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Former Code Enforcement Officer Who Stole $75K From Ventnor City Indicted: Prosecutors
A former code enforcement officer in Ventnor City was accused of stealing more than $75,000 in payments for city permits, authorities said.
Michelle Calderon, 37, of Egg Harbor Township, was indicted on six counts on Thursday, Apr. 11, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced in a news release on Monday, Apr. 29. She was charged on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023.
Investigators said Calderon kept cash that taxpayers and businesses gave to Ventnor City for permits. She was accused of pocketing more than $75,000 and altering the balance sheets to cover up the stolen m…
Blaze Damages Condominium In Mahopac
A residence inside a Hudson Valley condominium complex was left damaged by a fire.
According to the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department, the incident happened in Putnam County on Friday, April 26, just before 6:40 p.m., when a blaze began inside a unit at a condominium building in Mahopac on East Lake Boulevard.
Arriving crews soon realized they would need more manpower to tackle the blaze, so they received help from the Mahopac Falls, Croton Falls, Carmel, and Yorktown Heights fire departments, the Carmel Police Department, and the Putnam County Bureau of Emergency Services.
After around t…
Drug Raid: Pot Seized From Local Dispensaries, Multiple Arrests Made, Warren Prosecutor Says
Six people were arrested after four dispensaries were raided in Hackettstown earlier this month, seizing $20,000 in cash and raw marijuana, authorities said.
Canna Campus, Good Luck Vapes, Smokey Bear and Mom N Pops CBD & Wellness Shops were raided by Hackettstown police, in conjunction with New Jersey State Police and the New Jersey Division of Taxation, on Tuesday, April 9, Acting Warren County Prosecutor Anthony Picione said.
Joseph Lanzisera, a 28-year-old Scranton resident, was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous with intent to distribute marijuana in a in a quan…
Atlantic City Teen Sentenced For Having Unlabeled Gun: Prosecutors
An Atlantic City teen will spend time in state prison after police found him with an unlabeled gun, authorities said.
Angelo Williams, 19, was sentenced on Thursday, Apr. 25 to three years in state prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced in a news release. He pleaded guilty to second-degree possession of a handgun without a permit on Thursday, Mar. 7, 2024.
Atlantic City police responded to a report of a man with a gun in his waistband on North Arkansas Avenue on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Officers found Williams, whose description matched the one given to police.
As po…
19-Year-Old Woman Killed, 4 Hospitalized In Willington Crash
A teenager was killed and four others hospitalized in an overnight single-vehicle crash in Connecticut.
It happened around 10:15 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in Tolland County in the town of Willington.
A 2007 Subaru Legacy with five occupants, all from the town of Bethel in Fairfield County, was traveling southbound on River Road when the driver lost control, causing the vehicle to overturn, according to Connecticut State Police.
One of the passengers, 19-year-old Maria Damata sustained life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead, said police.
The driver, a 21-year-old man,…
