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Customer Arrested For Armed Robbery At AT&T Store In South Jersey Customer Arrested For Armed Robbery At AT&T Store In South Jersey
Customer Arrested For Armed Robbery At AT&T Store In South Jersey There was an armed robbery at an AT&T store in Camden County, authorities said. On Monday, Oct. 24, at 8:18 p.m., Gloucester Township Police received a 9-1-1 call reporting a man with a gun at the AT&T store. The call then disconnected. Officers secured a perimeter around the store and immediately located the suspect and took him into custody, police said. An investigation revealed that during an argument, Nathan Jones, 20, of Philadelphia displayed a handgun and stole the employee’s cell phone as he was attempting to call 9-1-1.  A search of the area, where Jones was located …

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by Jon Craig
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Serial NJ Bank Robber Who Served 18 Years Headed Back To Fed Pen For At Least 16 More Serial NJ Bank Robber Who Served 18 Years Headed Back To Fed Pen For At Least 16 More
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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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Body Of Kayaker Found In South Jersey Body Of Kayaker Found In South Jersey
Body Of Kayaker Found In South Jersey The body of a missing kayaker has been recovered in South Jersey, authorities said. The kayaker's body was found at 416 Front St. in Gloucester Township at about 10:50 a.m. Monday, initial reports said. The Camden County Prosecutor's Office reportedly was at the scene.  Firefighters from Squad 88 and Gloucester Township police helped retrieve the body, reports said.  This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Spear-Carrying South Jersey Man, With Bear Repellent, Subdued By Taser, Police Say Spear-Carrying South Jersey Man, With Bear Repellent, Subdued By Taser, Police Say
Spear-Carrying South Jersey Man, With Bear Repellent, Subdued By Taser, Police Say Police tasered a man who was carrying bear repellent while swinging a large spear at motorists, Camden County authorities said. Officers subdued the suspect, who allegedly was waving the metal pole and pepper spray, just before sunrise on Saturday, Gloucester Township police said. Police officers ultimately tasered the "man in crisis" when he refused to comply, according to a statement posted on Facebook. Township resident Robert Anastasi, 54, is accused of screaming at vehicles along Sicklerville Road, police said.  Several patrol cars were used to block the man from traff…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: 4-Alarm Fire Destroys Howard Johnson Inn, Sends Guests Scrambling In Camden County PHOTOS: 4-Alarm Fire Destroys Howard Johnson Inn, Sends Guests Scrambling In Camden County
Photos: 4-Alarm Fire Destroys Howard Johnson Inn, Sends Guests Scrambling In Camden County A massive four-alarm fire destroyed a Howard Johnson Express Inn on Black Horse Pike in Camden County overnight, authorities said. Fortunately, all the hotel's guests and staff escaped without injury, police in Gloucester Township said.  The blaze broke out about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Howard Johnson Inn at 832 North Black Horse Pike, initial reports said. A bus was brought to the hotel to temporarily shelter guests and staff who were displaced. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
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Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation Of ShopRite, Camden Shopping Center Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation Of ShopRite, Camden Shopping Center
Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation Of ShopRite, Camden Shopping Center A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of a Camden County shopping center, authorities said.  The scare began about 5:20 p.m. on Thursday when a caller threatened that a ShopRite supermarket on the 1200 block of Chews Landing Road was "going to blow up," according to Gloucester Township police. Police officers began to evacuate the supermarket, then expanded the precaution to surrounding businesses in the Market Place Shopping Center, they said. No explosive devices were found after a search by K-9 dogs from the Camden County Sheriff's Office. Fire departments and EMS from Gloucester …

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by Jon Craig