Atlantic City Police Investigate Weekend Shootings Atlantic City Police Investigate Weekend Shootings
Atlantic City Police Investigate Weekend Shootings Two Atlantic City men were wounded in separate shootings over the weekend, authorities said. At 8:12 p.m. on Friday, patrol officers responded to the 1500 block of Drexel Place for a ShotSpotter alert. Shortly after, a 31-year-old shooting victim arrived at the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, according Lt. Kevin Fair, an Atlantic City Police Department spokesman.  On Saturday at 1:19 pm, an 18-year-old shooting victim arrived at the medical center after patrol officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 1500 block of Sewell Avenue, Fair said.  Both …
Atlantic City Police Investigate Shooting Atlantic City Police Investigate Shooting
Atlantic City Police Investigate Shooting Atlantic City police are investigating the weekend shooting of a 22-year-old. At 12:11 a.m. on Sunday, patrol officers were called to the 600 block of New York Avenue for a ShotSpotter alert, according to Lt. Kevin Fair, an Atlantic City Police Department spokesman. Responding officers located evidence of gunfire, Fair said. Shortly after, a shooting victim, 22, of Atlantic City, arrived at the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division for treatment of his serious injuries, Fair said. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Atlantic City Police Department…
Teen On Home Detention Monitor Arrested In Atlantic City Shooting Teen On Home Detention Monitor Arrested In Atlantic City Shooting
Teen On Home Detention Monitor Arrested In Atlantic City Shooting A teenager being monitored with an ankle bracelet has been arrested in connection with an Atlantic City shooting, authorities said. The 16-year-old boy was charged in an Oct. 25 robbery and shooting in the 1100 block of Ohio Avenue, Lt. Kevin Fair, a police department spokesman, said. The unidentified teen was wearing on electronic monitoring bracelet on his ankle for home detention when he allegedly wounded a 31-year-old man from Pleasantville, Fair said on Saturday. An investigation by the Violent Crimes Unit let to the boy's arrest on Dec. 11 He was charged with two counts of aggravate…
WANTED: Stabbing-Shooting Suspect, 30, Sought By Atlantic City Police WANTED: Stabbing-Shooting Suspect, 30, Sought By Atlantic City Police
Wanted: Stabbing-Shooting Suspect, 30, Sought By Atlantic City Police Atlantic City police seek the public’s help locating a 30-year-old suspect wanted for stabbing and shooting a man. An investigation by detectives of the Violent Crimes Unit led to Antwan Harper of Atlantic City being charged for his role in a Nov. 13 attack. During a fight, Harper is accused of stabbing a 38-year-old victim from Atlantic City, before shooting him, said Lr. Kevin Fair, a police department spokesman. The victim was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division for treatment of his non-life-threatening injuries. Harper was charged with two counts of aggravat…
Atlantic City Police Investigate Downtown Shooting Atlantic City Police Investigate Downtown Shooting
Atlantic City Police Investigate Downtown Shooting Atlantic City police are investigating a shooting that injured a 38-year-old on Friday afternoon. At 12:04 pm, Atlantic City patrol officers responded to Tennessee and Caspian avenues on a ShotSpotter alert, according to Lt. Kevin Fair, a police department spokesman. Officers located a vehicle fleeing the scene, Fair said. The vehicle contained a shooting victim who was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division. The victim was treated for a non-life-threatening injury, according to Fair. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Atlantic City Poli…
Atlantic City Teenager Wounded By Gunfire Atlantic City Teenager Wounded By Gunfire
Atlantic City Teenager Wounded By Gunfire A 17-year-old boy from Atlantic City was wounded in a shooting, authorities said. Atlantic City police were called to the 100 north block of Pennsylvania Avenue at 1:53 a.m. on Wednesday by a ShotSpotter audio gunshot detection alert, the department announced on Facebook. Police found a teenager with gunshot wounds. The shooting victim was taken to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s City Campus. His injuries were not considered life-threatening, police said. No other details were released. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Depa…
Atlantic City PD: Teenagers Shot Girl, 9 Atlantic City PD: Teenagers Shot Girl, 9
Atlantic City PD: Teenagers Shot Girl, 9 Two teenagers have been been arrested in connection with shooting a girl last month, authorities said. A 9-year-old girl was wounded in the foot by gunfire on Sept. 3 at a home on the 500 block of Indiana Avenue, Atlantic City police said.  The second of two 17-year-old suspects was arrested on Saturday on Arctic Avenue, police said. The Atlantic City teenager also was charged with possessing marijuana. The other youth, from Vineland, already was in custody at Harborfields Youth Detention Facility in Egg Harbor City in connection with another shooting, police said. Both teens were ch…
FBI: Middlesex Predator Lured Out-Of-State Escorts To NJ, Then Beat, Raped And Threatened Them FBI: Middlesex Predator Lured Out-Of-State Escorts To NJ, Then Beat, Raped And Threatened Them
FBI: Middlesex Predator Lured Out-Of-State Escorts To NJ, Then Beat, Raped And Threatened Them For more than four years, a Middlesex County man lured out-of-state escorts to New Jersey with promises of tens of thousands of dollars for sex – then slapped, choked, raped and threatened them, federal authorities charged. Jose Torres, 42, was captured in Boston on Valentine’s Day and brought to New Jersey this week to face federal counts of coercion and enticement, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Torres met the women through websites for online escorts and on Backpage.com beginning in May 2015, an FBI complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Promising big money, he “p…
Former U.S. Navy Member Gets 18 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Guns Into NJ Former U.S. Navy Member Gets 18 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Guns Into NJ
Former U.S. Navy Member Gets 18 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Guns Into NJ A former active-duty member of the U.S. Navy was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for illegally trafficking guns to a New Jersey couple – including one that ended up being fired on the street hours later. Tesora Amanda Cortes Trejorojas, 24, admitted in federal court in Newark last February that she bought the semi-automatic weapons at a store near her Norfolk, VA home for Azia Sinclair and Shyheim “Shy” Tyson of Newark. She entered the plea in exchange for the more lenient sentence -- all of which she must serve because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The so…