From Press staff reports | Posted: Saturday, August 15, 2009 | 0 comments

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Police are looking for the person who stole and torched a pickup truck in a wooded pit off Washington Avenue early Saturday morning.

A 40-year-old man told police he parked at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday in his driveway on Daphne Drive in Galloway Township. About four hours later, Egg Harbor Township Police called him to report they found his truck, Galloway Detective Sgt. Paul Dooner said.

He then called Galloway police, who continue to investigate.

Police have asked that anyone with information call Detective Ro Latoracca at 609-652-3705.

By ERIC SCOTT CAMPBELL Staff Writer, 609-272-7227 | Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009 | 4 comments

BRIGANTINE - A wayward pickup truck toppled a traffic-light pole and crashed through the front of a 7-Eleven about 3:30 this morning.

The store's lone occupant, a clerk, had been standing at the far end of the counter and was not injured, police said. Nor was Craig Peters, 40, of Folsom, Pa., but his white Ford pickup was severely damaged.

Peters was charged with driving while intoxicated, on a suspended license, without a seatbelt and in a reckless fashion. He was released on bail to his wife, police said.

The truck penetrated the store's front window about four or five feet, setting off the burglar alarm that summoned police. Several racks of merchandise were knocked down.

The traffic light at 38th Street and Brigantine Boulevard fell across the roadway, causing the traffic light south of it to blink all yellow, police said. The Atlantic County Department of Transportation repaired and reset the signals.

By PETER BUSH
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PHOENIX -- The family of a Phoenix fire captain says her prognosis is good after she was critically injured in an 11-car crash.

Crystal Rezzonico, who was aboard Engine 910, was ejected from the vehicle that was responding to an emergency call. Ten people were injured...Continue Reading

Press staff reports | Posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 | 0 comments

A lightning strike caused a Hamilton Township house to catch fire Sunday, police say.

The fire started before 7:45 p.m., in the 7300 block of Driftwood Lane in the Weymouth section of Hamilton Township.

Police say homeowner Ken Leary, 42, heard a loud clap of thunder before discovering his living room couch was on fire. Police say a tree in the rear of the property was struck by lightning, and the electrical current traveled through the ground and into the home. The current shorted out an outlet, which set the couch on fire.

After he called 911 and got his family out of the house, Leary tried to put the fire out with a neighbor's help.

The home suffered smoke and water damage but did not appear to have structural damage, police say. No one was injured.

Posted in Breaking, Atlantic on Monday, August 10, 2009 7:40 am Updated: 8:32 am.

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By ERIC SCOTT CAMPBELL Staff Writer, 609-272-7227 | Posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 | 18 comments

ATLANTIC CITY - The National Action Network intends to sue the city government for $5 million and tell state Attorney General Anne Milgram who was involved in an alleged May 15 firehouse incident.

By MARTIN DeANGELIS Staff Writer, 609-272-7237 | Posted: Friday, August 7, 2009 | 0 comments

VENTNOR - John Gigliotti was still unpacking his truck after getting home from a trip to Florida when he heard his mother yelling that their neighbor's house was on fire. John grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran up the street.

The first thing he saw, when got into the house a few doors away from his on Oxford Avenue in Ventnor Heights, was....Continue Reading