58 year old Jose Castro-Vega of Pleasantville has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, endangering the welfare of a child, and failing to register as a sex offender. Initially, two juveniles came forward saying they had been victimized by the suspect and this week another five reported similar incidents … Read more
An underground leak that flooded the courtyard of Stanley Holmes Village had housing authority crews busy Friday morning, while residents at another community, Altman Terrace, say they have been without hot water for nearly a week. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the leak was so severe that water began pooling above ground, flooding … Read more
A county detective charged with official misconduct in connection with the investigation of a hit-and-run accident involving his mother-in-law will be going to trial next year. The Cape May County Herald reports Robert P. Harkins Jr., a detective sergeant in the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office, has rejected a plea deal with the state Attorney … Read more
The Pickeball craze has come to the Showboat Hotel opening the resort’s first indoor pickleball court Thursday.City officials, local leaders and others cut the ribbon on the Showboat’s pickleball court, which is located next to the Island Waterpark’s entrance and new Island Bar.”I was turned on to the sport over a year ago, and I … Read more
In Bridgeton, three masked, armed men dressed in black broke into a home and injured an occupant before running away with about $2,000 late Wednesday night. The man, 25, suffered injuries to his face but declined medical attention, police said in a news release. The break-in happened at a residence on Rosenhayn Avenue around 11:35 … Read more
According to the Press of Atlantic City an Atlantic City police officer acquitted in 2022 of excessive forcing involving a K-9 is now accused in Pennsylvania of assaulting his ex-girlfriend. Sterling Wheaten, 39, is charged by Yardley, Pa. police with simple assault, strangulation and harassment, according to Pennsylvania court records. Atlantic City police have been … Read more
An Atlantic City police officer awarded more than $323,000 in back pay after he was cleared in an excessive force case last year is back on unpaid suspension. 39 year old Sterling Wheaten was arrested Tuesday, after he allegedly assaulted a woman, according to charges out of Bucks County in Pennsylvania. Wheaten, who lives in … Read more
Two Atlantic County residents were killed in a head-on crash Wednesday afternoon on a rural road within the Wharton State Forest. The Press of Atlantic City reports 22 year old Maureen Hanna of Pleasantville, and 36 year old Latoya Sotomayor of Egg Harbor Township, were fatally injured in the crash in Washington Township, when they … Read more
Update on a story we told yout about earlier. A Barnegat township man has been charged in the murders of his parents, an incident that also caused the temporary sheltering-in-place of area schools. 34 year old Michael Mulgrew is accused of stabbing 71 year old Eugene Mulgrew and 69 year old Cheryl Mulgrew to death. … Read more
The owners of a home in the Courts section of Stone Harbor have sued the borough over an ordinance that restricts property owners in that section from increasing the size of their homes. According to the Cape May County Herald, Kara and Kyle Sweet, who this summer were denied variances to build a 1,300-square-foot, two-story … Read more