News Staff An ordinance to establish a joint municipal court with Pleasantville is up for a final vote during Wednesday night’s City Council meeting. According to the Press of Atlantic City, also on the agenda is an ordinance to adopt flood hazard maps and designate a floodplain administrator, and to create a minority business advisory board. The … Read more
Two Philadelphia men were arrested in Atlantic City on drug charges. On July 15, officers were conducting surveillance at Trenton and Crossan Avenues in reference to complaints of narcotic activity from residents. During the surveillance, the detectives conducted a motor vehicle stop in reference to a narcotic investigation. The driver, 21 year old Kareem Wiley, … Read more
30 year old Raul Virella of Bordentown was sentenced to seven years behind bars for aggravated assault. On February 8, 2022, Galloway Township Police responded to an altercation in the area of Federal Court in Galloway. Investigating officers made contact with a victim suffering from severe stab wounds. The victim was transported to the hospital … Read more
Five years behind bars for 31 year old Rasul Palmer of Pleasantville following a guilty plea a count of second-degree Certain Person Not to Possess Firearms. On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, Pleasantville police were requested to assist with the service of a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) on Palmer. The subject of the restraining order described … Read more
Lower Township Council has renewed the license for the Sunset Beach Sportsmen’s Club over the objections of the state Department of Environmental Protection. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the club sits just off the beach in the gravel parking lot of the Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area, more than a thousand acres stretching … Read more
The Atlantic City Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit is investigating a shooting incident that wounded a male. On July 16, 2023, at 11:21 PM, patrol officers responded to the 1000 block of Brigantine Boulevard for a ShotSpotter alert. Arriving officers located evidence of gunfire. Shortly after, the victim, 19, of Atlantic City, arrived at the … Read more
Atlantic City Police recovered two illegal firearms from suspects in separate incidents. On July 16, 2023, at 10:14 AM, Officers Adrianna Petinga and William Harned responded to an abandoned residence in the 100 block of south Massachusetts Avenue for a report of a man that threatened to shoot a woman. On scene, the officers observed … Read more
A passenger was killed in a one-car crash Saturday night on the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County. BreakingAC.com reports 19 year old Jessica Molina-Colmenares of Egg Harbor Township, was thrown from the vehicle , which was traveling south in the area of milepost 64.4 in Stafford Township, when it went left off the road … Read more
The search is on for whomever shot a man in Atlantic City Saturday afternoon. At just before 3pm, police went to the area of Indiana and Hummock Avenues for a man that was shot. Sergeant Mohammad Kaiser located the man suffering from a gunshot wound. An officer applied his department issued tourniquet to the man … Read more
A 15 year old boy is under arrest in Atlantic City on weapons counts. Friday night, police saw the teen inside a convenience store in the 600 block of New York Avenue. The juvenile was arrested after officers observed and recovered a loaded handgun from the male’s waistband. The handgun was loaded with hollow-point ammunition … Read more