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Philly Man Caught Promoting Prostitution, Selling Meth, Heroin In South Jersey, Police Say Philly Man Caught Promoting Prostitution, Selling Meth, Heroin In South Jersey, Police Say
Philly Man Caught Promoting Prostitution, Selling Meth, Heroin In South Jersey, Police Say A Philadelphia man was arrested after he was caught promoting prostitution and selling meth and heroin in South Jersey, authorities said. Jeff Keopetoon was behind the wheel of a blue Toyota SUV that was being driven suspiciously in parking lots near the MarketFair Mall, Hyatt Place hotel, and several restaurants in Princeton just after 3:05 a.m. on Thursday, March 31, West Windsor Police said. After circling the parking lots several times, Keopetoon stopped in front of the Hyatt and picked up a woman before continuing to drive erratically, police said. Officers stopped Keopetoon and alleg…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJ Man Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet Gets 27 Months, No Parole NJ Man Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet Gets 27 Months, No Parole
NJ Man Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet Gets 27 Months, No Parole UPDATE: A South Jersey man who concocted a GoFundMe scheme with his then-girlfriend that conned 14,000 donors across the country out of $400,000 to purportedly benefit a homeless veteran is headed to federal prison. Mark D’Amico, 42, formerly of Bordentown, must serve just about all of his plea-bargained 27-month sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. He also must pay restitution and undergo gambling, drug and mental-health counseling under the sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman in Camden on Friday, April 1. Three years of supervision will als…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
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…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Passenger, 66, Dies Of Injuries From Fatal DWI Crash In South Jersey: Police Philadelphia Passenger, 66, Dies Of Injuries From Fatal DWI Crash In South Jersey: Police
Philadelphia Passenger, 66, Dies Of Injuries From Fatal DWI Crash In South Jersey: Police A 66-year-old Philadelphia passenger has died from her injuries in a wrong-way drunk driving crash in South Jersey, authorities said. Melinda S. Hart died Tuesday at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, Gloucester Township police said on Monday, March 21. Hart was a passenger in a car that was hit head-on about 2 p.m. on Feb. 24 on the Black Horse Pike near Landing Road. The Gloucester Township Police Department Serious Crash Investigation Team (SCIT) conducted an investigation into the cause of the crash. It determined that the driver of a gray Chevrolet Traverse, Elizabeth V. McDonel, 4…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Who Filmed Sex Assaults On Young Girl, Showed Buddy Gets 15 Years South Jersey Man Who Filmed Sex Assaults On Young Girl, Showed Buddy Gets 15 Years
South Jersey Man Who Filmed Sex Assaults On Young Girl, Showed Buddy Gets 15 Years A 28-year-old South Jersey man who videotaped sexual assaults of a young girl was sentenced to 15 years in State Prison, authorities announced Thursday, March 10. Cody Rodriguez must serve the entire term before becoming eligible for parole, under the sentence imposed by the Superior Court Judge Philip E. Haines. Rodriguez in September pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault. The investigation began in March 2021, when Rodriguez showed videos on his phone to a friend, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. That person then told the victim’s parents, who contacted the Pem…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PA Man Stabs 1 Person, Runs Over Another At NJ Wawa: Police PA Man Stabs 1 Person, Runs Over Another At NJ Wawa: Police
PA Man Stabs 1 Person, Runs Over Another At NJ Wawa: Police A 25-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested in connection with an assault on two men at a South Jersey Wawa, authorities said. Anthony Cordero of Levittown, PA, surrendered to police on Tuesday, March 1 in connection with the Feb. 20 incidents, Edgewater Park Township police said. Cordero is accused of stabbing one man and running over a second victim with his car at the Wawa Store, 4167 S. Route 130, police said. He was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, one count of assault by auto, four counts of making terroristic threats and weapons offenses, police said. Cordero was…

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by Jon Craig
Weather
Here's How Much Snow Is Expected In Storm Headed To Region Here's How Much Snow Is Expected In Storm Headed To Region
Here's How Much Snow Is Expected In Storm Headed To Region Put your rain boots back in the closet and get the snow boots out.  The second storm of the week is headed to the Northeast, and it's bringing four to six inches of a wintry mix with it, meteorologists are saying. "We have twin storms this week," AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said, adding, "They are not identical but more like fraternal twins." Between one and two-tenths of ice accumulations are expected, along with between four and six inches of snow/sleet in Greater Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, and Northwestern New Jersey Thursday into Friday, the National …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Gunman Indicted In South Jersey Sandwich Shop Killing: Prosecutor Philadelphia Gunman Indicted In South Jersey Sandwich Shop Killing: Prosecutor
Philadelphia Gunman Indicted In South Jersey Sandwich Shop Killing: Prosecutor A 20-year-old Philadelphia man has been indicted on charges filed in connection with a deadly shooting in a South Jersey shopping center parking lot, authorities said. Lamar Johnson followed Nasir Phillips, 18, to Willingboro Town Center and opened fire while he was leaving a sandwich shop on Oct. 11, 2021, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Phillips, who was found in his car, was taken to Virtua Willingboro Hospital with gunshot wounds to his hand and abdomen, then flown to the trauma center at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. Johnson was arrested Nov. 15 in Sharon…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Volunteer Firefighter From NJ Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor Volunteer Firefighter From NJ Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor
Volunteer Firefighter From NJ Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor A 36-year-old volunteer firefighter from South Jersey has been arrested on child porn charges, authorities said. Jay J. Howe of Bordentown Township was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Bordentown Township Police Chief Brian Pesce. Howe, who is a member of a volunteer fire department in Bordentown City, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 9  Howe was taken into custody at his residence after a warranted search, the prosecutor said. Electronic devices seized during the search will be examined by…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ Transit Bus Crashes On Atlantic City Expressway, 5 Injured NJ Transit Bus Crashes On Atlantic City Expressway, 5 Injured
NJ Transit Bus Crashes On Atlantic City Expressway, 5 Injured Five people were hurt early Tuesday, Feb. 8 when a New Jersey Transit bus crashed into the woods along the Atlantic City Expressway westbound in South Jersey, authorities said. The route 551 bus was en route from Atlantic City to Philadelphia when it careened off the expressway and hit several trees at about 4 a.m, in Hamilton Township, a New Jersey Transit spokesman said. NJ Transit bus crashTwitter/ Carissa Lawson Four of the nine passengers as well as the driver sustained injuries and were brought to area hospitals for treatment, New Jersey State Police said.  The driver was entrapp…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor
Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor A 49-year-old man from Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for human trafficking and failing to register as a sex offender, authorities said. Michael Tedesco, of Reading, admitted transporting women to motels in South Jersey to engage in paid sexual encounters that he arranged and then keeping a portion of what they earned for himself, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Tedesco pleaded guilty in December to first-degree human trafficking as well as third-degree failure to register as a sex offender for an unrelated offense, Coffina sa…

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by Jon Craig
News
CHILLING VIDEO: Relentless Knife-Wielding NJ War Vet Goads Police Before He's Shot CHILLING VIDEO: Relentless Knife-Wielding NJ War Vet Goads Police Before He's Shot
Chilling Video: Relentless Knife-Wielding NJ War Vet Goads Police Before He's Shot "That was stupid," a defiant, machete-wielding Iraq War veteran said after a local South Jersey police officer shot him during a confrontation earlier this month. Video from body cameras worn by the two Millville police officers involved in the incident show them pointing their guns and flashlight at city resident Daniel Ackley, 33, as he relentlessly advances on them the night of Jan. 4. In Ackley's raised right hand is a large knife, the videos released by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office show. The two officers plead with Ackley dozens of times to drop the weapon as they back do…

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by Jerry DeMarco