A Gloucester County NJ victim of the Virginia Tech campus shootings, the leader of the SWAT entry team at Columbine High School and the father of a teen killed in a school hostage-taking at Platte Canyon High School in Colorado are scheduled speakers at the seventh annual School Safety and Security Conference, sponsored by seven South Jersey county prosecutors offices.

The free conference is 8 a.m. Wednesday, August 7 at the TD Bank Performing Arts Center of Washington Township High School, 519 Hurffville-Cross Keys Rd. For the first time, it includes afternoon workshops for educators and law enforcement personnel, led by individual speakers.

Philadelphia Division Special Agent in Charge Edward J. Hanko announced today the arrest of Robert F. Evans, Jr. Evans, a Hughestown Borough Police officer, was arrested without incident this morning and has been charged in the Middle District of Pennsylvania via Complaint and Warrant with the distribution of oxycodone in violation of Title 21, United States code, Section 841.

Evans made an initial appearance in United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Scranton, at 1:00 p.m. today.

This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Philadelphia Division, Scranton Resident Agency; the Pennsylvania State Police; the Pennsylvania Attorney General Office, Bureau of Narcotics Investigation; and the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office.

via www.fbi.gov

press release

WOODBURY NJ–(August 1, 2013)Two Woodbury NJ men and a juvenile from the city have been arrested in connection with a baseball bat and hammer home invasion robbery at the Woodbury Court apartments, 240 South Broad St. on 7/23/13 that left one victim hospitalized with injuries for a week.

The arrests were carried out by the Fugitive Investigation Unit of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, the Woodbury Police Department, the Deptford Police Department, members of the FBI’s Violent Offender Task Force and a Monroe Township Police K-9 team.

source GCPD facebook

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ–On 07/27 at 1315 officers responded to a residence on the unit block of N. Burlington Street for an assault that had occurred. The victim stated he was punched by Katherine Hawco (54). The victim followed the suspect home and contacted police. Hawco then attempted to fight several of her neighbors and refused to calm down when police arrived. Hawco then spit in an officer’s face and was finally subdued after being pepper sprayed. She was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Simple Assault and also Theft after it was learned that she stolen toilet paper from in front of a business prior to the call.