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Northfield Woman Used Sister's Identity During Stolen Vehicle Arrest In Atlantic City: Police
Caitlin Rainey, 33, of Northfield, was arrested on Sunday, May 12. The Atlantic City Police Department issued a news release on Thursday, May 16 to update the original information it released about the arrest on Tuesday, May 14. An officer found an empty and stolen minivan on the first block...
Kalief Lyons Arrested
Kalief Lyons, 35, of Galloway Township, was arrested on Saturday, May 10, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release on Thursday, May 16. He was facing charges in the shooting death of 38-year-old Baseem Taliaferro of Galloway. Pleasantville police responded to a ShotSpotter alert of several shots...
Ducklings stranded in storm drain reunited with mother in Galloway Township
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) - As good "duck" would have it, a concerned resident in Galloway Township, New Jersey, helped reunite several ducklings stuck in a storm drain with their mother, according to police.Police say a neighbor reported that several ducklings had fallen into a storm drain as the mother duck "nervously paced above," the department wrote on Facebook.Officers responded to the scene but were not equipped to open the storm drain."But we knew who to call," police wrote.Enter Matt Ayers, the director of Galloway Township's Public Works department.Ayers came to the rescue, flipping over the storm drain and fishing out the ducklings with a net, according to police.Police did not specify exactly how many ducklings were rescued, but the story had a happy ending. "After what was surely a very anxious hour apart, Mama and her brood were reunited and walked off to safety," police wrote.
Wrongful Death Suit Filed By Estate Of Atlantic City Swimmer Killed By Drunken Boater
Norma Michaels, 79, of Atlantic City, died on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, when she was hit by a boat propeller just off the dock of her South Boulevard Avenue townhome. Jeffrey Jastrzembski, 53, of Atlantic City, was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter. Investigators said Jastrzembski's blood alcohol content was between 0.19 and 0.23 percent at the time of the crash, as previously reported by Daily Voice.
Longport welcomes back two Class 1 officers
LONGPORT – Commissioner of Public Safety Dan Lawler swore-in two Class 1 officers during the Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday, May 15. Patrick Quinn and Numa Rodrigues-Rojas were sworn-in to their second term as Special Law Enforcement Officers. Both officers worked for the Longport Police Department last year and...
Manahawkin Contractor Who Bilked Sandy Victims for Almost $700,000 Given Five-Year Prison Term
A Stafford Township contractor, who pled guilty to theft by failure to make required disposition last June after stealing nearly $700,000 from victims of Superstorm Sandy, was sentenced to five years in state prison on May 3, according to a statement released by Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. State...
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