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Judge Orders South Jersey School Janitor Detained In Food Contamination Case Judge Orders South Jersey School Janitor Detained In Food Contamination Case
Judge Orders South Jersey School Janitor Detained In Food Contamination Case A South Jersey judge has ordered that an elementary school janitor accused of contaminating food with his own bodily fluids at his place of employment be detained in the Cumberland County Jail. Judge Cristen P. D’Arrigo said that Giovanni Impellizzeri, 25, of Vineland, remains a substantial risk to the public during a hearing on Thursday, Nov. 9. Impellizzeri, was charged with aggravated assault, tampering with food and official misconduct for the heinous incidents at the Elizabeth Moore School in the Upper Deerfield School District, where he has worked since 2019, as previously report…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey School Janitor's Lab Results Show No Communicable Diseases: Prosecutor South Jersey School Janitor's Lab Results Show No Communicable Diseases: Prosecutor
South Jersey School Janitor's Lab Results Show No Communicable Diseases: Prosecutor Returned lab results show an elementary school janitor accused of contaminating food and utensils with his own bodily fluids at his place of employment show no communicable diseases, authorities in South Jersey said. Giovanni Impellizzeri, 25, of Vineland, was previously charged with aggravated assault, tampering with food and official misconduct for the heinous incidents at the Elizabeth Moore School in the Upper Deerfield School District, where he has worked since 2019, as previously reported by Daily Voice. "Based upon all available test results and clinical criteria, we have d…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey School Janitor Contaminated Food, Utensils With Bleach, Bodily Fluids: Prosecutor South Jersey School Janitor Contaminated Food, Utensils With Bleach, Bodily Fluids: Prosecutor
South Jersey School Janitor Contaminated Food, Utensils With Bleach, Bodily Fluids: Prosecutor An elementary school janitor in South Jersey faces multiple charges, including child endangerment, for allegedly contaminating food and utensils with bleach and bodily fluids. UPDATE: Police Papers Detail Heinous Accusations Against NJ School Janitor, Parents Livid Giovanni Impellizzeri, 25, of Vineland, also is charged with aggravated assault, tampering with food and official misconduct. Impellizzeri was employed by the Elizabeth Moore School in the Upper Deerfield School District. According to the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey State Police were contacted by scho…

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Police & Fire
Pair Arrested In Fatal Shooting In Cumberland County: Prosecutor Pair Arrested In Fatal Shooting In Cumberland County: Prosecutor
Pair Arrested In Fatal Shooting In Cumberland County: Prosecutor Two men have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Millville last month, authorities said. Maurice L. Jones, 30, of Vineland and Edwin I. Torres, 31, of Philadelphia, were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and weapons offenses, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. On Feb. 17, Millville police responded to 4 th and E Street for reports of shots fired. Police found Lamont O. Jones Jr., 34, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. He was pronounced dead shortly thereafter at Cooper Hospital, the prosecutor said. …

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‘Macho’ Man Who Shared Child Porn Through Phone On Gmail, Social Media Gets 8 Years: NJ Feds ‘Macho’ Man Who Shared Child Porn Through Phone On Gmail, Social Media Gets 8 Years: NJ Feds
‘Macho’ Man Who Shared Child Porn Through Phone On Gmail, Social Media Gets 8 Years: NJ Feds A South Jersey man must spend the next eight years in federal prison for trafficking child porn. Edwin “Macho” Torres, 39, of Bridgeton, must serve out the entire plea-bargained term because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Unlike many of his kind, Torres didn’t operate on the dark web. Instead, he used his phone to upload more than 100 videos of child sexual abuse through a Gmail account to a social media app, investigators said. This led special agents of the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force in Newark and the bureau’s Atlantic City Resident Agency…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Missing South Jersey Man Found Dead Missing South Jersey Man Found Dead
Missing South Jersey Man Found Dead New Jersey State Police say the body of a man missing from Cumberland County has been found. "The body of Jonathan Morris II, 23, has been located and identified," Trooper Brandi Slota said Tuesday morning.   Morris had last been seen early Friday morning in the Bridgeton area, according to State Police. “NJSP Bridgeton Station considers him missing and possibly in harm’s way,” State Police had posted on social media. Morris reportedly went out with friends after work on Thursday night, and then communication suddenly stopped, his family said at a Sunday afternoon news conference in Hope…

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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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Fugitive Wanted In Triple NJ Shooting Captured By US Marshals In Philadelphia Fugitive Wanted In Triple NJ Shooting Captured By US Marshals In Philadelphia
Fugitive Wanted In Triple NJ Shooting Captured By US Marshals In Philadelphia A man wanted in a triple shooting in South Jersey has been captured with the help of U.S. Marshals, authorities said.  Tyzir Hall was located in Philadelphia and taken into custody on Tuesday, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae On Feb. 8 at 3:43 PM, Bridgeton police responded to the 400 block of South Avenue on a report of a shooting, Webb McRae said. Police found one victim suffering a gunshot wound to the face, according to the prosecutor. This victim told police that there was a deceased victim in the basement of the residence, Webb-McRae said. Pat…

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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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Trio Arrested In 10-Year-Old Girl's Drive-By Shooting Death, South Jersey Prosecutor Says Trio Arrested In 10-Year-Old Girl's Drive-By Shooting Death, South Jersey Prosecutor Says
Trio Arrested In 10-Year-Old Girl's Drive-By Shooting Death, South Jersey Prosecutor Says Three suspects from South Jersey have been arrested in connection with the fatal Fourth of July shooting of a 10-year-old girl, authorities said. Two of the three suspects also were charged for their alleged roles in a separate shooting earlier Sunday night on Francine Drive in Vineland, according to the Cumberland County prosecutor. Jasayde Holder, 10, was later shot on the 700 block of West Earl Drive, also in Vineland, and later died of her injuries, Prosecutor Jennifer McRae-Webb said on Thursday. All three suspects were charged with multiple criminal offenses in connection w…

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Federal Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver Federal Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver
Federal Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver An angry South Jersey police officer doused a drunk driver with pepper spray twice after he’d been handcuffed, then filed a false report about the incident, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Thursday alleges. Another officer had handcuffed the disruptive driver and was beginning to put him in the rear of a patrol vehicle at a local gas station when Bridgeton Police John Grier III “grabbed a large can of OC spray and pulled out the pin,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. Grier, 49, of Cedarville, told the officer to “step back,” then asked the driver, “Do you want to …

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'Birthday Party Turned Deadly': Arrest Made In South Jersey Mass Shooting, 2 Victims ID'd 'Birthday Party Turned Deadly': Arrest Made In South Jersey Mass Shooting, 2 Victims ID'd
'Birthday Party Turned Deadly': Arrest Made In South Jersey Mass Shooting, 2 Victims ID'd A 36-year-old man was arrested in a mass shooting that left two people dead and 12 others injured at a South Jersey birthday party over the weekend, authorities said Monday (scroll to bottom for video of full press briefing). Kevin Dawkins, of Bridgeton, was charged with multiple weapons offenses in connection with the Saturday night shooting during a party with hundreds of people in Cumberland County, state and county officials announced. Kevin Elliot, 30, and Asia Hester, 25 -- both of Bridgeton -- were killed in the shooting, with one of the other 12 people shot in critical condition, a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
'HORRENDOUS': South Jersey Mom Jailed After Beating Bloodied Child Unconscious, Reports Say 'HORRENDOUS': South Jersey Mom Jailed After Beating Bloodied Child Unconscious, Reports Say
'Horrendous': South Jersey Mom Jailed After Beating Bloodied Child Unconscious, Reports Say A 21-year-old South Jersey woman is being held in connection with beating her 4-year-old daughter unconscious, according to news reports.  Calling the allegations “horrendous,” a Superior Court judge ordered that the mother of a girl on a ventilator with severe brain injuries remain jailed until an April 8 hearing on charges that she assaulted the toddler, according to NJ Advance Media.  Ellie Muniz @instagramInstagram@_.elliexo._ Elinette S. Muniz, 21, of Millville in Cumberland County, and her boyfriend brought the unconscious child to Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill on Feb. 24, w…

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