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NJ Man Beat Mom Dead After She Tried Stopping Him From Cutting Tattoo Off Leg: Affidavit
A New Jersey man allegedly beat his mom to death after she tried to stop him from slicing a tattoo off of his leg, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Gloucester Township police were called to the Doran family's Blackwood home around 10:20 a.m. Saturday, March 2, as Daily Voice previously reported. Lillian Doran was found “obviously dead” with trauma to the back of her head on a bedroom floor in the home, according to an affidavit for probable cause. Witnesses said that the night before, 65-year-old Lillian had been arguing with her 30-year-old son, James Doran, about cutt…
Police & Fire
Feds: Leader Of Ring That Flooded South Jersey, Philly 'Burbs With Fentanyl, Meth Gets 18 Years
A drug kingpin who headed a network that slung fentanyl and meth in South Jersey and the suburbs of Philadelphia while he hid from his pursuers was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 18 years in federal prison. Glenn Long, 29, of Philadelphia, must serve just about all of the time he received in U.S. District Court in Camden on Jan. 4 because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Long – known on the street as “Bless” and “Max” – ran the operation as a fugitive for three years while under a federal indictment for major drug trafficking out of Philadelphia. A second drug conspi…
Police & Fire
Clementon Park & Splash World Shooting: Philadelphia Gunman Arrested, Police Say
A Philadelphia man was arrested for a shooting that broke out at a New Jersey water park. Quahee Eaton-Kennedy, 24, was arrested after the shooting in the parking lot of Clementon Park and Splash World around 7:50 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, Clementon police said. Officers responding to reports of shots fired found people fighting in the parking lot. Police separated the individuals involved and charged Eaton Kennedy with second-degree weapon possession. Anyone with further information is asked to contact Clementon Police Department Detective Bureau at (856) 783-2271. Area police departm…
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Man Arrested In Fatal South Jersey Shooting
A Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged for the fatal shooting of a man last month, authorities said. Kacy Banks, 26, was charged with murder robbery and a weapons offense, according to the following offenses for the Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins. On February 22, 2023, at approximately 3:05 a.m., the Gloucester Township Police Department received a 911 call for a person shot at the 800 block of the North Black Horse Pike in Gloucester Township. Police found a man who had been shot. The victim was id…
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Feds: Men From Philly, South Jersey Admit Roles In Major Meth, Fentanyl Trafficking Network
UPDATE: A man from Philadelphia and another from South Jersey admitted their roles in a major drug trafficking ring that dealt meth and fentanyl, federal authorities said. Kevin Salmon, 25, had 5½ pounds of meth and two guns in his home when it was raided by authorities, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Salmon had served as a courier for a major drug-trafficking network that "distributed large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl," the U.S. attorney said. A second defendant, John Munson, 47, of Deptford, admitted selling meth as part of the operation, he said. …
Police & Fire
Alert Issued For Missing, Endangered Teen In South Jersey
Police in South Jersey seek the public's help locating a missing, endangered girl. Asaiah Jones, 15, was reported missing from the Sicklerville section of Gloucester Township at 1:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 12. She may be in the Philadelphia area, police said. She is described as being black, 5-feet 1-inch tall and weighing 120 pounds. She has brown eyes and dark brown hair. She was last seen wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans. She was also carrying a gold backpack. If anyone has additional information or knowledge of Asaiah Jones's location, please call 9-1-1, …
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NJ Man Convinced By Ex-Con To Rob Bank Gets 92 Months In Federal Prison
A Camden man was sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for his role in a holdup spree by a serial bank robber. Laque Hunter, 37, was recruited to rob the Ocean First Bank in Collingswood in July 2018 by Anthony L. Livingston, 50, also of Camden. Livingston helped with a demand note and even drove Hunter to the bank, authorities said. The two then split the proceeds. Livington had only just been released from federal prison less than two weeks earlier after serving 18 years for robbing eight South Jersey banks in 2000 and 2001. A day after he was freed, Livingston robbed a PNC Bank…
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12-Year-Old NJ Boy Found Unresponsive On School Bus Dies
A 12-year-old boy died days after being found unresponsive on a school bus in Camden County, authorities said. School officials and first responders tried reviving the boy after finding him on a bus in Gloucester Township Jan. 24, a spokesman with the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said. He died on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The matter remains under investigation by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and the Gloucester Township Police Department
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Serial NJ Bank Robber Who Served 18 Years Headed Back To Fed Pen For At Least 16 More
A convicted bank robber from Camden who just couldn’t stop is headed back to federal prison for more than 16 years. Anthony L. Livingston, 50, robbed a PNC Bank in Gloucester Township on July 14, 2018 (photos above), a day after he’d been released after serving more than 18 years in federal prison for robbing eight South Jersey banks in 2000 and 2001, authorities said. Ten days after the Gloucester holdup, Livingston tried to recruit a homeless man to rob another PNC branch, this one in Stratford, they said. Livingston “instructed the man on how to rob the bank, gave him a demand note to s…
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South Jersey Starbucks Worker Exposed Customers To Hepatitis A: Health Department
Camden County officials officials will begin administering vaccines for Hepatitis A after a Starbucks employee tested positive and worked through the infectious period. The employee handled food at the 1490 Blackwood Clementon Road Starbucks in Gloucester Township, health officials said. Officials were notified on Nov 17 and an investigation was instantly launched, the Health Department said. "Members of the Food Surveillance Unit visited the store on Wednesday and conducted an inspection, which showed no evidence of food safety violations," according to the health department. …
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South Jersey Police Seek Public's Help Locating Hit-Run Driver With PA License Plates
Police in South Jersey seek the public's help finding a vehicle that allegedly hit and critically hurt a pedestrian, authorities said. The victim was struck at 3:59 p.m. Tuesday on the 1900 block of Sicklerville Road in Gloucester Township, police said. The vehicle was described by police as a white Ford work van or truck with a Pennsylvania registration. The vehicle held a ladder rack and has an enclosed cargo area with “Reading Ready Van” marked on its side. The vehicle may be missing its passenger side mirror and have damage on the front of its passenger side, police said. I…
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South Jersey Mansion Party With 100 Rowdy Guests Busted By Police
A South Jersey homeowner is facing a criminal charge and several violations after a rowdy crowd of more than 100 people trashed his residential home during a Labor Day event, authorities said. The Washington Township and Gloucester Township Police Departments responded to the pool party on Bells Lake Road near School House Lane Monday night. There, they found trash strewn on the streets and yards, intoxicated people, loud music and party-goers cars parked throughout this typically quiet residential neighborhood, Washington Township police said. Officers spoke with security …
Police & Fire
Philly Woman Dead, 2 Hurt In South Jersey Crash
A Philadelphia woman died, and two others were injured in a South Jersey crash early Friday morning, authorities said. Lorraine Smith, 45, was in her Chevy Impala driving northbound on Route 42 near milepost 9.7 in Gloucester Township when she veered off the road and hit a tree around 3:30 a.m., NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene while her two passengers, a 33-year-old woman, and a 12-year-old boy were taken to Cooper University Hospital with serious injuries. The relationship between the three victims remains unknown.
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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. …
Police & Fire
Purported Pagan's Motorcycle Club Member Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Break-In
A purported member of a the Pagan's Motorcycle Club was charged with attempted murder after breaking into a home and firing a gun Saturday night in South Jersey. Michael F. Dorazo, 41, was armed with a pair of handguns and a high-power, high-capacity assault weapon when he broke into a Pasadena Avenue in Deptford around noon, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said. The Gloucester Township resident last December was released from federal prison to home confinement pending a trial stemming from a firearms charge, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The charges apparently ste…
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