Atlantic City
15 YEAR-OLD ‘BABY JANE DOE’ HOMICIDE REMAINS ACTIVE ACPO CASE
MAYS LANDING— On the beach in Atlantic City, 15 years ago today, authorities discovered the body of a newborn girl that had washed up to the shore. On January 17, 2004, the body of a baby girl washed up on the Ventnor Beach at Suffolk Avenue in Atlantic City. A passer-by dragged the yellow laundry …
UNSOLVED MURDER INVESTIGATION OF 7 YEAR-OLD GARY GRANT JR. REMAINS ACTIVE 35 YEARS LATER
MAYS LANDING— It was 35 years ago today, on Thursday, January 14, 1984, that the body of 7 year-old Gary Grant Jr. was found at Atlantic City’s 100 block of North California Avenue in an abandoned lot just two blocks from Gary Grant Jr.’s home. The boy had been missing since January 12, 1984 and …
ATLANTIC CITY MAN SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON FOR 2012 MURDER, ENDANGERING A CHILD
MAYS LANDING- An Atlantic City man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the July 2012, murder of 25 year-old Sedrick Lindo, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner. Joshua Cross was sentenced before Judge Honorable Patricia M. Wild, J.S.C. on January 11, 2019 to 40 years in New Jersey state prison and must serve 35 …
ATLANTIC CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MARCH 2017 FATAL STABBING
MAYS LANDING –An Atlantic City man has pleaded guilty in connection to the March 2017, fatal stabbing of 38-year-old Daimyen S. Mortimore, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Faheem Harris, 36, pleaded guilty to first degree Aggravated Manslaughter on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, before Judge Jeffrey Waldman. Harris will serve 12 years in New …
PHILADELPHIA MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER, ROBBERY OF ATLANTIC CITY MAN
MAYS LANDING- A Philadelphia man is charged in connection to the shooting death of a 21 year-old man on Friday night, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. At 8:44 p.m., Friday Jan. 4, 2019, Atlantic City Police received a 911 call for a shooting at the Sunset Inn, reporting that a man had been …
MAN SHOT, KILLED IN ATLANTIC CITY
MAYS LANDING- The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit is investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Atlantic City this evening, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. At 8:44 p.m., Friday Jan. 4, 2019, Atlantic City Police received a 911 call for a shooting at the Sunset Inn, reporting that a man …
MAN FOUND SHOT, KILLED IN CAR IN ATLANTIC CITY
ATLANTIC CITY- The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit is investigating the fatal shooting of a 21 year-old man in Atlantic City this evening, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. At approximately 6:26 p.m., Tuesday, January 01, 2019, Atlantic City Police received a 911 call for a motor vehicle accident in the area …
5 DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO DRUG INDUCED DEATH CHARGES; TOTAL OF 14 CHARGED IN 2018
MAYS LANDING- Since the start of the Drug Related Death (DRD) Investigation Squad within the ACPO Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Unit, on Feb. 6, 2017, 5 defendants have pleaded guilty to Strict Liability Drug Induced Death charges, accounting for the deaths of 5 different victims dating back to April 2016. A total of 14 people …
ATLANTIC CITY MAN CONVICTED IN 2012 MURDER
MAYS LANDING- Joshua Cross was convicted Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, by an Atlantic County jury for the murder of a 25 year-old Atlantic City man, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. The case was tried before the Honorable Patricia M. Wild, J.S.C. and on Monday afternoon, a jury found Cross, 31, guilty of the …
TRENTON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STRICT LIABILITY HOMICIDE IN DRUG INDUCED DEATHS OF 2 ATLANTIC COUNTY VICTIMS
MAYS LANDING- A 27 year-old man has pleaded guilty in connection to the drug induced deaths of two men who he distributed heroin/fentanyl to in Atlantic City, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Jonathan Porter pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of first-degree Strict Liability Homicide for the Drug-Induced Deaths of: Tuan Tran, 31, …