RESILIENCY TRAINING SESSIONS HELD FOR ATLANTIC COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
MAYS LANDING- Training for Atlantic County law enforcement officers was held this week in accordance with the directive from the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Promoting Law Enforcement Resiliency for law enforcement officers, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. The training sessions were instructed by active law enforcement officers of the Atlantic …
ACPO MAJOR CRIMES UNIT INVESTIGATING FATAL PLEASANTVILLE SHOOTING
PLEASANTVILLE- The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Pleasantville Police Department are actively investigating a shooting that occurred on Thursday, April 8, 2021, that left one man dead and two others wounded, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On Thursday at 2:57 p.m., 911 calls were received at the Pleasantville Police …
ACPO MAJOR CRIMES UNIT, ATLANTIC CITY POLICE INVESTIGATING DEATH OF CITY BUSINESS OWNER
ATLANTIC CITY- The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and the Atlantic City Police Department are actively investigating the death of a 66 year-old man the evening of April 1, 2021, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. At 7:41 p.m., Atlantic City Police Officers responded to a business in the 1500 block of the Boardwalk in …
MAN CONVICTED FOR THE SHOOTING OF 2 EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICERS DENIED HIS LATEST APPEAL
MAYS LANDING- Christopher Blank who was sentenced to 85 years in prison for the shooting of two Egg Harbor Township police officers during a 2006 motor vehicle stop has been denied his latest appeal by the United States 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in a written opinion issued on March 30, 2020. In 2008, an …
NJ SUPREME COURT RULES SOMERS POINT MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER WAS NOT STRIPPED OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR PRIVATE COUNSEL
MAYS LANDING- The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a Somers Point man whose request was denied for a new attorney was not stripped of a constitutional right. Luis Maisonet who was convicted of murder in December 2017, filed a direct appeal on April 10, 2018, and argued among other issues, that his constitutional …
2 MEN CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER IN JANUARY 2020 FATAL SHOOTING OF ARTURO BARRERA III
MAYS LANDING- Two men have been arrested and charged with felony murder, robbery and weapons offenses in the fatal January 2020, shooting of 24 year-old Arturo Barrera III, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. “I want to commend the detectives of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, along with our local, state, and federal partners, …
ACPO MAJOR CRIMES, ACPD INVESTIGATING ASSAULTED, UNCONSCIOUS MAN FOUND ON AC SIDEWALK FRIDAY
ATLANTIC CITY- A cooperative investigation is underway by the ACPO Major Crimes Unit and the Atlantic City Police Department after a man was found unconscious on a city sidewalk on March 5, 2021, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. At approximately 4:01 p.m., on March 5, 2021, the Atlantic City Police Department received a …
ACPO CHIEF DESHIELDS WARNS OF SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD AFTER HE RECEIVES SCAM CALL
MAYS LANDING- ACPO Chief of County Investigators Bruce DeShields would like to warn the public about scam calls involving Social Security after he recently received a scam phone call. On Monday, Chief DeShields received a scam call message and a recorded voice stated that it was an Officer with Social Security and that Chief DeShields …
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: MEET ACPO’S NEWEST CHIEF ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR COURTNEY CITTADINI
MAYS LANDING- Chief Assistant Prosecutor Courtney Cittadini received an undergraduate degree from Rutgers College in 1995. She would then graduate from Rutgers Law School – Camden in 2002. After graduating from law school, Chief Assistant Prosecutor Cittadini clerked for the Honorable Francine Axelrad, J.A.D. In 2003, she began her career at the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s …
70 YEAR OLD MAN CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING GIRL, 12, IS SENTENCED
MAYS LANDING- A 70 year-old Egg harbor City man has been sentenced before Honorable Bernard Delury, Jr. P.J. Cr., on charges of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a 12 year-old girl, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Jose A. Rodriguez was sentenced on March 4, 2021, on two counts of second degree …