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Mother, Son Killed In South Jersey Apartment Fire: Police
A mother and her son were killed in a fire at an apartment complex in Burlington Township, authorities said.
Police saw heavy smoke coming from an apartment at Northgate Village Apartments when they were called at 3 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 24, said Lt. Arthur Gittens, a Burlington Township police spokesman.
Firefighters arrived and pulled a man and a woman from the apartment as they worked to extinguish the fire.
Emergency workers attempted to revive the pair with CPR, but Sandra Stevenson, 62, and Eric Stevenson, 28, were pronounced dead at the scene, the spokesman said.
No one else w…
South Jersey Pair Charged With Illegal Handgun Possession
Two men from Burlington County were arrested and charged with illegally possessing handguns, authorities said.
Brandon T. Russell, 20, was charged with weapons offenses and receiving stolen property, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Willingboro Township Acting Public Safety Director Captain Ian S. Bucs.
Zhamar Duncan, 21, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, they said.
Russell was taken into custody at the residence in the first block of Haskell Lane, Willingboro, where a .40 caliber handgun, hollow point bullets and an extended ammunition …
Suspended NJ Jail Officer Indicted In Shooting That Killed Medical Worker, Wounded Patient
A suspended New Jersey corrections officer who opened fire in a doctor's office when he couldn't book an appointment has been indicted for murder, authorities said.
Bruce Gomola Jr., 52, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina.
Gomola, from Burlington Township, worked at Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly at the time of last summer's fatal shooting at a medical office, Coffina said.
He has been suspended without pay and is being held in a detention facility in northern New Jersey, Coffin…
NJ State Police Identify Pennsylvania Woman Killed In Fiery I-295 Crash
New Jersey State Police have identified the 25-year-old driver killed in a fiery crash in South Jersey early Monday.
The single-car crash was reported at 4:21a.m. on I-295 south at milepost 47.4 in Burlington Township, according to Trooper Alejandro Goez.
A Chevrolet Cruze traveling south went off the roadway to the right, entered the grass median, traveled across the exit ramp, exited the roadway and struck several trees, he said.
As a result, the vehicle became fully engulfed in flames, Goez said.
The driver, Samantha Gregor of Folcroft Township, Pennsylvania, sustained fatal inju…