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Man's Suicide Attempt Closes Route 42 For Hours: State Police (UPDATE) Man's Suicide Attempt Closes Route 42 For Hours: State Police (UPDATE)
Man's Suicide Attempt Closes Route 42 For Hours: State Police (Update) Police activity that closed Route 42 in Bellmawr for hours has come to an end. For seven hours, the man stood on the ledge of the I-295 overpass, closing Route 42 below in both directions on Thursday afternoon, April 4 near Exit 14. "We were able to get the individual some help," said New Jersey State Trooper, who declined to provide further details. Photos at the scene show tractor trailers lined up under the bridge and police speaking to the man, standing on a ledge of the overpass. Sometime after 9 p.m., Bellmawr police said only that the situation had been "peacefully resolved." …

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup
Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup A mail carrier, a train conductor and a retired corrections officer are among 31 men charged amid a massive roundup that produced some horrifying stories about online child sex abuse in the age of COVID, New Jersey authorities announced Wednesday. One of them offered money and other prizes through a social media “game” that he created to convince underage girls to send him nude photos, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Another got victims between 7 and 15 years old to send him sexual photos, then pressured them to send more by threatening to share those he had online, he said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Camden Driver Surrenders In I-295 Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, State Police Say Camden Driver Surrenders In I-295 Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, State Police Say
Camden Driver Surrenders In I-295 Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, State Police Say A 26-year-old Camden man surrendered to New Jersey State Police Monday on accusations he struck and killed a 27-year-old Philadelphia man on Interstate 295 last week, authorities confirmed. Alfredo Vergara Jr. is accused of hitting Shariff Harrison, who was walking along the northbound side of 295 in West Deptford around around 4 a.m. May 19, NJSP Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Vergara -- whose driver's license was suspended -- apparently called police later that day and identified himself as the driver, NJ.com reports.  He apparently waited five days before he surrender to troopers Monday at …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Airline Bans Defiant NJ Gym Owner Over Maskless Trip From CPAC Home To Philly Airline Bans Defiant NJ Gym Owner Over Maskless Trip From CPAC Home To Philly
Airline Bans Defiant NJ Gym Owner Over Maskless Trip From CPAC Home To Philly A New Jersey gym owner who made headlines for refusing to close his facility at the onset of the pandemic is yet again causing more controversy. Ian Smith, 33 -- who owns Atilis Gym in Bellmawr -- is banned from American Airlines after refusing to wear a mask on a recent trip. Smith was flying in to Philadelphia after attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, and apparently refused to wear a mask on the flight, airline officials confirmed. Smith shared a screenshot of an email he received from the airline on Instagram. View this post o…

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by Cecilia Levine