NJ Students' Spring Break Plans Fouled By Airline Cancellations: Reports NJ Students' Spring Break Plans Fouled By Airline Cancellations: Reports
NJ Students' Spring Break Plans Fouled By Airline Cancellations: Reports Foul weather in Florida was blamed for wrecking spring break travel plans for many New Jersey high school students, as originally reported by NJ Advance Media. FlightAware, a website that tracks flights, noted major disruptions at several Florida airports, including in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and Orlando, as well as in Baltimore and New York, among others. More than 3,500 US flights were canceled nationwide, according to The Associated Press. Seniors at West Deptford and Gateway Regional High Schools in Gloucester County were among those whose flights were canceled, according to 6ABC…
South Jersey Officer Indicted In Off-Duty Domestic Violence Clash: Report South Jersey Officer Indicted In Off-Duty Domestic Violence Clash: Report
South Jersey Officer Indicted In Off-Duty Domestic Violence Clash: Report A 37-year-old South Jersey police officer has been indicted for trying to strangle a woman while off-duty, NJ Advance Media reported. Myron V. Ford, with the Deptford Township Police Department since 2009, was indicted by a Gloucester County grand jury last week on a charge of aggravated assault/strangling a domestic violence victim, the outlet said. He was arrested by Deptford police at his apartment on Sept. 30, 2021. He was accused of forcefully shoving the woman against a door at her apartment, scratching her right arm and chin, and “placing his hands around the victim’s neck in a…
Feds: NJ Man Admits He Ran Guns From Georgia With Online Dating Match Feds: NJ Man Admits He Ran Guns From Georgia With Online Dating Match
Feds: NJ Man Admits He Ran Guns From Georgia With Online Dating Match An ex-con from New Jersey most likely didn't list "gun running" among his hobbies when he made an online love connection with a Southern woman. It'll be quite some time before Dylan Ianncelli, 28, of Gloucester County dates again -- either online or off -- after admitting in federal court on Wednesday, March 9, that he and his Georgia peach trafficked nearly a dozen firearms into New Jersey. Ianncelli went down to Georgia after meeting Jessy Hill, who authorities said bought 11 guns from a licensed dealer on Aug. 12, 2021. Hill "falsely indicated during the purchase that she was the actual…
'Forever Chemicals' NJ Town's Water Center Of Major Study 'Forever Chemicals' NJ Town's Water Center Of Major Study
'Forever Chemicals' NJ Town's Water Center Of Major Study Researchers at Rutgers University will be studying the long-term health effects of chemicals in a Gloucester County town's contaminated water supply. The pollution came from a plastics plant near Paulsboro. Solvay Solexis and Arkema of West Deptford settled a class-action lawsuit to clean up the drinking water believed contaminated back to 1980. PFAS — which are "forever" chemicals — are man-made chemicals that have been used in industry and manufacturing of consumer products since the 1950s, Rutgers says. Paulsboro, a town of 6,000 on the Delaware River, recorded the highest rate of …
GOTCHA! Ramsey Police Nab Late-Night Parts Thieves At Route 17 Dealership GOTCHA! Ramsey Police Nab Late-Night Parts Thieves At Route 17 Dealership
Gotcha! Ramsey Police Nab Late-Night Parts Thieves At Route 17 Dealership Ramsey police nabbed a trio of late-night part-strippers from South Jersey at a Route 17 auto dealership. Israel F. Ortiz, 19, and Britney Jimenez, 20, were arrested and a juvenile detained after police converged on the Mitsubishi dealership on the southbound highway just past Island Road shortly at 11:30 Wednesday, Feb. 16. The trio from Sewell in Gloucester County were "in the process of removing parts from a vehicle using battery-powered tools," Ramsey Police Chief Brian M. Lyman said. Jimenez, it turned out, had four outstanding warrants out of Camden County, records show. She and Ort…
UPDATE: HUMC Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack UPDATE: HUMC Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack
Update: Humc Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees we…
Convicted Armed Robber Reindicted For DWI Crash That Killed Rowan Student Convicted Armed Robber Reindicted For DWI Crash That Killed Rowan Student
Convicted Armed Robber Reindicted For DWI Crash That Killed Rowan Student A convicted felon serving federal prison time for a string of armed robberies in Connecticut has been indicted, again -- this time in a drunken-driving crash that killed a Rowan University senior nine years ago, NJ Advance Media reported. The DWI case has taken many twists and turns: Derrick D. Gilliam, 35, won an appeal of his homicide conviction last January on the grounds that police took an unwarranted draw of his blood at the hospital after the fatal crash, the outlet said. Matthew Uhl, 22, of Little Egg Harbor, was just two weeks away from college graduation when he was allegedly stru…
WINNERS: 3 NJ Mega Millions Lottery Players Take Home $10K WINNERS: 3 NJ Mega Millions Lottery Players Take Home $10K
Winners: 3 NJ Mega Millions Lottery Players Take Home $10K Three lucky Mega Millions players won $10,000 apiece, New Jersey Lottery officials said. There were three third-tier prizewinning tickets sold for Tuesday's drawing that matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball. Those winning tickets were purchased at the following locations: Gloucester County: Plazma Liquor, 401 Buck Road in Glassboro; Middlesex County: Future Gas Station LLC, 2720 US Highway 130 in North Brunswick; and, Ocean County: Rite Aid #2529, 895 West Bay Ave. in Barnegat. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Jan. 25, drawing were: 03, 12, 38, 53, and 58. The G…
How Much Snow Did You Get? These Are Totals By Town In New Jersey How Much Snow Did You Get? These Are Totals By Town In New Jersey
How Much Snow Did You Get? These Are Totals By Town In New Jersey New Jerseyans on Friday woke up to several inches of snow on the ground in the first major storm for some and second for others this week. Most of the state got somewhere between four and six inches, according to the National Weather Service. Areas in Sussex County got the last amount of snow, average between 1.8 and 3 inches. The most amount of snow seems to have landed in parts of Bergen and Gloucester counties: 6 to 7.3 inches. Here are the averages across New Jersey from north to south, according to the National Weather Service's legend: Newton: 3 inches Lake Hopatcong: 3.6 Jefferson…
WINNERS: Trio Of $50K Powerball Tickets Sold In NJ WINNERS: Trio Of $50K Powerball Tickets Sold In NJ
Winners: Trio Of $50K Powerball Tickets Sold In NJ Three New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn on Christmas, officials said. That match was good enough to win a $50,000 third-tier prize.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Camden County: Warwick Wines & Spirits, 600 S. Warwick Rd., Suite 7, HiNella; Essex County: Belleville Liquors, 736 Belleville Avenue., Belleville; and Gloucester County: Pantry 1 Food Mart, 150 Kings Highway, Jefferson St., Mount Royal. The winning numbers for the Saturday, Dec. 25, drawing were: 27, 29, 45, 55, and 58. The Red Power Ball num…
Powerball Tickets Good For $50K, $100K Sold In NJ Powerball Tickets Good For $50K, $100K Sold In NJ
Powerball Tickets Good For $50K, $100K Sold In NJ Two lucky Powerball tickets winning $50,000 and $100,000 were sold in New Jersey. The tickets were from the Saturday, Dec. 11 drawing.  The winning numbers for the Saturday, December 11, drawing were: 03, 25, 44, 53, and 64. The Red Power Ball number was 10. The Power Play was 2X. The tickets were sold at the following locations: Bergen County ($100,000): Metro Wine & Liquors, 89 Route 17 South, East Rutherford; and, Gloucester County ($50,000): Dollar Dream, 532 Glassboro Rd., Woodbury Heights. More than 38,900 New Jersey players took home an estimated $198,913 in prizes ra…
Philadelphia Man Who Killed NJ Stepdad Over Gay Dinner Guest Indicted: Report Philadelphia Man Who Killed NJ Stepdad Over Gay Dinner Guest Indicted: Report
Philadelphia Man Who Killed NJ Stepdad Over Gay Dinner Guest Indicted: Report A Gloucester County grand jury indicted a Philadelphia man in the shooting death of his stepfather after an argument over a gay dinner guest, according to NJ Advance Media. Christian A. Smith, 23, was indicted on one count of first-degree murder and a second-degree count of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose after killing Woolwich's Dennis McKenzie, 43, when he learned about the sexual orientation of a guest McKenzie invited to a gathering last October, the outlet said. Smith told his stepdad that he did not "approve" of the guest's presence and that their house was a "house of …