The Margate City Fire Department responded to the unit block of South Granville Avenue on Friday morning for a high-pressure gas leak that occurred as a result of a road reconstruction project on Granville Avenue by contractor Perna Finnegan. No injuries were reported. According to BreakingAC.com, Fire Department personnel arrived on scene at approximately 9:20 … Read more
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office still has not made an official decision on whether it will drop criminal charges against Atlantic City’s superintendent of schools. According to BreakingAC.com, Dr. La’Quetta Small and her husband, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small, were accused of abusing their teenage daughter. Last month, a jury acquitted the mayor on all … Read more
Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Robert Lloyd of the Wildwood Crest Police Department announce that there is an ongoing investigation into the deaths of two individuals in the Borough of Wildwood Crest. On January 7, officers from the Wildwood Crest Police Department were dispatched to the 300 block of East Atlanta … Read more
John E. Meyers, 69, of Port St. Lucie, FL, was charged with second-degree manslaughter in connection with the death of Frank Vincent Vitrano Jr., 72, of Buena, who records show owns Bellevue Bagel Cafe in Hammonton. Authorities were notified on Saturday, Dec. 27, of an assault that occurred two days earlier at a home on … Read more
31 year old Steven Martinez of Egg Harbor City, 36 year old Shiraz Khan from Bergen County and 28 year old Deshawn Hose of Atlantic City were sentenced for their involvement in a racketeering organization operating throughout Atlantic County between 2016 and 2020. Each defendant previously entered guilty pleas before the court with sentencing pending … Read more
A bill to give the state new power over Atlantic City’s major decision-making is likely to advance this morning in the state Legislature, and appears on track to receive final legislative approval next week.The bill would replace a previous state takeover law that expired Dec. 1.It is due to be heard in the Assembly Appropriations … Read more
A Bridgeton man who admitted having drugs and a weapon inside his vehicle during a traffic stop nearly four years ago was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison, the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office said.Arthur Miller, 50, pleaded guilty in November to manufacturing, distributing or dispensing heroin and unlawful possession of a weapon.Police stopped Miller’s … Read more
Authorities are investigating after a man and a woman were found dead Wednesday in the 300 block of Atlanta Avenue, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office said.Their identities were not released, and there is no threat to the public, the Prosecutor’s Office said.According to the Press of Atlantic City investigators have interviewed witnesses, collected forensic … Read more
A Delaware woman has been arrested in a hit-and-run that left a 92-year-old Ventnor pedestrian seriously injured. BreakingAC.com reports Leslie Myers is reportedly shown on video surveillance speeding before striking the victim, who landed on the hood of her vehicle. The pedestrian, whose name was not released, used the crosswalk at Newport Avenue to walk … Read more
A Florida man is accused of shooting a man in the leg during an argument in Atlantic City, and then claiming he was shot in the face. According to BreakingAC.com, it wasn’t gunfire that injured Collin Forrestel, an investigation found Instead, the man he allegedly shot punched him in the face before the two took … Read more