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South Jersey Officer Dies Nearly 2 Months After Shootout With Civilian South Jersey Officer Dies Nearly 2 Months After Shootout With Civilian
South Jersey Officer Dies Nearly 2 Months After Shootout With Civilian Robert "Bobby" Shisler fought hard for nearly two months. But the Deptford police officer, who was wounded during a shootout with a civilian on March 10, died on Sunday, May 7, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Deptford police officer Robert "Bobby" ShislerGoFundMe photo/NJSPBA "His passing in the line-of-duty illustrates the risks facing law enforcement, and how every day when they put on the uniform, New Jersey’s police officers also put their lives on the line to make their communities safer," the attorney general said.  "I am grateful for the service and sacrifice o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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CHILLING VIDEO: Sharp-Shooting Officer Downs Rifle-Wielding NJ Madman Who Threatened Woman CHILLING VIDEO: Sharp-Shooting Officer Downs Rifle-Wielding NJ Madman Who Threatened Woman
Chilling Video: Sharp-Shooting Officer Downs Rifle-Wielding NJ Madman Who Threatened Woman Gripping video shows an irate man with a rifle threatening to kill a female homeowner before a steady-nerved local New Jersey police officer takes him down from a distance with a single shot. The fatal encounter from earlier this year plays out in a collection of video -- including one from the hero officer's body cam and another from a surveillance camera pointed directly at the house -- that was released by state Attorney General Matthew Platkin. The video is part of a state-mandated investigation into the police-involved death of Daniel Nevius Sr., 55, of Sicklerville this past January.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Officer Indicted In Off-Duty Domestic Violence Clash: Report South Jersey Officer Indicted In Off-Duty Domestic Violence Clash: Report
South Jersey Officer Indicted In Off-Duty Domestic Violence Clash: Report A 37-year-old South Jersey police officer has been indicted for trying to strangle a woman while off-duty, NJ Advance Media reported. Myron V. Ford, with the Deptford Township Police Department since 2009, was indicted by a Gloucester County grand jury last week on a charge of aggravated assault/strangling a domestic violence victim, the outlet said. He was arrested by Deptford police at his apartment on Sept. 30, 2021. He was accused of forcefully shoving the woman against a door at her apartment, scratching her right arm and chin, and “placing his hands around the victim’s neck in a…

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by Jon Craig
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Pedestrian In Critical Condition After South Jersey Hit-Run Crash Pedestrian In Critical Condition After South Jersey Hit-Run Crash
Pedestrian In Critical Condition After South Jersey Hit-Run Crash Police seek the public’s help in locating a hit-and-run driver who left a pedestrian hospitalized with "substantial” injuries, authorities said.  The crash occurred on Saturday at 6:36 p.m. in Gloucester County.  Deptford Township police officers responded to Delsea Drive, between Kohler and Lexington avenues on a report of a struck pedestrian and found a 33-year-old township man lying in the roadway, police said.  He was seen crossing Delsea Drive when he was struck in the southbound lane, police said. The man was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden  where h…

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by Jon Craig
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Purported Pagan's Motorcycle Club Member Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Break-In Purported Pagan's Motorcycle Club Member Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Break-In
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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by Cecilia Levine
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South Jersey Teens Arrested In Carjacking, Armed Robbery, Near-Fatal Shooting South Jersey Teens Arrested In Carjacking, Armed Robbery, Near-Fatal Shooting
South Jersey Teens Arrested In Carjacking, Armed Robbery, Near-Fatal Shooting Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with this week's carjacking, armed robbery and near-fatal shooting in a market parking lot, Gloucester County authorities said. On Monday at about 6:50 p.m., police officers from Deptford Township responded to Rastelli’s Market, 1276 Clements Bridge Road in Deptford on a report of a 42-year-old victim who was seriously injured during an attempted carjacking, according Chief Thomas Gilbert of the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.  Deptford Township parol officers found the victim in his pickup truck, which had travelled …

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by Jon Craig
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Authorities ID Couple Killed In Gloucester County Crash Authorities ID Couple Killed In Gloucester County Crash
Authorities ID Couple Killed In Gloucester County Crash Authorities have identified the couple killed in a single-car crash in Gloucester County. The vehicle crashed into a tree on Caulfield Avenue in Deptford on Tuesday afternoon.  The driver of the vehicle, Charyle Martell-Trombetta, 50, of Deptford and a passenger, Joseph Menta, 50, of Williamstown, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. Witnesses said that the Subaru suddenly veered off the road and hit the tree. An autopsy by Gloucester County Medical Examiner Dr. Gerald Feigin ruled the cause of death of both occupants as …

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by Jon Craig