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PA Gravestone Thief's Brother Bilked NJ Widow Out Of $5,000, Indictment Says PA Gravestone Thief's Brother Bilked NJ Widow Out Of $5,000, Indictment Says
PA Gravestone Thief's Brother Bilked NJ Widow Out Of $5,000, Indictment Says Another New Jersey widow has come forward alleging she was bilked out of money for a gravestone she never got. Jerry J. Stefan, 49, of Gladwyne, PA, has been indicted alleging he bilked a Deptford, NJ widow out of $5,054 for a gravestone she never received for her late husband. He's the brother of a Pennsylvania gravestone dealer already charged in three states with defrauding gravestone customers. A Gloucester County grand jury indicted Jerry J. Stefan on June 26 on a charge he never provided a gravestone or returned the money he took. He was indicted on a third-degree charge of failure t…

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Officer Facing Long Recovery, Suspect In South Jersey Police Shooting ID'd Officer Facing Long Recovery, Suspect In South Jersey Police Shooting ID'd
Officer Facing Long Recovery, Suspect In South Jersey Police Shooting ID'd UPDATE: Authorities identified a civilian killed during a struggle in which a South Jersey police officer was shot as a 24-year-old local resident. Ring video from the Gloucester County neighborhood reportedly captured a significant portion of the incident. Mitchell Negron Jr., 24, first ran and then struggled with Deptford Police Officer Robert Shisler after being approached on dead-ended Delsea Drive shortly after 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 10, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. "Both individuals were shot in the area of Doman Avenue," Platkin said on Sunday. Negron wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Police-Involved Shooting Death Of South Jersey Man Under Mandatory State Review UPDATE: Police-Involved Shooting Death Of South Jersey Man Under Mandatory State Review
Update: Police-Involved Shooting Death Of South Jersey Man Under Mandatory State Review The death of a South Jersey man in a confrontation with police is under a mandatory review by an arm of the state Attorney General's Office, authorities said. Daniel Nevius Sr., 55, of Sicklerville, was shot and killed in a wooded area of the Gloucester County town of Deptford on Sunday, Jan. 22. Officers confronted Nevius at a location on Fox Run Road in response to a 911 call shortly before 1:30 p.m., according to a release from NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin's office. They were joined there by New Jersey State Police troopers, neighbors said. A short time later, Deptford Police…

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by Jerry DeMarco