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52 Arrested In 'Elaborate' Cockfighting Ring In South Jersey: Police 52 Arrested In 'Elaborate' Cockfighting Ring In South Jersey: Police
52 Arrested In 'Elaborate' Cockfighting Ring In South Jersey: Police More than 50 people were arrested after police broke up a large cockfighting ring in Atlantic County, authorities said. Galloway Township police executed a search warrant at a home on the 300 block of South Bremen Avenue on Saturday, Mar. 9, the department said in a news release. When officers arrived, a large group of people were there and many tried to run away before they were detained. Investigators found an "elaborate cockfighting operation" that included a fighting ring, seating for spectators, and several cockfighting kits. About 50 roosters were found in "various degrees of health" …

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by Chris Spiker
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Landsale PD: Man High On PCP Pushed, Punched Officers During Thanksgiving Day Arrest Landsale PD: Man High On PCP Pushed, Punched Officers During Thanksgiving Day Arrest
Landsale PD: Man High On PCP Pushed, Punched Officers During Thanksgiving Day Arrest A man high on PCP was arrested after pushing and punching police officers trying to arrest him on Thanksgiving Day, authorities said Wednesday. Officers responded to 291 North Broad St. on Nov. 26 around 1:25 p.m., on reports of a suspicious person threatening to hurt people and high on PCP, Landsale police said in a news release. The man, later identified as Elijah Derns, 24, began cursing and pushing officers, saying he refused to be arrested, police said. Derns started throwing punches, hitting officers twice before he was taken into custody, according to authorities. Both of…

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by Cecilia Levine