Camden County News

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n admitted hit man for a notorious Camden drug-trafficking organization who pleaded guilty to murder, but who later cooperated with federal law enforcement authorities, was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in federal prison. Full story »

TRENTON -- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that a Camden man was sentenced to state prison today for directing the activities of drug dealers for the Nine Trey Headbustas set of the Bloods gang.  He was charged as a result of an investigation into the criminal activities of the set in... Full story »

The Gloucester Township Police Department, as part of a Traffic Safety Unit Program and Drunk Driving Enforcement, will be conducting an "Alcohol Server and DWI Review" for the bartenders, and servers of Ron Jaworski's Valleybrook Country Club and Riley's Pub.  Full story »

WINSLOW TWP. — The township fire department has been awarded a $479,250 award under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant  Program, U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews announced. The grant will be used to replace over 100 self-contained breathing apparatuses, a device worn by first responders to provide breathable air in life-threatening conditions. “It’s no secret that breathing... Full story »

GLOUCESTR TWP. — The first-year results of the Camden County Transformation Initiative will be presented during a public forum at the Camden County Regional Emergency Training Center, Woodbury-Turnersville Road,  from 7 to 9 p.m. March 24.   The transformation initiative was launched in February 2009 as an effort to lighten the financial burden on taxpayers, spur long-term institutional change and... Full story »

CAMDEN – Employers seeking qualified student interns from Rutgers University–Camden may participate in an online seminar at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 23.   Sponsored by the Rutgers–Camden Career Center, the program will answer questions about how to launch an internship program and how to recruit Rutgers students as interns.  Participants will be able to access the seminar from their own... Full story »

GLOUCESTER TWP. — Hider Lane will be closed for construction between Little Gloucester Road and Kelly Drivers Lane starting at 6 a.m. Thursday. Sewer repairs may last most of the day. A detour will be in effect.  Full story »

CAMDEN — Bail was set at $1 million each Tuesday for two adults charged with the murders of two Burlington County residents that authorities indicated may be gang related, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk said Tuesday. Darrel Pierre, 19, of Merchantville and Clive Hinds, 18, of Maple Shade, were arraigned before Superior Court Judge Thomas Brown. Pierre and Hinds... Full story »

CAMDEN – The former director of the Cherry Hill Department of Code Enforcement and Inspections was sentenced Tuesday to 22 months imprisonment, ordered to pay $20,000 in fines, and ordered to complete 200 hours of community service for accepting approximately $4,500 in bribes from representatives of a private inspection service company in exchange for his assistance in obtaining municipal contracts,... Full story »

CAMDEN — Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk and Camden Police Chief Scott Thomson reported four additional arrests have been made in connection with two people killed and buried in a row home’s back yard in February.  Three juveniles and another adult have been charged with murder in connection with the deaths of Muriah Ashley Huff and Michael Hawkins. A... Full story »

CAMDEN — A city teenager was shot to death, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk said Monday. Anthony Ross, 16,  was shot multiple times outside on the 1500 block of Wildwood Avenue about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. He was pronounced dead at Cooper University Hospital.   Anyone with information is asked to contact Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Investigator Miguel Rubert at... Full story »

Camden County College’s Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility will present the documentary “A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School” and a discussion led by scholar Wayne Glasker of Rutgers University – Camden on Tuesday The event, for which the college is partnering with the Camden Free Public Library, will take place at 11 a.m. in the Camden Conference... Full story »

CAMDEN — A Clementon woman charged with killing a motorist while driving intoxicated and without a valid driver’s license was arraigned Friday in Superior Court here, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk reported. Pamela Quinn, 57, was arraigned before Superior Court Judge Thomas Brown on a vehicular homicide charge. She is accused of killing Christopher Bay Jr., 49, of Barrington... Full story »

A 19-year-old Camden man has been charged in connection with the death of one of two Burlington County people killed in the city last week and buried in a row home’s back yard. Full story »

GLOUCESTER TWP. — The Urdu language is spoken by tens of millions of people throughout the world. Most Urdu speakers are in Pakistan and India, but the language also is heard in many other nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Afghanistan. Camden County College is offering a free course in Urdu that will provide instruction... Full story »