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Woman's Screams Lead To Attempted Murder Charge For Christmas Strangler In NJ: Police Woman's Screams Lead To Attempted Murder Charge For Christmas Strangler In NJ: Police
Woman's Screams Lead To Attempted Murder Charge For Christmas Strangler In NJ: Police A 33-year-old man was charged with trying to kill a 52-year-old woman in South Jersey on Christmas. Reports of a woman screaming brought police to N. Franklin and W. Arbor Avenue in Buena Borough just after midnight on Monday, Dec. 25, Franklin Township police said. The Mays Landing woman was disoriented and bleeding from her head, police found after Justin Lopez, of Landisville, had strangled her and thrown a brick at her head, police said. The woman was hospitalized while Lopez was charged with aggravated assault, strangulation, and unlawful possession of a weapon. He was held in the Atl…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Vigil Planned For South Jersey Home Explosion Victims Vigil Planned For South Jersey Home Explosion Victims
Vigil Planned For South Jersey Home Explosion Victims A vigil has been planned for the victims of a deadly house fire that killed four people, including two small children in Atlantic County. Two men were among those killed when a home on Northwest Boulevard in Buena Borough exploded at 10:35 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, authorities said. According to Facebook posts, the mother of the 2- and 3-year-old victims, shared a planned vigil at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, across from the site of the fire in the 300 block of Northwest Boulevard in the Landisville section of Buena. The vigil is in loving memory of the children killed, Lyanni and Leovani, accordi…

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by Jon Craig
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Witnesses Heard Explosions As Fire Destroys Home In South Jersey (VIDEO) Witnesses Heard Explosions As Fire Destroys Home In South Jersey (VIDEO)
Witnesses Heard Explosions As Fire Destroys Home In South Jersey (Video) A home was destroyed by fire in a four-alarm blaze in Atlantic County. The fire broke out on Northwest Boulevard in Buena Borough at about 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 3.  Residents reported hearing at least two explosions, according to Facebook posts. Video from a witness driving past the fire scene shows flames spreading to a neighboring home.

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man's Fingerprint Found On Duct Tape In Home Invasion Robbery: Prosecutor South Jersey Man's Fingerprint Found On Duct Tape In Home Invasion Robbery: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man's Fingerprint Found On Duct Tape In Home Invasion Robbery: Prosecutor A 46-year-old man from Atlantic County was convicted of robbery in an armed home invasion, authorities said. An Atlantic County jury found Michael Hayes, of Absecon, guilty of a total of 15 charges on Tuesday, June 6, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. The jury heard evidence that weeks leading up to the incident, Hayes conspired with an unknown accomplice to rob the victim, the prosecutor said. On Sept. 15, 2020, Hayes and his accomplice waited outside the victim’s house in Buena Borough with masks on and confronted him at gunpoint as he left to go t…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Ex-Convict Admits Possessing Fentanyl, Weapons: Prosecutor South Jersey Ex-Convict Admits Possessing Fentanyl, Weapons: Prosecutor
South Jersey Ex-Convict Admits Possessing Fentanyl, Weapons: Prosecutor A 53-year-old ex-convict admitted possessing fentanyl and weapons, authorities said. Anthony Johnson, of Bridgeton, pleaded guilty in Superior Court on Thursday, Nov. 17 to an indictment charging him with the unlawful possession of fentanyl and certain persons not to possess firearms, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. On July 5, 2022, in Buena Borough, Franklin Township police were patrolling the area in front of the Budget Lodge Motel on Harding Highway when they observed a vehicle on the road with an expired registration, the prosecutor said. Johns…

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by Jon Craig