted for the June killing of an Atlantic City man, authorities said.
Dominique Woodall, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was indicted by an Atlantic County grand jury on Tuesday, Aug. 15, for the shooting death of 30-year-old Terrance Dismuke on June 16, in Egg Harbor City, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
Woodall was indicted for first-degree murder, second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, and second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, the prosecutor said.
Woodall is currently held i…
4 Men Arrested, Atlantic City Police Recover Handguns, Heroin
Four men were arrested and Atlantic City police recovered two handguns and 50 bags of heroin in separate incidents, authorities said on Monday.
At about 6 p.m. on Friday, Atlantic City police officers William Akins III and Justice Martin responded to the 1600 block of Adriatic Avenue on a report of a hit-and-run crash.
The driver who allegedly left the scene, Hassan Muhammad, 39, of Absecon, returned a short time later, Lt. Kevin Fair, a police department spokesman, said on Monday.
Surveillance Center personnel reviewed video footage which allegedly captured Muhammad tossing a handgu…
