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Wild Ride: Driver Drags Police Officer, Strikes Pedestrian At Wawa In South Jersey
A 40-year-old Cumberland County took police on a wild pursuit that included dragging a police officer with his car and striking a pedestrian at a Wawa, authorities said.
The driver, Jacob D. Griffiths, 40, of Bridgeton, ultimately was charged with multiple counts of eluding, aggravated assault, obstruction and hindering apprehension, according to the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office.
The pursuit started on Bluebird Lane in Millville at about 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 when an officer was investigating a report of a robbery in Vineland.
Griffiths sped off with a woman in the car, the pr…
Salem County Man Indicted For Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old Girl Is Still At Large
A Salem County grand jury has indicted a Pittsgrove man for allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl, authorities said.
Emeterio Alavez-Cruz, 33, is accused of attacking the girl in June 2021, according to prior news accounts.
New Jersey State Police issued a call for public assistance in locating Alavez-Cruz, who was known to have connections to Rio Grande, Wildwood, Bridgeton, Penns Grove and New Castle, Delaware.
Alavez-Cruz is described as a Hispanic, about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the Stat…
Heroin, Cocaine, Guns Seized From Atlantic City Drug Dealers: Police
Two people were arrested after police recovered heroin, cocaine, and guns in a drug bust in Atlantic City, authorities said.
Jamil Miller, 36, of Bridgeton, and Kameesha Coppin, 33, of Atlantic City, were each charged with more than a dozen counts, the Atlantic City Police Department announced on Wednesday, Feb. 14. They were arrested on Friday, Feb. 9 in a four-week drug-dealing investigation.
Police executed a search warrant at a home on Mediterranean Avenue. Miller and Coppin were taken into custody in that home.
Officers seized three guns, several loaded magazines, and additional ammun…
Cumberland County Coach Indicted For Sexually Assaulting Two Teenage Boys: Prosecutor
A youth sports coach from Cumberland County has been indicted on charges that he sexually assaulted two teenage boys, authorities said.
Robert R. Marino, 73, of Bridgeton, was arrested on July 3, 2023, on charges related to an alleged incident involving a 16-year-old boy, they said.
A grand jury indicted Marino on Jan. 24, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae.
A month after being charged in the first case, a second man claimed Marino sexually assaulted him for several years during the 1990s when he was a teenager and Marine was his coach, the prosecutor previ…
South Jersey Driver Indicted In Hit-Run Crash Killing 10-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor
A grand jury has indicted a Cumberland County woman who allegedly struck a child with her SUV, then drove away without helping the girl, authorities said.
Sierra A. Thomas, 28, of Bridgeton, was driving on May 10, 2023, when police said her SUV struck Larissa Muniz as she crossed East Broad Street in Bridgeton near a Wawa.
Larissa, 10, died of her injuries 18 days later.
Thomas initially was charged on May 30 with second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in the death of another, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae.
A Cumberland County grand jury i…
