State Police: Woman, 26, Hospitalized In Sussex County Skydiving Accident State Police: Woman, 26, Hospitalized In Sussex County Skydiving Accident
State Police: Woman, 26, Hospitalized In Sussex County Skydiving Accident A 26-year-old woman was hospitalized after a skydiving accident in Sussex County Sunday morning, state police said. The Glassboro woman was injured while attempting to land at Skydive Sussex on Route 639 just before 10:50 a.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. The woman was taken to Newton Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Report: Former South Jersey Police Chief Arrested For Strangling Woman Report: Former South Jersey Police Chief Arrested For Strangling Woman
Report: Former South Jersey Police Chief Arrested For Strangling Woman A retired police chief from Gloucester County has been arrested on charges including aggravated assault for allegedly strangling a woman and threatening to kill her in an alleged domestic violence incident, according to media reports.  Franklin S. Brown Jr., 53, of Glassboro retired from the police force in 2019 and most recently worked as administrator of the city of Woodbury, a job he resigned from on Tuesday, Mayor Peg Sickel told NJ Advance Media. The former Glassboro police chief was arrested and charged on Sunday with aggravated assault on a domestic violence victim, simple assau…
Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Man In His Wife's Beating Death Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Man In His Wife's Beating Death
Grand Jury Indicts South Jersey Man In His Wife's Beating Death A grand jury has indicted a 78-year-old South Jersey man on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the September beating death of his wife, according to news reports. Stanley C. Wilson, of Glassboro, is accused of murdering 76-year-old Sarah Wilson after an apparent argument at the couple’s Somerset Road home on Sept. 30, NJ.com reports. Wilson allegedly punched and choked his wife during a quarrel that began in the afternoon and continued that evening when Wilson began drinking, the news outlet reports citing prosecuters. Wilson then reportedly pushed his wife into a lamp wh…
South Jersey Police Seek Endangered, Missing Teen South Jersey Police Seek Endangered, Missing Teen
South Jersey Police Seek Endangered, Missing Teen Authorities in South Jersey are seeking the public's help in finding a teen who they described as missing and endangered. Silvia Abarca-Velasquez, 15, was last seen March 9, Glassboro police said. She is Hispanic, 5"3', approximately 115 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes and a medium complexion, police said. Anyone with information as to Siliva's whereabouts is urged to call police at 856-881-1500 or text GLASSPD to 847411.
US Marshals Arrest South Jersey Fugitive, 31, In Maryland For Camden Murder US Marshals Arrest South Jersey Fugitive, 31, In Maryland For Camden Murder
US Marshals Arrest South Jersey Fugitive, 31, In Maryland For Camden Murder A Gloucester County man has been arrested by U.S. Marshals at a Baltimore, Maryland, hotel in connection with the murder of a 24-year-old man in Camden earlier this month, authorities said. Angel Torres, 31, of Glassboro was charged on Monday with first-degree murder after he was taken into custody in Baltimore by the U.S. Marshals Service Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez. Torres was awaiting extradition to New Jersey. Police were called to the 1800 block of South 6th Stree…
Police: Rowan University Students Vandalized NJ Town's Christmas Display Causing $6K In Damages Police: Rowan University Students Vandalized NJ Town's Christmas Display Causing $6K In Damages
Police: Rowan University Students Vandalized NJ Town's Christmas Display Causing $6K In Damages A pair of Rowan University students were charged with vandalizing a South Jersey town's Christmas display and a local parking garage last week, totaling nearly $6,000 in damage and repairs, authorities said. Matthew Lubicky, 19, of Delran, and William Fowler, 19, of Demarest, were charged with obstruction, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief in connection with the Dec. 4 Glassboro incident, police said. Fowler was also charged with resisting arrest. Police responded to Glassboro Town Square where witnesses said a man was seen climbing the Christmas tree, removed the star at the t…
'HORRIFIC': Dover Man In Hiding Arrested In Double-Homicide Gunshot Slayings 'HORRIFIC': Dover Man In Hiding Arrested In Double-Homicide Gunshot Slayings
'Horrific': Dover Man In Hiding Arrested In Double-Homicide Gunshot Slayings A 23-year-old man was hiding out in Dover when police arrested him on a warrant Monday in connection with the gunshot slayings of two Glassboro residents earlier this month, authorities said. Daniel P. Hall, 23, is believed to be one of four gunmen who shot Manuel DelaRosa Jr., 26, and Shantal Farrow, 36, whose lifeless bodies were found in their Glassboro home Aug. 19, authorities said. Hall was taken into custody at a residence on North Bergen Street in Dover by Morris County Sheriff’s Office Warrants Section officers, who had been contacted by authorities in Gloucester County, the Morris…
GOTCHA! Hackensack Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champ Wanted For Killing Woman In DWI Crash Surrenders GOTCHA! Hackensack Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champ Wanted For Killing Woman In DWI Crash Surrenders
Gotcha! Hackensack Bare-Knuckle Boxing Champ Wanted For Killing Woman In DWI Crash Surrenders UPDATE: A bare-knuckle boxing champion from Hackensack surrendered to New Jersey State Police on vehicular homicide charges in the death of a woman in a drunk-driving crash. was being sought for the drunk-driving death of a woman in a crash that seriously injured her husband. “Bobby Gunn,” as he’s known in the sports world, had been a fugitive until Monday, when State Police said he turned himself in at the Woodstown Station in Pilesgrove, Salem County. Robert Gunn Jr. was driving a northbound Dodge Ram 3500 that crossed into oncoming traffic on Route 635 in Salem County’s Upper Pittsgrov…
New Grocery Stores Coming To NJ New Grocery Stores Coming To NJ
New Grocery Stores Coming To NJ German discount grocer Lidl plans to open its seventh and eighth stores in New Jersey later this month. A store in Howell will be located at 4250 Route 9. The other new store will be on Route 38 in Cherry Hill (Camden County). Both stores will open at 8 a.m. on Feb. 26. Lidl officials plan to celebrate the grand opening with music, giveaways and food specials.  There are currently six Lidl locations in New Jersey, according to the grocery chain’s website, and more than 11,000 Lidl stores worldwide. Over the past few months, Lidl has announced several new stores coming to the Garden …