Bridgeton News

BRIDGETON - Cumberland County Board of Chosen Freeholders has named Bob Balicki of Millville as Confidential Assistant to the warden at the county jail.

He was released after posting the required amount of $1,500 bail. * James Harris, 35, of East Avenue, Keontray T. Jamison, 24, of Martin Luther King Jr.

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The charge stems from an incident of domestic violence, police said. Also served two failure to appear warrants, Matthews was lodged in Cumberland County Jail on $11,100 bail.

He reportedly used his head to break out the rear, driver's-side window to a police cruiser after he was placed in the car following his arrest.

A "special needs" man from Mullica Hill was taken to an area hospital after he ran into the side of a FedEx delivery truck on Cottage Avenue, near Fayette Street, Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

It may not have been the 8,000 people predicted would cram Alden Field this year to celebrate the Fourth of July with plates of barbecue food and sack races, but no one seem to mind.

It's been about a year now since the city lost three 10-man inmate labor details from South Woods State Prison to the state's budget crunch.

The BRIDGETON Recreation Department will host a Movie Night on Saturday, June 27 at the Cohanzick Zoo following the zooa s 75th anniversary celebration.

It began with a herd of deer given by the state during the Great Depression and grew to become what many consider one of the city's greatest features.

He was lodged in Cumberland County Jail on $51,713 bail. * Gabriel Smith, 22, of North Laurel Street, was arrested Tuesday night on the charges of falsely incriminating another and hindering apprehension.

He also was cited for reckless driving, careless driving and possessing a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle.

BRIDGETON - Cumberland County Sheriff Robert Austino announced the follow arrests: On June 26, Christopher Merighi, 30, of E Street in Millville, was arrested on two Cumberland County Superior Court criminal warrants for failure to appear.

He also was charged with resisting arrest and served a failure to appear warrant.

A West Lincoln Street man was shot in his left leg as he ran from gunfire that quickly ended a large fight at Cohansey and Egret streets early Sunday, police said on Monday.

City Police Chief Mark Ott's father started working for the department here in 1966.

He also was charged with resisting arrest. Wilmore was lodged in Cumberland County Jail on $3,100 bail.

The burglar entered the victim's home through a second-floor window. The computer is valued at $2,000. * Sakia N. Johnson, 27, and Vincent Cartwright, 29, both of Mount Vernon Street, were arrested at their home early Friday on domestic violence-related charges.

Police announced this morning that they have arrested and charged a 19-year-old city man with murder and related offenses in connection with the June 12 stabbing death of a Hampton Street teen.

The victim told police he locked up his shed, located behind his home, around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.