Atlantic & Cape May County News

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MGM Mirage said Friday it will sell its 50 percent stake in Atlantic City's top casino and stop doing business in New Jersey rather than cut ties with the family of an Asian casino mogul that the state felt was too closely linked with organized crime. Full story »

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — State Police arrested a woman at Atlantic City International Airport after she became irate and shouted that she had a bomb. Trooper Brian Polite says Ethel Eddy was going through security Thursday when a screener noticed she had more liquid in her carry-on than permitted. The screener opened the Hamilton Township resident's luggage and removed... Full story »

The FBI is investigating the case of an alleged al-Qaida member from Buena Borough who's accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. Full story »

A Buena Borough man authorities claim is a member of al Qaeda has been accused of firing a gun in a hospital in Yemen, according to NBC Philadelphia. Sharif Mobley, 26, reportedly was being admitted to a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen when he grabbed a police officer's gun and started shooting, according to Yemeni officials. One guard was killed, according... Full story »

NORTHFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Camden's Roman Catholic diocese has removed a 75-year-old Catholic priest because of sexual abuse allegations stemming from 1981. Diocese spokesman Andrew Walton says a 43-year-old man told the diocese in February about an incident with the Rev. Brendan Sullivan that happened in 1981 when the man was 14. Atlantic County's prosecutor was notified and the... Full story »

CAMDEN – A Camden man was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison today for his role in the assault and robbery of a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Atlantic City, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler also ordered Ismael Gonzalez, 21, a.k.a. “Emilio Gonzalez” and “Darwin Ordonez,” of Camden, to serve... Full story »

Crews from Atlantic City Electric and other regional utilities continue to focus their efforts on rebuilding parts of the crippled electric system in Cape May County Tuesday as a second fierce winter storm punishes a string of seaside communities in southern New Jersey. Some of the hardest hit towns include Ocean City, Stone Harbor, Avalon, Sea Isle City, the Strathmere... Full story »

Atlantic County officials have issued a travel ban as a powerful storm continues to pummel the region. The shore is taking the brunt of this storm, and in order to ensure public safety and to get roads plowed, officials instituted the ban this morning. According to the statement, "This travel ban limits vehicles on all municipal and county roadways to... Full story »

ATLANTIC CITY — The Most Reverend Joseph A. Galante, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Camden, will celebrate Mass with the Haitian Catholic community of Atlantic City at 9:15 a.m. Sunday at St. Monica Church, 108 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Atlantic City. Joining Galante will be Haitian priests serving in the diocese: Father Aland Jean, Father Yvans Jazon and Father Rico Ducle.  The... Full story »

TRENTON — A bill  to make ignition interlocks mandatory for all drunk driving offenses in New Jersey was signed into law Thursday by acting Gov. Stephen M. Sweeney. "Ricci's Law" honors the memory of Ricci Branca, a 17-year-old Egg Harbor Township teen who was bike riding with friends when a drunk driver plowed into the group and fled the scene.... Full story »

A member of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the Bloods street gang from Cape May County was sentenced to state prison today for racketeering. Full story »

The Diocese of Camden informed Wildwood Catholic High School will close at the end of the school year, the Camden Diocese informed its community Tuesday, citing declining enrollment and mounting financial problems. The announcement was made in a letter to parents from Father Michael Field, the pastor of St. Ann’s parish, which sponsors the school.    “As you know, population... Full story »

BARNEGAT LIGHT (AP) — The Coast Guard has rescued one person and is searching for two others off the coast of Barnegat Light after a 38-foot fishing boat sank sometime Tuesday night. The Coast Guard received a distress signal from the fishing boat Alisha Marie about 7 p.m. Tuesday. A helicopter was dispatched and was able to rescue one... Full story »

Police say a man suspected of drunken driving slammed into a summer home, knocking it three feet off its foundation. Full story »

The two winners of a recall election in a southern New Jersey resort town will take office Monday. Full story »