Galloway

MAN CHARGED WITH LEAVING SCENE OF FATAL ACCIDENT WHERE GALLOWAY WOMAN DIES
MAYS LANDING- A 38 year-old Absecon man has been charged in connection to leaving the scene of a fatal accident, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. This morning at approximately 7:58 am, the Galloway Township Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash on Wrangleboro Road, just north of Walden Way. Preliminary investigation shows …

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: GALLOWAY TWP POLICE CHIEF DONNA HIGBEE IS ATLANTIC COUNTY’S FIRST FEMALE CHIEF & SERVING HER HOMETOWN
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP— March is WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH and the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office is recognizing Galloway Township Police Chief Donna Higbee, who is Atlantic County’s first female Police Chief. Chief Higbee has said it’s always been important to serve in law enforcement and give back to the community in her hometown of Galloway Township. “Chief …

READ ACROSS AMERICA WITH ATLANTIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR DAMON G. TYNER
GALLOWAY- Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner visited Mrs. Mollenkopf’s first grade class at Reed’s Road Elementary School to participate in READ ACROSS AMERICA! Prosecutor Tyner and the students had fun and lots of laughs as he read The Book With No Pictures! Read Across America Day, also known as Dr Seuss Day, is a …

2 OCEAN COUNTY MEN CHARGED WITH STRICT LIABILITY HOMICIDE IN DRUG INDUCED DEATH OF GALLOWAY WOMAN
MAYS LANDING – Two Ocean County men have been arrested and charged for selling a fatal dose of Heroin/Fentanyl that resulted in the death of a 41 year-old Galloway Township woman, Atlantic County First Assistant Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. On Friday, January 10, 2020, members of the ACPO Gangs, Guns and Narcotics Unit, with assistance …

2 MEN SENTENCED FOR LEADER OF A NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING NETWORK, WEAPONS CHARGES
MAYS LANDING— Two men were sentenced to New Jersey state prison on Friday, August 2, 2019, co-defendants Ameer Stephens and Diaab Siddiq (aka “Marshall Davis) were sentenced on charges in connection with a county-wide drug distribution network, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Judge Patricia Wild sentenced Ameer Stephens, 38, Mays Landing, to 24 …

GALLOWAY TWP MAN CONVICTED OF 2015 SHOOTING DEATH OF 31 YEAR-OLD MAN
MAYS LANDING –An Atlantic County jury has convicted Dennis Munoz of the murder in the fatal shooting of Michael Black, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. Munoz, 40, was found guilty of the following charges: First degree Murder Second degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun Second degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful …

TRENTON MAN SENTENCED FOR STRICT LIABILITY HOMICIDE IN DRUG INDUCED DEATHS OF 2 ATLANTIC COUNTY VICTIMS
MAYS LANDING- A 27 year-old man has been sentenced 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 was sentenced Friday to 14 years in New Jersey state prison, concurrently for each count of first-degree Strict Liability …

PLEASANTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH UNLAWFUL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENT
MAYS LANDING— A Pleasantville High School teacher has been charged in connection with an unlawful sexual relationship she had with a Pleasantville High School student, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On Friday, January 18, 2019, Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Det. Daniel Choe arrested Pleasantville High School teacher, Jessica R. Gaeckle, 30, of Galloway Township, in …

GALLOWAY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO 2015 KILLING OF HIS FATHER
MAYS LANDING – A 33 year-old Galloway Township man pleaded guilty to the bludgeoning death of his father in April 2015, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. On Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2018, James Sopuch, Jr. pleaded guilty before Judge Patricia M. Wild, J.S.C to Aggravated Manslaughter in the killing of his father, 60 year-old James …

GALLOWAY WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH IN ABSESCON
MAYS LANDING- A Galloway Township woman is dead after a fatal motor vehicle accident on Wednesday evening in Absecon, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced. The motor vehicle crash involving, 2 cars occurred on December 19, 2018, at approximately 11:38 P.M. on Pitney Road in the area of Connecticut Avenue in Absecon. A vehicle, …