2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (229+ words) Pleasantville firefighters had to force their way into a local laundromat Wednesday night, when a fire alarm altered them to the building. Engine 1 arrived at Michael’s Coin-Op Laundry on New Road at about 6:39 p.m., to find an active fire in…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (127+ words) Firefighters are on the scene of an explosion in Pleasantville. The area of New Jersey and Ohio avenues should be avoided as firefighters tend to the scene. It appears propane tanks exploded, an official told BreakingAC. Everyone got out and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (529+ words) An Atlantic City man was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday for his part in a 2023 shooting that wounded two people and endangered children. Christopher Davis, now 38, admitted in July that he was driving the car that brought the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (558+ words) A Vineland man who admitted to firing a gun in Atlantic City months after fleeing a Hammonton car stop was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday. Daniel Becerra, 34, pleaded guilty in July to possession of a weapon for an…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (262+ words) A convicted sex offender was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for attempting to sexually assault a jail nurse while in custody. Melvin Bishop, now 52, of Atlantic City, was in the Atlantic County Justice Facility Nov. 26, 2024, when he was taken…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (443+ words) When Sgt. Christian Ivanov was shot while serving a search warrant June 2, his fellow officers switched into rescue mode. A SWAT van became a makeshift ambulance, with Ivanov’s fellow officers tending to his bleeding wound as they rushed him to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (152+ words) A portion of Route 54 in Hammonton is closed due to emergency road repair, police announced Friday night. The area between Chew and Second roads closed, according to a Facebook post made after 9 p.m. Motorists are asked to avoid the area and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (172+ words) Egg Harbor Township police are looking for the public’s help in identifying individuals as part of an ongoing investigation. Police released video Wednesday showing two people removing what appear to be catalytic converters from an undisclosed area. “We understand that…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (343+ words) A Galloway Township man was acquitted Wednesday in the boating crash that killed his girlfriend seven years ago. Arthur Lesbirel III, now 49, was first charged with boating under the influence shortly after the July 2019 crash. An investigation led to an…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (252+ words) An Atlantic City man has been arrested in a 2009 homicide. Billy Woods, 44, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of David Nesbitt 17 years ago. Woods was taken into custody Thursday by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Regional Fugitive Task…...