According to the Press of Atlantic City a former Pleasantville woman serving consecutive life sentences in Arizona for killing her two daughters nearly four years ago died by suicide in prison Friday, the Arizona Department of Corrections said. Staff at Arizona State Prison Complex -Perryville discovered Retta Cruse, 38, unresponsive in her cell and pronounced … Read more
A judge has denied a defense motion to suppress evidence found on the electronic devices belonging to the Atlantic City High School principal accused of trying to cover up abuse allegations against Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and Superintendent of Schools La’Quetta Small. According to BreakingAC.com, the evidence against 39 year old Constance Days-Chapman includes … Read more
A head on crash over the weekend killed a Mays Landing couple, and authorities allege the other driver was drunk. 25 year old Levon Woods of Atlantic City, was heading east on Route 552 in Maurice River at about 4:15 a.m. Saturday, when he crossed into oncoming traffic, and collided head-on with a vehicle driven … Read more
Middle Township Committee has passed a resolution opposing the 17% increase in the electrical supply portion of customers’ bills that was approved by the state Board of Public Utilities earlier this month.But the resolution, approved on Feb. 19, incorrectly states that Atlantic City Electric asked for the rate increase and implies that the utility’s profits … Read more
Put away your credit card, parking is once again free at Golden Nugget Atlantic City.The casino in the city’s Marina District ended a paid-parking arrangement at 5 p.m. Friday.It had been charging a base fee of $10 since August, after years of being the only Atlantic City casino not to charge any patrons to self-park.”It … Read more
The Egg Harbor township woman whom police said was driving impaired when she struck the vehicle driven by a Somers Point man who later died from his injuries in December was arrested Saturday.According to the Press of Atlantic City Oriel Dixon, 38, was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter and second-degree child endangerment. Police say a … Read more
A Pleasantville woman who admitted to killing her young daughters in Arizona has died in prison. According to BreakingAC.com, 38 year old Retta Cruse was serving two life sentences in the 2021 deaths of the girls, ages 9 and 4. Michael Coleman, father of one of the young girls, reportedly told police Cruse “was upset … Read more
A grand jury has handed up an indictment against a Pleasantville man who allegedly killed his pregnant girlfriend to death with a baseball bat in December. 26 year old Boris Lainez-Rosales is charged with murder and tampering with evidence in the death of Leslianet Quintana-Betancourt, 25, of Pleasantville, which happened at a home in the … Read more
The Cape May Borough Council is proposing to require site plan review for any projects that would remove commercial buildings in portions of the business district for redevelopment as residential properties.Council member Bunny Parzych called the ordinance a stopgap measure that the council wants to put in place until a special committee of the Planning … Read more
A teenage volunteer at the Atlantic City Free Public Library was recently given the President’s Volunteer Service Award, the library said. 16 year old Milani Hill of Atlantic City, earned the gold-level award after volunteering more than 200 hours in the library’s Youth Services Department in 2024. It’s the second time Hill received the award, … Read more