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Police & Fire
Passenger, 38, Killed After Being Thrown From Pickup On I-295
A 38-year-old woman from Philadelphia was killed after being ejected from a pickup in a crash on Interstate 295 in Gloucester County, authorities said. Troopers responded to a motor vehicle crash on Thursday, Feb. 1 at about 6:58 p.m. on I-295 north in West Deptford. Based on a preliminary investigation, a Chevy pickup truck and Dodge passenger vehicle were traveling northbound on I-295, according to New Jersey State Police. Neare milepost 19.8, the Dodge collided with the rear of the Chevy. The Chevy ran off the road to the right, impacted the guardrail, and subsequently overturned. …
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Man Killed In South Jersey Head-On Crash
A Pennsylvania man was killed after colliding with a pickup truck in Gloucester County, authorities said. Monir Lancaster, 38, of Chester, PA, was driving a Buick Encore westbound on Stephen M. Sweeney Way in Harrison Township at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27 when he veered into the eastbound lane for an unknown reason, according to township police. The SUV collided head-on with a Chevrolet Silverado pickup traveling east. Lancaster was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The Glassboro resident driving the pickup was taken to Inspira Medical Center of Mullica Hill wi…
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Man Fired At Store Clerk In South Jersey: Prosecutor
A 30-year-old man from Philadelphia has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at a South Jersey convenience store, authorities said. Jevonte F. Pressley is accused of firing a weapon at a store employee in West Deptford leading to charges of attempted murder, armed robbery, terroristic threats, theft and weapons offenses, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. On Sunday, Nov. 19, West Deptford Police were dispatched to the Heritage Convenience Store at 710 Delaware Street. During the robbery, the suspect brandished a black handgun and aimed it at a Heritage…
Traffic
Drivers Fled From Back-To-Back Crashes On I-95, 1 Missing: PA State Police
A driver is missing after one multi-car crash led to another on Interstate 95 on Monday morning, according to state police. It began when a 2014 Honda Pilot struck the rear of a PepsiCo. tractor-trailer while changing lanes without enough clearance on I-95 North in Chester City, Delaware County, just before 6 a.m. on Nov. 20, troopers detailed. When troopers arrived, they found the tractor-trailer on fire and the Honda Pilot abandoned. The PepsiCo. driver lost control of his vehicle due to the crash and slammed into the concrete barrier between the north and southbound lanes, PS…
Police & Fire
Sleazebag
: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids
It’s about as low as someone who works in child welfare services can go. A now-former case worker with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families admitted groping women he was investigating, sending unwanted masturbation pics and threatening to have children taken from those who didn’t go out with him, authorities said on Friday. Gilberto Ortiz Jr., a 53-year-old bilingual family services specialist, told a mom he was investigating that he’d “help her” if she had a relationship with him, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Ortiz warned the woman during a home visi…
Police & Fire
4 Survive Head-On Crash On I-295 In South Jersey
Three people were seriously hurt in a weekend crash in Gloucester County. New Jersey State troopers responded on Saturday, March 11 at 3:16 a.m. to the crash in Deptford. Based on a preliminary investigation, a Toyota SUV was disabled in the left northbound lane facing south when it was involved in a head-on collision with a Honda SUV, State Police said. After the collision between the Honda and Toyota SUV, a Toyota Camry traveling behind the Honda SUV also struck the Toyota SUV head-on. As a result of the crash the driver of the Toyota SUV, Charles Abasa-Nyarko, a 38-year-old man f…
News
Officer Facing Long Recovery, Suspect In South Jersey Police Shooting ID'd
UPDATE: Authorities identified a civilian killed during a struggle in which a South Jersey police officer was shot as a 24-year-old local resident. Ring video from the Gloucester County neighborhood reportedly captured a significant portion of the incident. Mitchell Negron Jr., 24, first ran and then struggled with Deptford Police Officer Robert Shisler after being approached on dead-ended Delsea Drive shortly after 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 10, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. "Both individuals were shot in the area of Doman Avenue," Platkin said on Sunday. Negron wa…
News
NJ Deli Fraud Scheme Mastermind Arrested In Thailand: Feds
An international company chairman charged over a purported scheme to manipulate the stock market — one that resulted in a bogus $100M valuation for a Gloucester County deli despite minimal sales — was arrested in Thailand, the feds confirmed. Peter Coker Jr., 54, had been a fugitive since September when prosecutors filed 12 federal charges against him, his father, Peter Coker Sr., 80, and associate James Patten, 63. The trio allegedly boosted the share prices of Hometown International Inc. and another firm, E-Waste Corp. Matthew Reilly, a spokesperson for the New Jersey US Attorney’s Offic…
Police & Fire
Philly Felon Charged In Fatal Shooting On South Jersey Street
A Philadelphia man has been charged in a fatal daytime shooting in Gloucester County, authorities said. Tyler L. McKinney, 22, allegedly shot Brandon L. Blanton, 21, of Woodbury multiple times near Franklin and Wallace streets in Woodbury at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. Blanton was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where he was later pronounced dead, Woodbury police said. McKinney was charged with murder, felony murder, robbery and several weapons offenses, authorities said.
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Man Charged In Fatal South Jersey DUI Crash: Report
A 22-year-old Pennsylvania man has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal crash in Gloucester County, NJ Advance Media reports. Connor P. Ruggieri, of Newtown Square, PA, was allegedly driving under the influence when he was involved in a June 6 crash on Route 322 in Woolwich Township, according to a criminal complaint cited by the outlet. Authorities are alleging the crash was marijuana-related, the report says, quoting a defense attorney who vowed to fight the charge. Constance Boylan, 77, of Berwyn, Pennsylvania, was killed after being struck by Ruggieri's …
Police & Fire
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…
News
Trans NJ Inmate Failed By Nearly Every System Mutilated Genitals, Attempted Suicide: Lawyer
Demi Minor has spent her whole life fighting. Fighting to dismantle the foster-system-to-prison pipeline. Fighting for her rights. Fighting to be respected. The 27-year-old transgender woman was transferred against her will last month to a men's facility after impregnating two prisoners at the Edna Mahan Corrections Facility, she and her lawyer Derek Demeri said. And now that Minor is in the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, she is going to have to fight some more. This time, for her life. Minor began mutilating her genitals and tried killing herself in a van on the way to the me…
Police & Fire
Body Of Delaware River Boater Found Months After Disappearance:
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One of two boaters who disappeared last November on the Delaware River has been found, authorities said. The body of Brian S. Palangi, 26, was found in the waters near the Philadelphia Navy Yard on May 15, a New Jersey State Police spokesman said. The area is adjacent to the Eagle Point Refinery, on the Philadelphia side of the Delaware River. Palangi's family had been notified but the information was not released publicly until Monday, July 11. Palangi and Joseph P. McLaughlin, 24, both of Deptford Township, were aboard a 19-foot vessel that capsized in the river between Philadelphia…
Police & Fire
State Police ID Philadelphia Man Killed By Suspected Drunk Driver While Fixing Tire In NJ
A 40-year-old motorist from Philadelphia was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver while fixing a tire in South Jersey, authorities said. Wayne Doharty was killed around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 7 in Gloucester County, New Jersey State Police said. Based on the preliminary investigation, Doharty was driving northbound on Route 55 near milepost 43.6 in Franklin Township when his vehicle had a “tire malfunction” and he stopped to fix it, said Trooper Brandi Slota, a State Police spokeswoman. Brian Caldwell, 48, of Cape May, was driving a pickup truck northbound on Route 55 …
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Rape Suspect Found Sitting Outside Hospital In South Jersey: Police
A Philadelphia rape suspect was arrested in Gloucester County, authorities said. Washington Township police credited social media and a BOLO (be on the lookout) alert written by Detective Tommy Myers for locating the suspect on Thursday, July 7. The rape suspect, Willie L. Harris, 49, was found sitting outside Jefferson Hospital, police said.
Police & Fire
PA Woman Killed In 3-Vehicle South Jersey Crash: Report
A Pennsylvania woman was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Gloucester County, NJ Advance Media reports. Constance Boylan, 78, of Berwyn, Pennsylvania, was killed in the head-on crash on Route 322 around 3:45 p.m. Monday, June 6, the outlet said citing Woolwich police. She was struck by a Jeep driven by a 22-year-old Newtown Square, PA, who was heading east but veered into Boylan's car, and another, authorities said. Boylan was pronounced dead at the scene. The other two drivers were treated at area hospitals. Click here for the complete story by NJ Advance Media.
News
NJ Man Learns His Fate For Beating Parents Dead, Covering Bodies With Laundry: Report
A 34-year-old man from Gloucester County has been sentenced to 80 years in New Jersey state prison for beating his parents to death and then covering their bodies with laundry, NJ Advance Media reports. Ryan E. Coles, 34, was convicted in March on two murder counts in the 2016 killings of Edward M. Coles Jr., 58, and Rosemarie Coles, 55, in their West Deptford home, the outlet said. Superior Court Judge Mary Beth Kramer sentenced Coles to two consecutive 40-year terms in prison for the two murder counts, with a requirement that he serve 85 percent of that time before he is eligible fo…
Police & Fire
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…
News
Feds: NJ Man Admits He Ran Guns From Georgia With Online Dating Match
An ex-con from New Jersey most likely didn't list "gun running" among his hobbies when he made an online love connection with a Southern woman. It'll be quite some time before Dylan Ianncelli, 28, of Gloucester County dates again -- either online or off -- after admitting in federal court on Wednesday, March 9, that he and his Georgia peach trafficked nearly a dozen firearms into New Jersey. Ianncelli went down to Georgia after meeting Jessy Hill, who authorities said bought 11 guns from a licensed dealer on Aug. 12, 2021. Hill "falsely indicated during the purchase that she was the actual…
News
Woman Struck, Killed By Philly Driver On Route 42 In South Jersey
A South Jersey woman, 78, was killed on Sunday night after being struck by a car in Gloucester County, NJ Advance Media reports. A 44-year-old Philadelphia man was driving south on Route 42 when he struck the woman near Ganttown Road around 10:30 p.m. in Washington Township, the outlet said. The woman died at the scene and her name has not been released. The crash remains under investigation and no charges have been filed so far.
Police & Fire
1 Airlifted, Firefighter Injured In Gloucester County Barn Fire (
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The owner of a house and barn that caught fire was flown to a hospital for smoke inhalation in rural Gloucester County Wednesday morning, first responders said. The fire started just after 7 a.m. in the 200 block of South Tuckahoe Road in Monroe Township, Monroe Township Emergency Medical Services BLS 29-9 said on Facebook. At the sceneMonroe Township Emergency Medical Services BLS 29-9 One patient was treated by Gloucester County EMS and flown to the local burn center, while a firefighter was treated for minor injury and released on scene, they said. Investigators are still trying to…
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Ex-Con, 41, Indicted For Shooting South Jersey Police Officer, Prosecutor Says
A 41-year-old Pennsylvania man has been indicted in connection with a shooting in which he and a police officer were wounded in South Jersey, authorities said. A Gloucester County grand jury returned a 17-count indictment against Arthur DiSanto, Jr., who allegedly exchanged gunfire with police, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer. DiSanto of Delaware County, PA, also was wounded by gunfire on Aug. 23 in Washington Township, Mayer said. He was charged with first-degree attempted murder, aggravated assault, resisting arrest and several weapons offenses, Maye…
Business
Another Wawa Store With Gas Pumps Opens In South Jersey
If you don't have a Wawa close by, there are increasing odds of one opening near you soon. Replete with fuel stations, the newest Wawa convenience store opened Friday at 1465 Clements Bridge Road (County Road 544) in Deptford, Gloucester County. There are almost 270 Wawa stores in New Jersey with plans to open nearly a dozen more by the end of this year. Other new Wawa stores set to open this fall will be in Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Monmouth and Morris counties. To find a Wawa store coming soon near you, click here.
Lifestyle
Cow Sharks, Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Crocodiles Coming To $73M NJ Museum
Primitive cow sharks, dinosaurs and other millions-year-old Late Cretaceous-Era, fossils are enjoying a homecoming of sorts -- thanks to a South Jersey university. Rowan University in Gloucester County held a groundbreaking ceremony over the weekend for its planned $73 million dinosaur fossil park museum on the site of a prehistoric trove a few stones throws from its Glassboro campus. The world-class science attraction is set to open in 2023. Given that the bones date back 66 million years, that's more than $1 per year earmarked for the the Jean & Ric Edelman Foss…
News
Powerball Ticket Good For $50K Sold In South Jersey
A winning Powerball ticket good for $50,000 was sold in South Jersey. The ticket from Wednesday's, Oct. 6 drawing was sold at Newfield Food Mart, 1381 Harding Way, Newfield (Gloucester County). The winning numbers for the drawing were 01, 17, 52, 58, and 64. The Red Power Ball number was 01. The Power Play was 10X. The Powerball jackpot rolls to $31 million for the Saturday, Oct. 9, drawing. The Double Play drawing is an additional drawing for players who opted-in to the Double Play feature on their tickets. The Double Play drawing results for the Wednesday, October 6, d…
Weather
Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Threatens NJ, PA With Tornados & Flooding
Remnants of Hurricane Ida is posing a risk of tornados and flooding across parts of New Jersey and the Philadelphia area Wednesday. Thunderstorms are largely possible across Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties in the afternoon -- which could turn into tornados, according to the National Weather Service. Enhanced Risk for tornadoes extended, slightly farther north; Gale Watch upgraded to a Gale Warning; Small northwest shift in heaviest rain amountsNational Weather Service In Pennsylvania, a flash flood watch was issued for …
News
PA Health Aide Accused Of Tying Patient, 71, To Chair Loses Certification
The certification of a home health aide from Pennsylvania accused of tying a 71-year-old dementia patient to a chair at a South Jersey assisted living facility was permanently revoked, authorities announced. A supervising registered nurse at the Juniper Village/Well Springs Assisted Living Facility in Monroe Township discovered the abused victim during a visit to her apartment at last fall, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. The woman – who had round-the-clock health care -- had been “tied to a chair at the waist with a nightgown,” Bruck said. Afua Dankwah, 51, of Mo…
Police & Fire
South Jersey Police Seek Hit-Run Driver Who Injured 13-Year-Old Bicyclist
Police in Gloucester County seek the public's help locating a hit-and-run driver who allegedly struck a teenage bicyclist, authorities said. "We are investigating a hit-and-run motor vehicle crash from last evening on Ganttown Road," Washington Township police said on their Facebook page. The 13-year-old bicycle rider, who police did not identify, suffered non-life threatening injuries, they said. Township police posted a photo of the damaged bike (shown above) which has a bent front wheel. The teenager and a dark-colored SUV were reportedly traveling west about 10 p.m., near Washing…
Business
Century-Old Pep Boys Closing Some NJ Auto Parts Stores
Pep Boys is losing some of its pep. The century-old retail automotive chain based in Philadelphia plans to close more than 100 of its parts stores nationwide -- including several in New Jersey, according to multiple news reports. The automotive company is shifting away from auto parts stores but will keep its Pep Boys maintenance garages and tire outlets -- similar to Instant Oil Change or Mavis, reports said. Pep Boys retail stores in Cherry Hill, Camden County; Marlton in Burlington County; and Turnersville in Gloucester County are set to close sometime this summer, the Philadelphia Inqu…
News
News Helicopters Told To 'Back Off' As First Responders Rescue South Jersey Swamp Victim
Television news cameras circling above an emergency rescue reportedly were told Wednesday to "back off'' from the South Jersey scene, authorities said. EMS crews and firefighters in Gloucester County were called about 4 p.m. on Wednesday about someone stuck in a swamp, initial reports said. The "trauma rescue" took place near 1452 Delsea Drive in Franklin Township, reports said. During the lengthy rescue efforts, an unconfirmed report said that unidentified "noisy" news helicopters were asked to leave the immediate area because first responders were unable to communicate with t…
Weather
Storm
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: 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…
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