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Newark Man Avoids Prison After $10K Atlantic City Casino Robbery: Prosecutor
A 51-year-old Newark man was spared prison and accepted into recovery court over the objections of prosecutors after being convicted of robbing a victim of their casino winnings in Atlantic City in 2023, authorities said.
On Friday, Mach 3, 2023, the victim won $20,000 playing poker and was befriended by Robert Reed, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. The next morning, Reed told the victim he missed his bus and asked for a ride, authorities said.
While walking to the victim's car in the parking garage, Reed struck the victim over the head with a glass bottle and took $10,000 in c…
South Jersey Man Gets Life For Fatally Shooting Victim In Head: Prosecutors
A 31-year-old Vineland man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, Jan. 24 for shooting a Bridgeton man who died more than a year after he was shot, authorities said.
Marese Washington Jr., 31, was convicted last October of murder in the first degree, and aggravated assault, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said.
On Friday, July 24, 2020, State police responded to a car crash and found 26-year-old Kesean Bey shot in the head in the driver's seat of his vehicle.
Investigators used surveillance video, ballistic evidence, and cellphone location data to arrest Washingto…
Atlantic City Man Admits To Robbing Multiple Delivery Drivers At Gunpoint: Prosecutor
A 23-year-old Atlantic City man pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Jan. 22 to robbing multiple delivery drivers at gunpoint in 2023, authorities said.
Per the terms of his plea agreement, Majid Harris is expected to be sentenced to 12 years in prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said.
On the evening of Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, Harris ordered food delivery from a store in Atlantic City, authorities said. When the delivery driver arrived with the order, Harris robbed the driver at gunpoint with a handgun, authorities said. Harris took cash from the driver and then fled on foot…
18-Year-Old Invaded Home At Gunpoint: Willingboro Police
An 18-year-old Willingboro resident was arrested and charged after he entered a home at gunpoint on Saturday, Dec. 28, authorities said.
At 7:45 p.m., Jazihe Williams entered a residence on Ballard Lane and proceeded to the second floor, where the homeowner was located in the main bedroom, Willingboro police said. Williams, armed with a black firearm, confronted the homeowner and demanded her purse, wallet, and cellphone, police said.
After obtaining the items, Williams fled the scene, police said. Williams immediately began using several stolen credit cards to make food purchases at variou…
Fugitive Caught In FL Shot Friend Outside South Jersey Restaurant, Police Say (NEW Details)
A fugitive arrested in Florida was accused of shooting a friend outside a Camden restaurant, leaving the victim with a wound near his spine, authorities said.
Edwin Facenda Suriel, 46, was wanted in connection with the Sunday, Nov. 17 incident at El Conuco, a restaurant on Marlton Avenue in Camden, according to a criminal complaint. Suriel was arrested in Haines City, Florida, on outstanding warrants on Monday, Dec. 9.
The complaint said Suriel and the victim started arguing inside the restaurant. Suriel was escorted out of the restaurant and the argument continued outsi…
Homicide Charge Lodged Against Strip Club Shooter From Trenton (Update)
A New Jersey man previously charged in a shooting at a Morrisville gentlemen’s club is now facing a homicide charge after the victim died from his injuries, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
Pedro E. Rodriguez, 28, of Trenton, NJ, is accused of fatally shooting Mekhi Norman, 28, at The Border Gentlemen’s Club at 440 S. Pennsylvania Ave. on Thursday, Aug. 29, authorities said.
Norman, an innocent bystander, was struck in the head, thigh, and torso while trying to assist staff during an altercation at the club’s doorway around 1:15 a.m., police sai…
PA Man Attacked Jersey Shore Homeowner With Thermos In Side Yard, Police Say
A Pennsylvania man was accused of hitting a Middle Township man in the head with a metal thermos early one morning, authorities said.
Michael Bogue of Marcus Hook, PA, was arrested in the attack, the Middle Township Police Department said in a news release on Wednesday, Dec. 4. He was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon, unlawful possession of a weapon, and criminal trespassing.
Middle Township police responded to an assault report on Lafayette Avenue in the Green Creek section at around 5:46 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Officers learned the homeowner first spotted a m…
From Helper To Handcuffs: Atlantic City Man Accused Of Robbing Injured Victim
An Atlantic City man who appeared to help a police officer with someone having a medical emergency was accused of robbing and assaulting that person, authorities said.
Ruben Carlo, 31, was charged with robbery, aggravated assault, and resisting arrest, the Atlantic City Police Department said in a news release on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Someone told an officer about a man who appeared to need medical attention near Tennessee and Atlantic Avenues at around 8:07 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23. Carlo helped the officer tend to the man, who was brought to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atl…
NJ Fugitive Joshua Ronan Arrested For Attempted Murder PA
A New Jersey fugitive accused of beating a man with a brick in Hatfield, Montgomery County, PA, earlier this month has been taken into custody, authorities announced Friday, Nov. 22.
Joshua Ronan, 30, of Lansdale, was arrested without incident at a female friend's apartment on East Main Street in Lansdale, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele, Hatfield Police Chief William Tierney, and Lansdale Police Chief Michael Trail.
Ronan is charged with Criminal Attempt-Murder and other offenses in the Nov. 5, 2024, attack on Mark Miller, 41, of Lansdale, authorities said. …
Man Kills Cellmate In Burlington County Jail: Prosecutor
A Burlington Township man has been charged with killing his cellmate inside the Burlington County Jail, authorities said.
Rondale Holloman, 37, killed Kenneth Bulle, 74, of Mount Holly, in the early morning hours of Nov. 14, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced.
Corrections officers discovered that Holloman had attacked Bulle, who was pronounced dead at the facility, Bradshaw said. An autopsy determined that Bulle died from manual strangulation, according to Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood.
Holloman, who has been jailed since September on second-degree …
Man Sentenced For 2021 New Year's Day Stabbing At South Jersey Park, Prosecutors Say
A Ventnor City man will spend several years in prison after stabbing a man in Absecon on New Year's Day nearly four years ago, authorities said.
William Clanton, 24, was sentenced on Thursday, Nov. 7 to three years in state prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. He was convicted of third-degree aggravated assault.
Absecon police responded to a stabbing at the South Jersey Field Of Dreams baseball park on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Officers found a man with four stab wounds to his head, throat, arm, and stomach.
The victim was rushed to t…
Young NJ Mom's Accused Killer Shot By Philadelphia Police, Authorities Say
A man accused of killing a young New Jersey mother is in critical but stable condition after being shot by police during a tense confrontation in Philadelphia.
Spencer Majett, 29, who has been charged with murder in the Tuesday, Oct. 8 killing of 23-year-old Felicity Vanatta of Salem, NJ, was injured after a police pursuit turned violent on Thursday, Nov. 7, police said.
Officers Josue Reyes and Michael Trask encountered Majett in the city’s Kensington neighborhood. Upon recognizing him as a suspect, the officers attempted to stop him, prompting a foot chase along the 3100 block of Reach St…
Man Admits To Driving High On Meth, Injuring Four People In Toms River Crash: Prosecutors
A Jackson Township man admitted to driving a stolen pickup while high on methamphetamine in a crash that injured another man and three children, authorities said.
Charles Sharkey Jr., 35, pleaded guilty on Monday, Oct. 21 to aggravated assault, driving while intoxicated, and certain person not to possess a firearm, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release.
Sharkey was charged in a crash on Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023. Toms River police responded to the wreck near the intersection of Route 70 and Massachusetts Avenue at around 4 p.m.
Invest…
