Hackensack, NJ
News
NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most
NJ Releases Hate Crime Totals By Town, Race, More: Guess Which County Had The Most Nearly 40% of all hate crimes reported in New Jersey last year were against Blacks, more than the combined total against whites, Jews, Latinos and Muslims, according to State Police crime figures released Tuesday. The town with the most reported bias incidents in 2020 was Lakewood, the figures show. More than half of all reported bias incidents in New Jersey last year involved straight harassment, as opposed to vandalism and other related crimes. More than 13% occurred at schools, parks or playgrounds. The county with the most, overall, was Monmouth. The preliminary data released Tuesday…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
Weather
PHOTOS: Possible Tornado With Gusts Up To 70 MPH Tears Through NJ, PA PHOTOS: Possible Tornado With Gusts Up To 70 MPH Tears Through NJ, PA
Photos: Possible Tornado With Gusts Up To 70 MPH Tears Through NJ, PA Homes and businesses across New Jersey and Pennsylvania were destroyed following a quick-hitting storm that ripped across the area Sunday evening. "Several wind damage reports were received and focused mainly along the I-95 corridor, including some measured wind gusts in the 60 to 70 mph range," the National Weather Service said. Streets around the America's Best Value Inn near Route 35 in Neptune was fully evacuated with several surrounded streets closed due to downed poles, wires and extensive debris. The NWS is investigating whether the damage might have been caused by a small tornado. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
News
South Jersey Cat Gets Old Life Back Thanks To Microchip South Jersey Cat Gets Old Life Back Thanks To Microchip
South Jersey Cat Gets Old Life Back Thanks To Microchip A cat that went missing for two years in Burlington County was reunited with his rightful owner this week thanks to animal rescue workers -- and a microchip.  A Mount Laurel resident found Alexander and brought the cat to the Burlington County Animal Shelter on March 9.  Shelter staff discovered that the frightened cat was microchipped, according to the Animal Welfare Association in Voorhees, Camden County. Staff discovered that the microchip, about the size of a grain of rice, was planted by the AWA at a public pet clinic. Alexander’s owner, Lila Wynne, received a call from AWA…

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by Jon Craig
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Drug Dealer Charged In Overdose Death of South Jersey Man, Prosecutor Says Philadelphia Drug Dealer Charged In Overdose Death of South Jersey Man, Prosecutor Says
Philadelphia Drug Dealer Charged In Overdose Death of South Jersey Man, Prosecutor Says A 41-year-old man from Philadelphia has been charged with causing the death of a South Jersey man who died of a heroin/fentanyl drug overdose, authorities said. Robert Quintua, of the 2500 block of Lefevre Street, was charged with first-degree strict liability for drug-Induced death, according to  Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Township Police Chief Stephen Riedener . Raymond Stutzer III, 44, of Marlton fatally overdosed last year in a Mount Laurel hotel, Coffina and Riedener said. Quintua was taken into custody in January, and extradited on…

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by Jon Craig
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Police & Fire
Motorist Struck While Changing Tire On I-295 Burlington County Motorist Struck While Changing Tire On I-295 Burlington County
Motorist Struck While Changing Tire On I-295 Burlington County A motorist trying to change a tire was struck by a passing vehicle on Interstate 295 in Burlington County, authorities said. The pedestrian was hit about 3:30 p.m. on I-295 northbound in Mount Laurel near mile-marker 38, according to initial reports.  An unconfirmed report said the victim suffered a severe leg injury, and that a second advanced life support team was requested.  The state Department of Transportation was requested to close down part of the highway.  The medevac unit was down due to poor flying conditions. New Jersey State troopers were investigating. This …

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by Jon Craig
Elizabeth, NJ
Lifestyle
Rabbi Recognizes NJ State Trooper Who Pulled Him Over As Long Lost Friend From Middle School Rabbi Recognizes NJ State Trooper Who Pulled Him Over As Long Lost Friend From Middle School
Rabbi Recognizes NJ State Trooper Who Pulled Him Over As Long Lost Friend From Middle School Rabbi Shloime Greenwald and New Jersey State Trooper David Kohn hadn't seen each other for 22 years. That was until last Wednesday, when the trooper pulled a car over for speeding on the NJ Turnpike -- and Greenwald was in the passenger's seat. Greenwald and a coworker were heading home to Crown Heights from Delaware when Kohn sounded his sirens and stopped them for speeding on the northbound side of the highway in Mount Laurel, New Jersey State Police told Daily Voice. Kohn asked the driver for his license and registration, and immediately recognized the man in the passenger's seat as Gr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Police & Fire
Pedophile Roundup: Feds Bust 15 NJ, PA Men With Child Porn, Trying To Have Sex With Teens Pedophile Roundup: Feds Bust 15 NJ, PA Men With Child Porn, Trying To Have Sex With Teens
Pedophile Roundup: Feds Bust 15 NJ, PA Men With Child Porn, Trying To Have Sex With Teens A youth pastor who manufactured child porn. A 35-year-old man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. A 40-year-old man who secretly recorded a naked girl, then send out the material. These are only three men of the 15 busted on child porn and other more serious charges, in the second phase of a massive quarantine-driven operation in South Jersey, authorities said (scroll down for a complete rundown of each individual charged). The 15 arrests come are part of "Operation Safe Quarantine II," which ran from August 2020 through January 2021, and fueled by an increase of in threate…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
MOST WANTED: Reward Offered For Fugitive NJ Couple In Nationwide Sex-Trafficking Ring MOST WANTED: Reward Offered For Fugitive NJ Couple In Nationwide Sex-Trafficking Ring
Most Wanted: Reward Offered For Fugitive NJ Couple In Nationwide Sex-Trafficking Ring The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward – or $2,500 each -- for information leading to the arrests of a couple wanted out of New Jersey for sex-trafficking victims across state lines using “force, fraud, and/or coercion.” Mallie Monte Evans, 34, and Elizabeth Sanchez, 25, have remained on the run since a federal judge in Trenton signed a warrant for Evans’s arrest last September, authorities said. It's a reflection of the danger they post that Evans and Sanchez were being sought publicly. Sex traffickers have rarely ended up on the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list. Both are considered armed and danger…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Man Gets 18 Years Behind Bars For Attempted NJ Sex Attack Philadelphia Man Gets 18 Years Behind Bars For Attempted NJ Sex Attack
Philadelphia Man Gets 18 Years Behind Bars For Attempted NJ Sex Attack A 54-year-old Philadelphia man ∑as sentenced to 18 years in New Jersey state prison for trying to sexually assault a woman walking along a Burlington County roadway, authorities said. The woman in her 50's was walking along Route 73 in Mount Laurel the afternoon of June 6. 2019, when she was grabbed by Donald Cramer Jr., then dragged into a wooded area near the I-295 northbound exit ramp, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Local resident John Bishop was driving and witnessed the abduction, Coffina said. Bishop stopped his car on the shoulder of the road where h…

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by Nicole Acosta
Hamilton Township, NJ
Schools
COVID-19 Tears Through Central Jersey Schools COVID-19 Tears Through Central Jersey Schools
Covid-19 Tears Through Central Jersey Schools COVID-19 is surging in several Central Jersey schools this month. Mount Laurel schools went remote Dec. 4, due to a "sharp increase" in cases. In-person learning will resume Jan. 15, district officials said. "In further consultation with the New Jersey Department of Health’s (NJDOH) risk matrix, while in the High Risk 'Orange,' zone, our local conditions warrant our schools switch to full time remote learning," Superintendent George J. Rafferty said. "According to health officials, in the immediate and near future infection rates are expected to continue to climb into the winter break…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lakewood, NJ
News
Ruby Tuesday's Another Victim Of Coronavirus Ruby Tuesday's Another Victim Of Coronavirus
Ruby Tuesday's Another Victim Of Coronavirus First bankruptcy, then coronavirus. Ruby Tuesday's is the latest restaurant chain to close more restaurants in New Jersey. The company confirmed it recently closed its restaurants in Toms River and Eatontown. The Toms River restaurant was located at 1311 Route 37 W., off of Route 9. The Eatontown restaurant was located at Monmouth Mall on Route 35. There are now four Ruby Tuesday restaurants remaining in New Jersey: Elizabeth, Mount Laurel, Somerset and at Newark International Airport. In May, Ruby Tuesday closed its Freehold, Neptune and Lakewood restaurants, After filing for bankruptcy…

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by Jon Craig
Newark, NJ
News
Staten Island Man Goes To Fed Pen For Bilking NJ Businesses, Robbing Essex Merchant At Gunpoint Staten Island Man Goes To Fed Pen For Bilking NJ Businesses, Robbing Essex Merchant At Gunpoint
Staten Island Man Goes To Fed Pen For Bilking NJ Businesses, Robbing Essex Merchant At Gunpoint A Staten Island man must spend the next eight years in federal prison for a crime spree in which he defrauded several businesses, stole the identities of three women and robbed a merchant at gunpoint. Raymond Scura, 31, lived the high life at the expense of others, including a Mount Laurel country club and two Marlton merchants who were left with worthless checks and account information stolen from unwitting victims, federal authorities said. He also splurged on limo services, luxury hotels and “exotic” car rentals, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Things got violent when Scura forced …

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by Jerry DeMarco