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Armed Man Arrested After Foot Chase In Atlantic City: Police Armed Man Arrested After Foot Chase In Atlantic City: Police
Armed Man Arrested After Foot Chase In Atlantic City: Police An armed man was arrested by Atlantic City police after a foot chase, authorities said. On Sunday, July 2, at 9:30 p.m., Detective Christopher Dodson received information regarding a man in the beach block of California Avenue that was in possession of a handgun. Dodson, along with Detectives Aaron Jones and Eric Evans, and Officer Brandon Bower, located Quadry Wise, police said. As detectives approached to investigate, Wise began to run, police said. As he attempted to jump a fence, he was apprehended and taken into custody without further incident.  A handgun was in Wise’s pants. …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
SEEN HER? 15-Year-Old Girl Missing In South Jersey SEEN HER? 15-Year-Old Girl Missing In South Jersey
Seen HER? 15-Year-Old Girl Missing In South Jersey Multiple teams of search and rescue personnel are deployed on foot, in the sky via drones and in vehicles in the Hurffville, and East Pitman sections of Washington Township. searching for a missing 15-year-old girl. Jacquie Lynn Gregg, of Washington Township, was last seen near her residence in the area of Ferro Drive and Bethel Mill Road on Wednesday, June 14, police said. Jacquie is 5’1” tall, weighs about 120 pounds and was last seen wearing a gray shirt with the letter “A” on it with dark pants. 

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Police Department Hands Out 'Bomb Pops' From New Ice Cream Truck South Jersey Police Department Hands Out 'Bomb Pops' From New Ice Cream Truck
South Jersey Police Department Hands Out 'Bomb Pops' From New Ice Cream Truck A police department in Gloucester County is enhancing community relations by handing out "bomb pops." The Washington Township Police Department has a new mobile ice cream truck to spread the good cheer, it announced on Thursday, May 25. "It has been a difficult secret to keep, but the BIG day is finally here!!!!" they wrote. Police Chief Patrick Gurcsik ecstatically announced their new tool to continue the department’s "priority of positively engaging members of our Washington Township Community." The idea was born, before COVID-19 when the Chief’s cousin Joey, a retired NYPD officer, se…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Wildfire Destroys 257 Acres In South Jersey, 85% Contained Wildfire Destroys 257 Acres In South Jersey, 85% Contained
Wildfire Destroys 257 Acres In South Jersey, 85% Contained A wildfire continued to burn in Burlington County overnight, authorities said. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service was making progress on the fire, which covered 257 acres in Washington Township. The fire was about 85% contained on Wednesday morning April 19, fire officials said. Overnight crews worked to monitor and improve containment lines in addition to extinguishing any hotspots near the fire perimeter. Route 542 had reopened. Old Church Road and River Road remained closed.

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by Jon Craig
Schools
Fights, Assault On Officer Cancels South Jersey High School Carnival Fights, Assault On Officer Cancels South Jersey High School Carnival
Fights, Assault On Officer Cancels South Jersey High School Carnival A South Jersey high school carnival has been cut short by a series of fights, arrests, and an assault on a police officer. Large crowds comprised mostly of people from other towns descended on the Washington Township High School Football & Marching Band Spring Carnival in Gloucester County Friday night, April 14. The carnival was slated to run one more night, but based on events that unfolded, the carnival has been canceled, Washington Township Police Chief Patrick Gurcsik said. "Tonight at the football/band carnival, several fights broke out amongst the large crowds that gat…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Occupant Ejected In Garden State Parkway Rollover Occupant Ejected In Garden State Parkway Rollover
Occupant Ejected In Garden State Parkway Rollover A victim was in traumatic arrest after being ejected in a rollover evening rush-hour crash at the northern end of the Garden State Parkway, responders said. New Jersey State Police summoned a medical chopper following the crash on the southbound parkway at mile marker 166.8 Pascack Valley Toll Plaza in Washington Township shortly after 5 p.m. Given the severity of the injuries, they opted to have the unconscious, unresponsive victim taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center. An ALS unit from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood handled the job. Southbound traffic was backed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Convicted Pedophile Delivery Driver Charged With Trafficking Child Porn In Bergen (Again) Convicted Pedophile Delivery Driver Charged With Trafficking Child Porn In Bergen (Again)
Convicted Pedophile Delivery Driver Charged With Trafficking Child Porn In Bergen (Again) A convicted sex offender from Hackensack who works as a delivery driver was arrested after authorities said he returned to trafficking child porn. Jonah Llull, 27, served three years in state prison following convictions for forcing an underage teen into sex in 2013 and possessing child pornography in 2016, records show. He was released from custody in June 2019. Detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit seized Llull following a warranted search of his apartment in the Quail Heights development on Prospect Avenue in Hackensack on Thursday, March 16. Llull,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Woman Robbed At Gunpoint By Man Who Followed Her Home From NJ ATM: Police Woman Robbed At Gunpoint By Man Who Followed Her Home From NJ ATM: Police
Woman Robbed At Gunpoint By Man Who Followed Her Home From NJ ATM: Police A woman from South Jersey said a man followed her home from an ATM and robbed her at gunpoint, authorities said. Washington Township police released photos of a black Dodge Charger that the robbery suspect may have been driving. A 26-year-old victim said she finished work and stopped at the TD Bank in Glassboro to use the ATM before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The victim said that she observed the Dodge Charger sitting in the drive-through line next to her vehicle. The victim made a transaction and left the bank.  When the victim arrived home she began approaching her house and not…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
South Jersey School Districts Will Delay Start After Super Bowl South Jersey School Districts Will Delay Start After Super Bowl
South Jersey School Districts Will Delay Start After Super Bowl Students at two Gloucester County school districts will get to watch the big game and sleep in the next day thanks to a delayed opening. The superintendent of schools at Washington Township Public Schools announced a two-hour delay on Monday, Feb. 13. The Philadelphia Eagles face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII on Sunday night, Feb. 12, starting at 6:30 p.m. "We believe it is important that our WTPS community has the opportunity to enjoy this exciting time together in a way that allows our staff and students to come to school the next day rested and ready to learn," said Int…

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by Jon Craig
News
Bergen County Chef Gets Sweet Surprise While Filming Gordon Ramsay Cooking Show Bergen County Chef Gets Sweet Surprise While Filming Gordon Ramsay Cooking Show
Bergen County Chef Gets Sweet Surprise While Filming Gordon Ramsay Cooking Show Bergen County's Michelle Calcagni and her husband Anthony had been trying to get pregnant for about a year without luck. After months of high hopes and letdowns for the Washington Township couple, they decided to stop trying, and just relax.  But when 31-year-old Calcagni was abroad last September and one week into filming Gordon Ramsay cooking show "Next Level Chef," she noticed she was especially emotional, and her menstrual cycle was late. Calcagni, an Oradell native, took two pregnancy tests. They were both positive. "I was stunned," said Calcagni, who is competing in the Home Chef c…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Woman Indicted For Killing Mom With Broomstick: Report Woman Indicted For Killing Mom With Broomstick: Report
Woman Indicted For Killing Mom With Broomstick: Report A 65-year-old woman has been indicted for killing her mother with a broomstick, NJ Advance Media reports. Washington Township resident Loretta A. Barr allegedly struck 80-year-old Florence Dicriscio several times during a fight at their apartment, the outlet said. Dicriscio suffered a brain bleed, compacted vertebrae and broken ribs in the Saturday, Aug. 6 assault before being taken to a Philadelphia hospital, where she died three days later from blunt force trauma to the head and chest, the outlet said, citing court documents. DiCriscio Florence J. "Peggy" passed away peacefully on A…

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by Jon Craig
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$1M, Sixteen $50K Powerball Tickets Sold Across NJ As Jackpot Rolls To $1.9B $1M, Sixteen $50K Powerball Tickets Sold Across NJ As Jackpot Rolls To $1.9B
$1M, Sixteen $50K Powerball Tickets Sold Across NJ As Jackpot Rolls To $1.9B A $1 million Powerball ticket and a slew of third-tier winning tickets were sold across New Jersey, as the jackpot rolls to yet another record-high. The numbers from the Saturday, Nov. 5 drawing  were: 28, 45, 53, 56 and 69. The Red Power Ball number was 20. The Power Play was 3X. The $1 million ticket was sold at Quick Stop, 940 Inman Ave. in Edison. The $150,000 ticket was sold at Township Stationary on Pascack Road in Washington Township. The $50,000 tickets were sold at the following locations: Atlantic County: New International Supermarket, 4101 Ventnor Ave., Atlan…

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by Cecilia Levine