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
Reconstruction work on the Wildwoods Boardwalk can continue after the company that bid on the project sued over what it considered deficiencies in a contract between the city and its competitor. According to the Press of Atlantic City, L. Feriozzi Concrete Company sued on Oct. 11 to invalidate a contract between Wildwood and Fred M. … Read more
Authorities were investigating a double homicide in Barnegat Township that drove local schools into temporary shelter-in-place orders on Thursday. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the double killing happened on Lincoln Avenue in the township, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. The agency said a suspect was in custody, and the … Read more