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Salem County, NJ

Civilian Shot At South Jersey Turnpike Rest Stop 'In Presence Of' State Police, US Marshals Civilian Shot At South Jersey Turnpike Rest Stop 'In Presence Of' State Police, US Marshals
Civilian Shot At South Jersey Turnpike Rest Stop 'In Presence Of' State Police, US Marshals A SWAT team was at a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop where state authorities said a male civilian was shot "in the presence of law enforcement." Authorities haven't identified the man, disclosed his condition or specified why and how he was wounded at the Clara Barton Service Area near the turnpike's southernmost in Salem County's Pedricktown shortly after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28. The incident "involved members of the New Jersey State Police and the United States Marshals Service," a four-sentence release from State Attorney General Matthew Platkin's Office says. No officers reportedly we…
WATCH: YouTube Video Shows Rapper Assaulting Bergen Shop Rite Worker, Harassing Customers WATCH: YouTube Video Shows Rapper Assaulting Bergen Shop Rite Worker, Harassing Customers
Watch: YouTube Video Shows Rapper Assaulting Bergen Shop Rite Worker, Harassing Customers One way to pretty much guarantee you'll be arrested is to record a crime and post it on YouTube -- in high def, no less. Just ask drill music rapper Nas Ebk. Nasir Valenzuela, who has produced prank videos that push the limits of legality, joined two accomplices in harassing and intimidating customers and employees at the ShopRite in Rochelle Park while recording it. Some of their targets laughed it off. At least one seemed intimidated. Others simply ignored them. One worker, in particular, wasn't having it, though. The video shows Valenzuela, 19, of the Bronx, snatching the stock cler…
Bomb Threat Made On Philly-Bound Flight Lands NJ Man In Jail: Reports Bomb Threat Made On Philly-Bound Flight Lands NJ Man In Jail: Reports
Bomb Threat Made On Philly-Bound Flight Lands NJ Man In Jail: Reports A Salem County man was arrested after he allegedly made a bomb threat while boarding a Philadelphia-bound plane at Palm Beach International Airport, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office and multiple news reports. John Magee, 66, of Carney’s Point, was overheard by another passenger threatening Frontier Airlines flight 2346 Tuesday night, WPBF says citing the arrest report.  Magee was overheard saying, "You don't know what you are in for," and "I have a bomb in the bag," while slamming a large bag on the ground continuously, the outlet said. That led to an evacuation of much of…
US Marshals Operation Rodeo Rounds Up 65 Fugitives Including High-Profile Cases In Philadelphia US Marshals Operation Rodeo Rounds Up 65 Fugitives Including High-Profile Cases In Philadelphia
US Marshals Operation Rodeo Rounds Up 65 Fugitives Including High-Profile Cases In Philadelphia A major sweep of fugitives including suspected gang members led to 65 arrests including high-profile cases in South Jersey and Philadelphia. These fugitives were wanted out of Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester, and Camden counties, as well as other states but were located in these four counties. During "Operation Rodeo" the District of New Jersey and the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force used its multi-jurisdictional investigative authority and fugitive task force network to arrest fugitives wanted on charges including homicide, sex assault, aggravated assault, robbery, carjackin…
Missing Pennsylvania Man Possibly In South Jersey: Police Missing Pennsylvania Man Possibly In South Jersey: Police
Missing Pennsylvania Man Possibly In South Jersey: Police A man reported missing Thursday in Pennsylvania may be in South Jersey, authorities said. Anthony Robert Sarmento, 31, was last seen on Jan. 10, according to the West Goshen Police Department and Chester County Detectives. His gray 2020 Kia Forte on Jan. 26 was discovered in a remote area of Lower Alloways Creek Township (Salem County) NJ, authorities said. The car had been damaged, apparently, from striking a guardrail, police said. NJ authorities believe Sarmento has been in the area of lower Alloways Creek Township, Quinton Township, and Alloway Township. Anyone with information is as…
Feds: Impatient Repeat Felon Points Police To Smuggled Gun, Drugs Feds: Impatient Repeat Felon Points Police To Smuggled Gun, Drugs
Feds: Impatient Repeat Felon Points Police To Smuggled Gun, Drugs "We can just cut the chase bro -- the gun [is] behind the couch and there's drugs in the cabinet," an impatient six-time convicted felon told police who raided his North Jersey home, federal authorities said. "That sh*t belong to me," Jabbar Pierce, 41, told officers in his Penns Grove apartment who read him his Miranda rights and then recorded his every word, according to a criminal complaint. A federal judge ordered Pierce held following a video-conferenced initial court appearance Friday afternoon in Newark on charges of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Authorities in Salem C…
10-Month-Old Baby Stabbed Dead In South Jersey Home: Report 10-Month-Old Baby Stabbed Dead In South Jersey Home: Report
10-Month-Old Baby Stabbed Dead In South Jersey Home: Report A baby was stabbed to death in a Salem County home, 6abc reports. Police were called to a home on Helms Cove Lane around 11 p.m., where the 10-month-old baby was found unresponsive with multiple stab wounds, the outlet said citing authorities. It was not clear Saturday if any arrests had been made. Click here for more from 6abc.
Armed Juveniles Stealing Cars, Robbing Gas Stations In South Jersey, Police Warn Armed Juveniles Stealing Cars, Robbing Gas Stations In South Jersey, Police Warn
Armed Juveniles Stealing Cars, Robbing Gas Stations In South Jersey, Police Warn A group of juveniles from Wilmington, DE have carried out multiple robberies across Salem County, authorities warn. Heightened criminal activity has been reported within the Carneys Point, Penns Grove, Deepwater, and Pennsville areas, police said on Facebook.  The juveniles have mostly been targeting gas stations, but they are also targeting area residents and attempt to steal their cars, Carneys Point police said These are believed to be the same juveniles that police have dealt with in the past, they said. The youths "have been armed at times, and they are violent," police wrote.&nb…
SEEN HIM? Police Seek South Jersey Man Wanted For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Minor SEEN HIM? Police Seek South Jersey Man Wanted For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Minor
Seen HIM? Police Seek South Jersey Man Wanted For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Minor New Jersey State Police seek the public’s help  locating a 30-year-old man from South Jersey who allegedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl, authorities said. Emeterio Alavez-Cruz is described as a Hispanic, about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds. The wanted fugitive, of Pilesgrove Township in Salem County, also has connections to the Rio Grande, Wildwood, Bridgeton City, Penns Grove and New Castle, Delaware areas, according to State Police. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is urged to call the State Police Fugitive Unit Tipline at 800-437-7839 or W…
STORM WARNING: Flash Flood Watch Issued For Philly Area, South Jersey STORM WARNING: Flash Flood Watch Issued For Philly Area, South Jersey
Storm Warning: Flash Flood Watch Issued For Philly Area, South Jersey Clearly, a Memorial Day Weekend washout was not enough for Mother Nature. The National Weather Service issued flash flood watch for the Philadelphia area and parts of South Jersey ahead of storms expected to form Thursday afternoon and evening. The warning will be in effect from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties and parts of Burlington County. In Pennsylvania, the warning was issued for Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Delaware and Philadelphia counties. Isolated and scattered thunderstorms could create localized flooding and damaging winds, with chunks of hail possib…
Philly Area Men Sentenced In Armed Robbery Of South Jersey Bank Philly Area Men Sentenced In Armed Robbery Of South Jersey Bank
Philly Area Men Sentenced In Armed Robbery Of South Jersey Bank A pair of men from the Philadelphia-area were handed their prison sentences in the 2018 armed robbery of a South Jersey bank. Antwaine Thomas, 41, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 22 years and eights months in prison and Kareem Moore, 31, of North Wales, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, federal authorities announced Tuesday. Both previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez to an indictment charging them with armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a bank robbery, stemming from the July 30, 2018 incident in Carneys Point, Acting U.S. Attorne…
13 STRIKES: Feds Seize Repeat South Jersey Felon After Gun, Ammo Arrest 13 STRIKES: Feds Seize Repeat South Jersey Felon After Gun, Ammo Arrest
13 Strikes: Feds Seize Repeat South Jersey Felon After Gun, Ammo Arrest A 13-time convicted felon from South Jersey was in federal custody after he dropped a loaded handgun while trying to flee local police on a bicycle, authorities said. Officers responding to a 911 shooting call on March 7 spotted Sharif Hallman, 38, of Carneys Point, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. As they grabbed Hallman, a pistol fell to the ground, she said. The gun had a round in the chamber and an extended magazine with 22 more, Honig said. Hallman has an adult criminal history spanning nearly his entire adult life, federal authorities said. These include convictions for …
Police: 20-Year-Old Chester City Man Facing Charges For Shooting Friend Police: 20-Year-Old Chester City Man Facing Charges For Shooting Friend
Police: 20-Year-Old Chester City Man Facing Charges For Shooting Friend A 20-year-old Chester City man who had two warrants out for his arrest is facing charges for shooting his friend, and leaving him critically wounded last year, authorities said. Detectives responded to a report of a gunshot victim at Crozier Chester Medical Center on December 30, 2020, where they met a man who had sustained a gunshot wound to the back of the neck, according to the City of Chester Police Department. The man was able to identify the shooter as Wanyaa Powell, police said. The man told detectives that after being shot, Powell told him to turn around, and said “I gotta kill you…