Millville News

VINELAND -- Some bargain-hungry shoppers skipped a second course of Thanksgiving dinner Thursday to get an early jump on holiday shopping.

MILLVILLE -- Police are searching for a city woman they say stabbed a man Wednesday morning, just hours after being arrested on a disorderly conduct charge.

A fiery explosion transformed Vineland High School's traditional bonfire in to a booming inferno Wednesday evening.

Police on Sunday charged three juveniles in a recent rash of residential burglaries.

An 18-year-old Geissinger Avenue resident lay injured beneath his vehicle on Fairton Road for nine hours before the one-car accident was discovered Tuesday morning, according to police.

A North 3rd Street man was charged with burglary, robbery and related charges after he allegedly broke into both a car and an occupied Mulberry Street home Monday morning.

An 18-year-old Geissinger Avenue resident lay injured beneath his vehicle on Fairton Road for nine hours before the one-car accident was discovered this morning, according to police.

A Buck Street man was flown to a Pennsylvania hospital with "significant" burns following an accident behind his home Sunday evening, according to authorities.

MILLVILLE -- Mill-ville Public Library is offering two free programs in December to help job seekers with resume writing and job interviewing.

Police are searching for one suspect in the burglary of a city car wash in which police say two people caused $5,000 worth of damage to a vending machine and made off with approximately $20 in change and various mechanical parts.

Millville blotter also includes theft of various electronics items. MILLVILLE * Matthew Eric Garcia, 20, of Silver Run Road, was charged Friday with burglary of a residence, trespassing, criminal mischief and harassment for allegedly climbing through the window of his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend's home and ransacking her room.

John Pompper testifies in his own defense during his murder trial Wednesday. Pompper, a 48-year-old Millville man charged with murder in connection with the death of Ridgeway, his half brother, said this morning that he disagreed with scores of people who have testified over the last four weeks during a trial in Superior Court in Cumberland County.

BRIDGETON -- A Cumberland County grand jury on Wednesday handed up a new list of indictments against a Millville public school teacher already charged with having sex with two teenage students.

MILLVILLE - Scott Charles Smith, 27, of Sharp Street was arrested Tuesday night on warrants from Millville and Mantua Township .

Kenneth Watford, now of Wheaton Avenue, was also indicted Wednesday by a Superior Court grand jury in Cumberland County for third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and third-degree hindering apprehension or prosecution.

MILLVILLE _ Police have arrested a local man they say is one of two people involved in stealing money from and creating damage to the Holly City Wash on the 400 block of South 2nd Street.

No one was injured in a fire that damaged up to six apartments at Lakeview Manor today.

A Millville man accused of killing his half brother is planning to take the stand today in Superior Court in his own defense.

He was released on his own recognizance. * David Blake, 40, of East Main Street, was arrested early Sunday on two contempt warrants and on the charges of disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice.

MILLVILLE _ Tyrone Lamont Taylor, 35,of Bridgeton was arrested Sunday at 5th and Broad streets on two charges of possession of drugs, including heroin.