Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small claims a re-election victory while facing criminal charges of child abuse. Small declared victory, stating that 19 of the 21 voting precincts were in, giving him a near two-to-one margin of victory over his Democratic challenger, longtime casino union leader Bob McDevitt. The election marks a historic moment in Atlantic … Read more
Incumbent Marty Small Sr. declared victory in a race against former casino union leader Bob McDevitt for the Democratic nomination for mayor in Atlantic City. As of late Tuesday night, Small lead McDevitt by a margin of 62.61% to 36.87% with 100% of districts reporting. — Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who had President Donald Trump’s endorsement, … Read more
An Atlantic City teen who served prison time in a shooting when he was a juvenile is jailed after police allegedly saw him trying to hide a gun. According to BreakingAC.com, 18 year old Kareem Lamb previously pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and pointing a firearm in a 2022 shooting that wounded one person when … Read more
Central Municipal Court of Atlantic County recently introduced a new AI communications platform as part of a pilot program with Amazon Web Services using CloudHesive ConnectPath. The system includes a multilingual virtual assistant to provide citizens with 24/7 access to court-related information via text messaging. Real-time responses can be delivered in both English and Spanish … Read more
A one-of-kind guitar stolen hours before the band Heart took the stage at Atlantic City’s Hard Rock has been found. BreakingAC.com reports Garfield Bennett is jailed on charges that he stole Nancy Wilson’s Telecaster guitar along with a mandolin. After his arrest, he told police he sold one and there was no information on the … Read more
Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide their party’s nominees in several key races, including for governor, Assembly and Atlantic City mayor. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in New Jersey’s primary elections. The Press of Atlantic City reports nearly a dozen candidates will compete for the chance to … Read more
27 year old Raekwon Davis from Pemberton was sentenced to four years in New Jersey State Prison for second-degree Eluding Law Enforcement. On May 1, 2023, Davis was driving on the Garden State Parkway, and New Jersey State Police observed him traveling at over 100 MPH, failing to maintain his lane of travel, tailgating, failing … Read more
Investigators now say a charging e-bike is being blamed for a house fire late last week in Egg Harbor Township. Crews were called to a residence on Tudor Street, where the structure was fully involved around 2:15 p.m. Thursday. All residents had escaped but firefighters rushed inside to rescue a dog. The dog was successfully … Read more
Over the weekend, members of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Oce participated in the 42nd Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run, raising awareness for the Special Olympics of New Jersey Summer Games. Special Olympics New Jersey provides year-round sports training, competition, leadership opportunities and health screenings to 22,000 athletes and Unified Partners. All of these programs and … Read more
An Atlantic City casino is accused of concealing or destroying evidence in a lawsuit that alleges a man was over-served at one of its nightclubs before causing a deadly drunken driving crash. BreakingAC.com reports the allegations were laid out at a press conference Friday in front of the Tropicana Atlantic City, where Edward Johnston allegedly … Read more