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Dramatic Bodycam Video Shows NJ Police Officer Shooting Driver To Stop Backhoe Rampage Dramatic Bodycam Video Shows NJ Police Officer Shooting Driver To Stop Backhoe Rampage
Dramatic Bodycam Video Shows NJ Police Officer Shooting Driver To Stop Backhoe Rampage Dramatic bodycam video released Thursday shows a police officer in South Jersey shooting a man to finally stop him from continuing a destructive rampage with a backhoe in a mobile home park last month that had already left a huge swath of wreckage in its wake. Joshua Gonzalez, 20, of Millville had rammed three police SUVs and an ambulance, damaged civilian vehicles -- including one with a woman inside it -- and either smashed or trampled several properties in the pre-dawn rampage in Vineland on Dec. 18, other footage shows. At one point, Gonzalez used the backhoe to flip a police vehicle o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man, 20, Shot By Police In NJ Backhoe Rampage ID'd Man, 20, Shot By Police In NJ Backhoe Rampage ID'd
Man, 20, Shot By Police In NJ Backhoe Rampage ID'd Authorities on Wednesday identified a rampaging man who was shot and killed by a police officer in South Jersey after he damaged two police vehicles, an ambulance and an occupied civilian sedan with a hijacked backhoe. Joshua Gonzalez, 20, of Millville, kept police at bay for nearly a half-hour during the rampage in Vineland, which began around 5 a.m. Dec. 18, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Video shows one police vehicle being smashed and another being knocked onto its side. An ambulance was toppled, and a sedan was repeatedly struck with a female driver inside. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Man Shot, Killed In Encounter With Police South Jersey Man Shot, Killed In Encounter With Police
South Jersey Man Shot, Killed In Encounter With Police A man was shot and killed during an encounter with police early Saturday in South Jersey, authorities confirmed. Three Vineland police officers sustained minor injuries during the 5:30 a.m. incident at the Penn Lincoln Mobile Home Park in Cumberland County, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. One of the officers "fired his service weapon, fatally wounding the man," Bruck said. "First aid was rendered by officers and emergency medical personnel. The man was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 5:48 a.m." The identities of the man and the officers were being wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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2 Airlifted In South Jersey Home Explosion, 4 Dogs Missing 2 Airlifted In South Jersey Home Explosion, 4 Dogs Missing
2 Airlifted In South Jersey Home Explosion, 4 Dogs Missing Two women were airlifted to area hospitals and at least four dogs were missing following an explosion in Vineland Wednesday, multiple news outlets were reporting. Police rescued one person from the rubble while the other walked out of the Cornucopia Avenue home her own around 12:30 p.m., abc6 reports. The home exploded with such force that the walls blew off raining holiday decorations and building debris across the yard– leave nothing but the building’s foundation, multiple outlets say. The force of the explosion blew the walls out of the building and only left the cement foundation stan…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Dad Dies In Vineland Crash Dad Dies In Vineland Crash
Dad Dies In Vineland Crash A 28-year-old man died after his car overturned in Vineland, police said. Riyad Fuqua was heading west on West Landis Avenue when his 2006 Ford Fusion went off the road near Mill Road around midnight, NJ Advance Media says citing Vineland police. Such a sad day for another family another mom and dad another little girl not being able to see her daddy 🙏🙏🙏Prayers up... Posted by Denise Marie on Sunday, December 12, 2021 The car “struck a curb, a utility pole and trees before it came to rest on its side, police said. Fuqua was pronounced dead at the scene. Those who knew Fuqua remembered …

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by Cecilia Levine
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South Jersey Man Who Fatally Shot A Barber Who Gave Him A Ride Gets 45 Years Prison: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Who Fatally Shot A Barber Who Gave Him A Ride Gets 45 Years Prison: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Who Fatally Shot A Barber Who Gave Him A Ride Gets 45 Years Prison: Prosecutor A 40-year-old South Jersey man has been sentenced to 45 years in state prison in the fatal shooting of a barber who gave him a lift from a crash scene, authorities said. Jule Hannah of Bridgeton was found guilty in July of first-degree murder and weapons charges by a Cumberland County Jury, according to Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. On Jan. 15, 2017, investigators with the Bridgeton Police Department were called out to 406 Spruce Street on a report of a one-car motor vehicle crash. Responding officers found Miguel "Chuito" Lopez Jr., 53, of Vineland, unresponsive in the fro…

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by Jon Craig
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Crystal Meth Sweep Nets 5 Arrests, Weapons In Atlantic County: Prosecutor Crystal Meth Sweep Nets 5 Arrests, Weapons In Atlantic County: Prosecutor
Crystal Meth Sweep Nets 5 Arrests, Weapons In Atlantic County: Prosecutor Five people were arrested and a stash of crystal meth and weapons were seized as part of a multi-agency investigation in South Jersey, authorities said. The arrests were made on Tuesday at a home in Egg Harbor Township, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.  Members of the ACPO Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Unit, Egg Harbor Township police and SWAT successfully executed a “no knock” search warrant at the home without incident, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill said. Shill said these five  individuals were arrested during the warranted search: Jason French…

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by Jon Craig
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Feds Bust South Jersey Man With Homemade Explosives Feds Bust South Jersey Man With Homemade Explosives
Feds Bust South Jersey Man With Homemade Explosives Federal agents busted a South Jersey man with do-it-yourself explosive devices and the materials used to make them, authorities said. Among various other items, Thomas Petronglo, 63, of Vineland had a 5¾-inch diameter metal can filled with potassium perchlorate and aluminum with a fuse sticking out, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Thursday. The mixture is commonly used in commercial fireworks displays. Honig said authorities seized several other improvised devices -- mostly plastic cylinders and cardboard tubes containing "explosive mixtures" that were wrapped in black electrica…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Driver Indicted In Crash That Killed Baby, Parents NJ Driver Indicted In Crash That Killed Baby, Parents
NJ Driver Indicted In Crash That Killed Baby, Parents A New Jersey driver was indicted by a grand jury on 15 counts in a crash that killed a baby and his parents last year. Modesto Pino was under the influence and speeding when he ran a stop sign in Vineland, colliding with an SUV on Nov. 1, 2020, authorities said. The occupants of the SUV were identified as Iban Garcia-Ruiz, 30, his wife, Elisa Perez-Hernandez, 32, and their two children, of Bridgeton, police said. The children were hospitalized with injuries suffered in the crash, and 1-year-old Ivan later died. More than $40,600 had been raised on a GoFundMe in memory of the fam…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Three Bank Robberies With Shot Fired Send NJ Man To Fed Pen For 45 Years Three Bank Robberies With Shot Fired Send NJ Man To Fed Pen For 45 Years
Three Bank Robberies With Shot Fired Send NJ Man To Fed Pen For 45 Years A South Jersey man was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for robbing three banks at gunpoint within weeks of each other, taking more than $22,000 combined and firing a shot at a customer. Stephan Byrd, 46, of Vineland will have to serve just about all of the sentence – meaning he’d have to live at least to 90 before he could again see freedom – because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Rejecting a deal from the government, Byrd went to trial and was convicted in federal court in Camden in April 2019. It began in June 2014, when Byrd robbed the Ocean City Home Bank in Ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Corrections Officer Dies In Route 55 Crash, PA Driver Seriously Injured NJ Corrections Officer Dies In Route 55 Crash, PA Driver Seriously Injured
NJ Corrections Officer Dies In Route 55 Crash, PA Driver Seriously Injured A 25-year-old man died when a car struck his vehicle while stopped in the shoulder of Route 55, authorities said. Joshua Beardsworth, of Pittsgrove Township, was stopped in his BMW on the right shoulder of the highway when a car -- also on the northbound side -- struck him in Vineland around 7:40 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. The 27-year-old driver from Lansdale, PA -- Trevor Annunziata, who was driving a Volkswagon -- was hospitalized with serious injuries, while Beardsworth was killed. It was not clear why Beardsworth was stopped. Beardsworth's obituary says he worked as a correct…

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by Cecilia Levine
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South Jersey Truck Driver Charged In 4,000 Gallon Pennsylvania Fuel Spill South Jersey Truck Driver Charged In 4,000 Gallon Pennsylvania Fuel Spill
South Jersey Truck Driver Charged In 4,000 Gallon Pennsylvania Fuel Spill A South Jersey truck driver was charged after 4,000 gallons of fuel spilled in Delaware County last month, authorities said. Smith, 36, of Vineland, NJ has been charged with causing and risking a catastrophe, Clean Streams Law violations, and related offenses in connection with the June 11 fuel spill at the Gas N Go in Brookhaven. "Motivated by a desire to speed up his route, George Smith poured in excess of 4,000 gallons of gasoline over an embankment bordering an elementary school – causing damage to a nearby stream, wildlife, and vegetation and resulting in the closure of the school…

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by Nicole Acosta