DNA, Fingerprints From 1996 Led To Sexual Assault Arrest, Atlantic County Prosecutor Says
DNA and fingerprints dating back to 1996 and 2003 have led to an arrest in two sexual assault cases, authorities said.
Brian Lee Avis, 59, has been indicted by an Atlantic County grand jury for the sexual assaults of a 10-year-old Brigantine girl in 1996, and a 5-year-old girl in Galloway Township in 2003, Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill said,
The eight-count indictment includes charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault of a victim under the age of 13, endangering and burglary, Shill said.
The charges against Avis came after Galloway Township Police Det. Sgt. …
Trio Charged With Murder, 30 Indicted In South Jersey Drug Ring Bust
Thirty people have been indicted by an Atlantic County Grand Jury as part of a large-scale drug distribution ring from which $2.6 million in cash was seized, authorities.said.
Three of the men named in the indictment are also charged in connection to the fatal February 2019 shooting of Demond Tally in Atlantic City, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner.
Since March 2017, an investigation was conducted by the ACPO Guns, Gangs and Narcotics Unit into Steven Martinez, 27, and Shiraz Khan, 31, for operating a large-scale drug distribution organization in Atlantic County,…
State Police ID South Jersey Motorcyclist, 24, Killed In Weekend Crash
Authorities have identified a motorcyclist killed in a weekend crash in South Jersey as an Atlantic County resident.
Miguel Lebron, 24, of Galloway Township, was riding a motorcycle north on Shaffer Avenue in Lawrence Township, Cumberland County, about 6:40 a.m. on Saturday when the vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a tree, according to Sgt. First Class Lawrence Peele, a New Jersey State Police spokesman.
Lebron was pronounced dead at the scene, Peele said on Tuesday.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by DeMarco-Luisi Funeral Home in Vineland.
South Jersey Driver Indicted For Manslaughter In Hit-Run Crash, Killing Galloway Woman, 48
An Atlantic County Grand Jury has returned an indictment of aggravated manslaughter against an Absecon man who was involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 48 year-old Galloway Township woman last spring, authorities said.
Keneet Camacho, 39, was indicted on the following charges: first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, third-degree assault by auto and third-degree causing death while unlicensed/suspended, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner
At 7:58 a.m. on April 20, 2020, the Galloway Townshi…
