Assault

SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH: ACPO SVU UNIT HANDLED OVER 700 SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATIONS SINCE 2019
MAYS LANDING-April is observed as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), and April 7, 2022, is designated as SAAM Day of Action. SAAM Day of Action provides a day to focus awareness on sexual violence prevention. Through education, SAAM Day of Action aims to stop sexual assault, harassment and abuse before they happen. To bring awareness …

LEGAL GUARDIAN CHARGED IN ASSAULT OF 9 YEAR-OLD GIRL
MAYS LANDING- A Galloway Township woman has been charged in the assault of a nine year old girl, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On May 12, 2021, Stephanie Gregory, 56, was charged with 2 counts of second degree Aggravated Assault and 6 counts of second degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child whom …

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 …

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 …

ABSECON MAN INDICTED ON AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES IN APRIL 2020 CRASH THAT KILLED GALLOWAY WOMAN
MAYS LANDING- An Atlantic County Grand Jury has returned an indictment of Aggravated Manslaughter and other charges against an Absecon man who was involved in the April 2020, crash that killed a 48 year-old Galloway Township woman, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Keneet Camacho, 39, is indicted on the following charges: Aggravated Manslaughter, …

NEWARK MAN SENTENCED IN THE JANUARY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OF MAN
MAYS LANDING – Michael Garland was sentenced Friday, November 15, 2019, to an aggregate 14 years in New Jersey State Prison for the aggravated assault of a man, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner said. The Honorable Donna M. Taylor J.S.C., sentenced Garland, 46, to an aggregate term of 14 years in New Jersey State …

MAN INDICTED FOR ASSAULTING INFANT IN ATLANTIC CITY
MAYS LANDING – An Atlantic County Grand Jury handed up an indictment on Tuesday against an Atlantic City man for the assault of an infant on May 6, 2019, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Stephon Whitfield, 28, is indicted on the following charges: One count of third degree Aggravated Assault One count of …

ATLANTIC CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO WEAPONS, ASSAULT CHARGES
MAYS LANDING – An Atlantic City man pleaded guilty Thursday to weapons and assault charges, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Azaiah Grisom, 19, pleaded guilty before Presiding Judge Bernard DeLury to second-degree Possession of a Handgun for Unlawful Purposes and fourth degree Aggravated Assault by Pointing a Handgun. The plea agreement calls for …

ABSECON MAN SENTENCED FOR 2ND DEGREE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OF WOMAN
MAYS LANDING-An Absecon man has been sentenced for the second degree Aggravated Assault of an elderly woman, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Brian Auxer, 31, was sentenced before Judge Jeffrey Waldman to 8 years, subject to the No Early Release Act in New Jersey State Prison for the July 3, 2016 assault of a …