News Staff 48 year old Joseph Jenkins-Ridley, from Mays Landing, was recently indicted by an Atlantic County Grand Jury on second-degree charges of Official Misconduct, Theft, and Conspiracy for his role orchestrating and leading a large-scale diesel-fuel theft operation. In May 2025, members of the Atlantic County Department of Public Works alerted law enforcement to irregularities in … Read more
Melanie Collette has resigned as a member of the Cape May County Board of Commissioners, county Administrator Kevin Lare confirmed on Monday.Lare said that Collette submitted a letter of resignation effective Friday, March 20, and is under consideration for a new role in county government.A resolution set for a vote by the Board of Commissioners … Read more
According to police, a Vineland man was taken into custody for allegedly shoplifting from two East Broad Street establishments over the course of just over 27 hours this past weekend.Two counts of shoplifting, contempt, and possession of a controlled hazardous substance were brought against 56-year-old Daniel Jenkins.When police arrived at Wawa at 7:31 a.m. on … Read more
Joel Medina, an autistic youngster who ran away from home in Egg Harbor Township on Friday and was missing, was recovered early on Sunday morning, according to police.According to police, first responders searched all day on Saturday and at night on Friday. They credited the coordinated employment of airborne assets with forward-looking infrared technology for … Read more
Two cousins from Northfield are jailed after they allegedly kidnapped and beat a man from Morris County last week. According to BreakingAC.com, Siquaya Smith, 37, and Louis Cadet, 40, are charged with first-degree kidnapping, along with robbery, aggravated assault, conspiracy and weapons offenses. The victim told police he was on his way to work, when … Read more
A Queens man accused of scamming a Mays Landing man out of nearly $70,000 by threatening arrest will remain in jail. According to BreakingAC.com, 20 year old Gurpreet Singh claimed to be the head of the Federal Trade Commission when in a phone call to the victim the week of March 8. Singh allegedly told … Read more
Due to work being done by New Jersey American Water, there will be a complete detour on Shore Road between Maryland and Dawes avenues in Somers Point Today until 4 p.m.There will be traffic directors and police there to help. Drivers are requested to either find an alternate route or observe the indicated detour and … Read more
After six consecutive years with no increase in the local purpose tax rate, the Cape May City Council on St. Patrick’s Day introduced a 2026 budget that increases that rate by 5.5%.The unanimous council vote to introduce the budget sets up what auditor Leon Costello called a potentially difficult year coming in 2027. As well … Read more
In response to mounting pressure from the Trump administration to discontinue the practice, families told the New Jersey Monitor that doctors and nurses of RWJBarnabas have informed renters that the health care system will no longer provide gender-affirming care for their children.One of New Jersey’s biggest hospitals and healthcare systems, RWJBarnabas, maintains that minors who … Read more
Atlantic City police are trying to find family of an officer killed in the line of duty nearly a century ago. BreakingAC.com reports the death of Patrolman William Nichols recently was discovered by the Officer Down Memorial Page during their ongoing historical research efforts, the site’s digital director told BreakingAC. Nichols was fatally struck by … Read more