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52 Arrested In 'Elaborate' Cockfighting Ring In South Jersey: Police 52 Arrested In 'Elaborate' Cockfighting Ring In South Jersey: Police
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" …

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Burlington County Man Nabbed After Burglarizing Mercer County Home Of Nearly $20K: Police Burlington County Man Nabbed After Burglarizing Mercer County Home Of Nearly $20K: Police
Burlington County Man Nabbed After Burglarizing Mercer County Home Of Nearly $20K: Police A Burlington County man was arrested in Georgia after making off with nearly $20,000 during a home burglary in Mercer County, authorities said. Officers responding to a burglary report at a home in the Penns Neck development in West Windsor around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29 found that the home had been broken in through a window and burglarized of nearly $20,000 in jewelry and other valuables, local police said in a release on Wednesday, Sept. 7. A follow-up investigation found that Bobby David N. Jackson, of Lumberton, had committed the burglary and was found with a vehicle that had …

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by Valerie Musson
News
Armed AutoZone Carjacking Ends With South Jersey Man's Arrest Armed AutoZone Carjacking Ends With South Jersey Man's Arrest
Armed AutoZone Carjacking Ends With South Jersey Man's Arrest An armed carjacking at an AutoZone store in Toms River ended with an arrest of a a 20-year-old man from Burlington County, authorities said. Devin Copley-Clevenger, of Lumberton, is accused of stealing the victim's car at gunpoint in the parking lot of Route 37 east, after the victim agreed to give someone a ride to AutoZone when their car broke down Friday around 4:10 p.m., local police said.  Once at Auto Zone, the victim’s acquaintance exited the car and walked toward the store. The passenger door opened moments later and another male entered the vehicle, brandishing a handgun&…

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by Jon Craig