Injuries Reported In NJ Turnpike Tractor-Trailer Crash Injuries Reported In NJ Turnpike Tractor-Trailer Crash
Injuries Reported In NJ Turnpike Tractor-Trailer Crash There was a tractor-trailer crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in South Jersey, authorities said.  The crash occurred at 6:27 a.m. Wednesday, June 29 southbound near milepost 1.1 in Carneys Point Township. There were no serious injuries, New Jersey State Police said. Based on a preliminary investigation a tractor-trailer rear-ended another tractor-trailer stopped in traffic. The driver of one vehicle was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, State Police said. There was an earlier crash on the northbound lanes of the Turnpike in Bellmawr involving a box tr…
Yacht Company CEO Defeats Gym Owner Who Defied NJ COVID Rules In Congressional Primary Yacht Company CEO Defeats Gym Owner Who Defied NJ COVID Rules In Congressional Primary
Yacht Company CEO Defeats Gym Owner Who Defied NJ COVID Rules In Congressional Primary A South Jersey yacht company owner and former punk rocker defeated the gym owner who defied New Jersey coronavirus mandates in Tuesday's congressional primary, according to unofficial returns. Businessman Bob Healey was leading Ian Smith for the Republican Pary ballot line. The winner faces two-term Democratic incumbent Congressman Andy Kim, who also won his primary race.  Smith, who co-owns Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, faced an uphill battle amid publicity about his COVID rule defiance and a DUI arrest years after a fatal crash.  Kim, a two-term US representative, is still considered…
Amazon Workers 'Treated Like Machinery' Strike At NJ Facility: Report Amazon Workers 'Treated Like Machinery' Strike At NJ Facility: Report
Amazon Workers 'Treated Like Machinery' Strike At NJ Facility: Report Some New Jersey Amazon workers upset by an imminent job site closing walked out in solidarity Wednesday, June 1. One Bellmawr worker told Eyewitness News he felt he was being treated like "warehouse machinery," not people. Amazon is reportedly closing the Camden County facility and forcing them to take shifts at a warehouse further away, the outlet said. But an Amazon spokeswoman said that Bellmawr's employees are being offered opportunities to work at five different sites that are as close as nine miles from their current location. "We’ll be closing one of our facilities in Bellmawr and …
Pennsylvania Driver, 19, Killed In Camden County Crash: NJSP Pennsylvania Driver, 19, Killed In Camden County Crash: NJSP
Pennsylvania Driver, 19, Killed In Camden County Crash: Njsp A 19-year-old woman from York, PA, was killed after flipping into a ditch on Route 42 in Camden County, authorities said. Yanaih Lia Encarnacion was traveling northbound on Route 42 in Bellmawr at 3:06 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, when she veered off the left side of the roadway and overturned into a ditch, New Jersey State Police said. The single-car crash involving a Honda Civic occurred just south of the exit for Interstate 295, they said. Encarnacion was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Here's When NJ's Legal Weed Sales Begin Here's When NJ's Legal Weed Sales Begin
Here's When NJ's Legal Weed Sales Begin New Jersey has set a date for the legalization of marijuana sales, state officials announced Thursday, April 14. Starting on Thursday, April 21, "adults ages 21 and up will be able to legally purchase cannabis and cannabis products without a medical card," Gov. Phil Murphy said. The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission announced that it will grant licenses to seven alternative treatment centers (ATCs) to begin weed sales, which will include 13 retail dispensaries. The specific locations of the sales are being withheld by state officials until the ATCs confirm their opening dates, a ne…
Mom Killed Walking Home From South Jersey Shopping Center Mom Killed Walking Home From South Jersey Shopping Center
Mom Killed Walking Home From South Jersey Shopping Center A mother of three was killed while walking home from the store, authorities and her family members said. Quetzy Rentas-Irizarry, 44, had just shopped three blocks from her Bellmawr home at Brooklawn Shopping Center when she was struck by a vehicle at about 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, Brooklawn police said. The Camden County community has rallied to pay for Rentas-Irizarry's funeral expenses including cremation, creating this GoFundMe page.  Thalya Irizarry, who sponsored the fundraising campaign, wrote: "She was a great woman who was just starting to get everything she dreamed o…
Notorious Gym Owner Who Defied COVID Orders Charged With DUI Years After Deadly Crash: Police Notorious Gym Owner Who Defied COVID Orders Charged With DUI Years After Deadly Crash: Police
Notorious Gym Owner Who Defied COVID Orders Charged With DUI Years After Deadly Crash: Police The South Jersey owner who drew national attention for defying Gov. Phil Murphy’s coronavirus orders in 2020 was charged with drunken driving in Burlington County — years after a crash that left another man dead, authorities said. Ian Smith, co-owner of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, was charged after an incident near Route 130 north and Andover Road at 12:25 a.m. on Sunday, on Sunday, March 27, Cinnaminson Police Chief Richard Calabrese told Daily Voice. Smith, of Camden County, is running for Congress as a Republican in New Jersey’s 3rd District. His congressional campaign co…
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Gloucester County: Police Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Gloucester County: Police
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Gloucester County: Police An unidentified man was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing the street in Gloucester County, authorities said. He was struck by Rita N. Sinon, 59, of Bellmawr who was driving a 1997 Mercury Cougar northbound on the Black Horse Pike (Route 42) near Watson Drive, Washington Township police said. The crash occurred at 9:07 p.m. Tuesday, March 1. The pedestrian suffered a severe head injury and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Authorities said they were trying to identify him.  The driver of the car suffered a lower leg injury and was taken to Jefferson Hospital b…
NJSP: Suspect Stabs Police K9, Hits Trooper With Flashlight During South Jersey Pursuit NJSP: Suspect Stabs Police K9, Hits Trooper With Flashlight During South Jersey Pursuit
Njsp: Suspect Stabs Police K9, Hits Trooper With Flashlight During South Jersey Pursuit A New Jersey State Trooper was struck with a flashlight and a State Police K-9 stabbed by a man leading a police pursuit in South Jersey Monday, authorities said. Troopers from the Bellmawr Station responded to the report of a shirtless, knife-wielding man standing outside of his vehicle on Interstate 295 in the area of exit 28 in Bellmawr Borough around 2:15 p.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. When troopers arrived, the man entered his vehicle and drove away. When troopers attempted to stop the vehicle with lights and sirens, the suspect continued to flee northbound. A short time lat…
PD: Woman Who Led Police Pursuits In Stolen Oil Tanker Found 80 Miles Away At Wildwood Wawa PD: Woman Who Led Police Pursuits In Stolen Oil Tanker Found 80 Miles Away At Wildwood Wawa
PD: Woman Who Led Police Pursuits In Stolen Oil Tanker Found 80 Miles Away At Wildwood Wawa A Camden County woman led police on multiple pursuits in a stolen oil tanker truck before being arrested at a Wawa store, nearly 80 miles from where she found the truck, police said. Wildwood police responding to an erratic driver on the 400 block of Rio Grande Avenue around 8:30 p.m. July 24, authorities said.  There, they found a woman later identified as 44-year-old Camille Wescott, of Lawnside, parked near the gas lots of the Wawa, Wildwood police said. Registration showed police that the Taylor tanker truck had been stolen out of Bellmawr, at which point the traffic stop became h…
South Jersey Fugitive, 38, Arrested At Atlantic City Bus Terminal After Serious Stabbing South Jersey Fugitive, 38, Arrested At Atlantic City Bus Terminal After Serious Stabbing
South Jersey Fugitive, 38, Arrested At Atlantic City Bus Terminal After Serious Stabbing A 38-year-old man from Camden County has been arrested in connection with a fight that ended with a multiple stabbing in Atlantic City, authorities said. The suspect allegedly was found by police trying to flee the city by bus.  Darren M. Petti of Bellmawr was charged with aggravated assault and weapons charges, an Atlantic City police spokesman said on Thursday. At 4:19 a.m. on Monday, Atlantic City police  received a 9-1-1 call that a man was stabbed near Kentucky and Atlantic avenues.  Patrol officers arrived but were unable to find a stabbing victim, according to Lt. Kevi…
Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup
Predators, Pedophiles And Perverts: Horror Stories Abound In NJ Online Child-Sex Abuse Roundup A mail carrier, a train conductor and a retired corrections officer are among 31 men charged amid a massive roundup that produced some horrifying stories about online child sex abuse in the age of COVID, New Jersey authorities announced Wednesday. One of them offered money and other prizes through a social media “game” that he created to convince underage girls to send him nude photos, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Another got victims between 7 and 15 years old to send him sexual photos, then pressured them to send more by threatening to share those he had online, he said. …