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Police & Fire
52 Arrested In 'Elaborate' Cockfighting Ring In South Jersey: Police
More than 50 people were arrested after police broke up a large cockfighting ring in Atlantic County, authorities said. Galloway Township police executed a search warrant at a home on the 300 block of South Bremen Avenue on Saturday, Mar. 9, the department said in a news release. When officers arrived, a large group of people were there and many tried to run away before they were detained. Investigators found an "elaborate cockfighting operation" that included a fighting ring, seating for spectators, and several cockfighting kits. About 50 roosters were found in "various degrees of health" …
Police & Fire
IDs Released In Action News NJ Helicopter Crash
Action News has released the names of the pilot and team photographer killed in a helicopter crash Tuesday night, Dec. 19 in New Jersey. Monroe Smith, 67, of Glenside, PA, was the pilot, and Christopher Dougherty, 45, of Oreland, PA, was the photographer, according to the news station. They had departed from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport before 7:30 p.m., in a Eurocopter AS350B2, headed toward Galloway Township, NJ, according to the FAA and 6abc. The helicopter's altitude dropped while heading back to Philadelphia, and crashed in the Wharton State Forest, Action News says. The wrecka…
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ABC News Helicopter Crashes In NJ Killing Pilot, Photographer, Station Says
(Note: this story has been updated with new details from 6abc.) An Action News team was killed when a Chopper 6 helicopter crashed in New Jersey on Tuesday night, Dec. 19, the outlet itself reported. UPDATE: IDs Released In Action News NJ Helicopter Crash "It has been a devastating day for the Action News team after two crew members on board Chopper 6 were killed in a crash on Tuesday night," the news station said. They were identified as 67-year-old pilot Monroe Smith of Glenside, PA, and 45-year-old photographer Christopher Dougherty of Oreland, PA. 6abc says the p…
Police & Fire
Wildfire Burns 2,100 Acres Of Wharton State Forest
A wildfire consumed more than 2,100 acres of Wharton State Forest in South Jersey from Sunday, June 19 into Monday. Fueled by dry and breezy conditions, approximately 20 percent of the blaze had been contained as of midnight. The fire consumed parts of the park spanning Washington, Shamong, Hammonton and Mullica Townships. Road closures: ⚠️ Route 206 – from Chew Road to Stokes Road (beginning 12 a.m.) ⚠️ Route 542 – from Green Bank Road to Columbia Road Park closures: Batsto Village and all associated hiking and mountain bike trails were closed to visitors. The Mullica Rive…
Police & Fire
Near
Drowning
: Boy Unresponsive After Ocean City Lifeguards Pull 3 From Rip Current
One of three children was hospitalized in serious condition after being rescued by lifeguards from a rip current in Ocean City Saturday, May 21, NJ Advance Media reports The 12-year-old Mays Landing boy was "breathing on his own but unresponsive," when he and the two other children from Hammonton were saved by beach patron off 10th Street around noon, the outlet said citing local officials. He was rushed to the trauma center at Cooper University Hospital, while the other two were taken to Shore Medical Center as a precaution, NJ.com says. Click here for more from NJ Adv…
Police & Fire
Fugitive Wanted For Setting
Humc
Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
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 were n…
Police & Fire
IT'S
Over
: Fugitive Sought For Setting
Humc
Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
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 his own hand 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 w…
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Married State Police Couple Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl, NJ Attorney General Charges
Video shows that a married New Jersey State Police detective couple lied when they claimed they weren’t involved in a North Wildwood bar fight early last year, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Detective Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Ogden, 52, and Detective Sgt. Dorothy Ogden, 46, both of Hammonton, received summonses Thursday charging them with falsifying or tampering with records, Grewal said. Video from the bar shows Gregory Ogden pushing people and trying to get at a man who bouncers were escorting out of the Exit 6 bar on Feb. 20, 2020, the attorney general said. Ogen is seen…
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Prosecutor: Atlantic County Man Sexually Abused Teenager For 8 Years
A 43-year-old man from South Jersey has been arrested for sexually abusing a 19-year-old woman multiple times for eight years, authorities said. The alleged sexual abuse by the Hammonton resident began when the girl was 11, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner. Dan Bocelle was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and five additional sexual assault-related charges, Tyner said. Atlantic County SWAT members helped take the suspect into custody at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday as he pulled into his driveway, Tyner said. Warranted searches of Bocelle’s house, place…
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BIG
Winner
: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $529K Sold In Atlantic County
There is a new "half-millionaire" in South Jersey. A winning Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $529,030 was sold at a Shoprite in Hammonton, state Lottery officials said. One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn from the Wednesday Jersey Cash 5 game. The winning numbers were: 01, 07, 15, 17, and 35 and the XTRA number was: 03. The lucky ShopRite retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket. That Jersey Cash 5 prize-winning ticket was sold at Hammonton ShopRite, 80 S. Whitehorse Pike in Hammonton.
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