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How A South Jersey Drug Ring Was Taken Down

William E. Cleary Sr. | CNBNews

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ (March 11, 2020)–At the bottom of yesterday\’s article

Major Drug Ring Operating in Gloucester City & Camden City is Busted

two links to the entire complaints that were filed against the suspects in the United States District Court,

Camden City was provided.

click to enlarge

One was labeled

DePoder complaint

the other was named the

Bell complaint

. The investigation into this drug gang began in January 2020 and concluded on March 9, 2020, cumulating with a raid on the DePoder home on Stinson Avenue, Gloucester City along with the arrest of the 17 other suspects.

The DePoder complaint details how the case was built using surveillance by FBI agents who were watching his South Stinson Avenue home, in Gloucester City. Besides surveillance video agents collected cell phone and text message conversations between Rocco DePoder aka \”Rock\” and his suppliers and customers.  Damaging step by step description of the exchanges are outlined from the moment one of DePoder\’s customers places an order on the cell phone or text message to the time the person picks the pills up from DePoder\’s house. FBI agents included descriptions of surveillance videos of DePoder driving the people with legal prescriptions to \”The Camden Pharmacy\” to have the script filled. The address of the pharmacy was not released.

Some of the controlled substances (CS) DePoder and his minions distributed included oxycodone, Adderall also known as \”ads\” or \”addies\”, Xanax, valium, clonazepam.

FROM PAGE 6 -8 of the 16-page indictment

From at least in or about January 2020 to in or about March 2020, Rocco DePoder (\”DEP0DER\”), who is not a doctor or pharmacist, ran a drug trafficking operation primarily out of his home in Gloucester City, New Jersey, aided and assisted by defendants Lolita Paynter (\”PAYNTER\”), Neal Thompson (\”THOMPSON\”), Marcus Rushworth (\”MRUSHWORTH\”), Robert Pratt (\”PRATI\”\’), Wayne Muse (\”MUSE\”), Kenneth Rushworth (\”KRUSHWORTH\”), Alexander Siaca (\”SIACA\”), Holly Clark (\”CLARK\”), and Michael DePoder (\”MDEPODER\”) (collectively, the \”Suppliers\”), who, as specific opportunities arose, agreed to or did assist in supplying DEPODER with quantities of controlled substances (\”CS\”), including oxycodone, Adderall, and Xanax, for DEPODER to distribute to others.

To further this drug trafficking operation, DEPODER and the Suppliers engaged in the· following conduct: ·

On or about January 10, 2020, DEPODER and PAYNTER traveled to a pharmacy to obtain a re-distribution quantity of Oxycodone for DEPODER. Specifically, on this date, PAYTNER telephoned DEPODER and made arrangements to meet DEPODE~ to sell DEPODER 60 OxyContin ER 60 mg tablets.

During ·the call, DEPODER asked, \”Wat, are you getting \’em?\” PAYNTER stated, \’\’Yeah,\” and DEPODER then agreed to pick PAYNTER up in his vehicle. According to law enforcement surveillance, later the same day, PAYNTER went to the pharmacy counter of a pharmacy in Camden, New Jersey (\”Camden Pharmacy-I\”) while DEPODER waited, with KRUSHWORTH, outside in his black GMC Yukon Denali SUV (the \”Denali\”). KRUSHWORTH left the Denali, walked down the street to a taxi cab, and left the area in the taxi.

A short time later, PAYNTER left the pharmacy and got back in DEPODER\’s Denali.

DEPODER then drove PAYNTER to a check-cashing business in Camden. PAYNTER went into the check-cashing business, remained for a short time, returned to the Denali, and then DEPODER drove her back: to Camden Pharmacy-I to obtain oxycodone to provide to DEPODER. According to pharmacy information, on this date, January 10, 2020, Camden Pharmacy-I. filled two prescriptions in the name of a senior citizen who appears to live with PAYNTER (\”Senior-I\”) for 60 OxyContin ER 60 mg ER tablets and 120 oxycodone-:-acetaminophen 10-325 mg pills.

FROM PAGE 9 and 10

On or about January 14, 2020, PRATT supplied a redistribution quantity of Oxycodone to DEPODER. Specifically, on this date, during a telephone conversation, PRATI asked if DEPODER was at DEPODER\’s home and told DEPODER, \”I got 45, you want \’em?\” DEPODER replied, \”Yeah, bring \’em over.\” During the call, DEPODER also told PRATT, \”Hey listen, I got them things too if you want \’em.\” PRATI responded, \”Yeah, I\’ll take them next week when I bring ya the other half.\”

According to pharmacy information, PRATT fills prescriptions, in his own name, on a monthly basis for 90 OxyContin 80 mg pills.

The FBI agent states, \”Based on my training and experience, the content of these calls, and my knowledge of the investigation to date, I believe that PRATT was referring to the two halves of his monthly prescription for 90 OxyContin 80 · mg pills. \”

According to law enforcement surveillance, a short time later, a car, registered to PRATT, arrived and parked in front of DEPODER\’s home, and a white male, believed to be PRATT, left the vehicle and entered DEPODER\’s home.

On or about January 16, 2020, MRUSHWORTH and DEPODER worked out the pricing of pills sold 1:Jy the operation, and DEPODER explained that \”I do this for a living.\”

Specifically, MRUSHWORTH sent a text message to DEPODER\’s telephone telling DEPODER \”we was wrong yesterday\’\’ regarding pill pricing, stating \”we did it as 9×3-27 no it\’s 3×30-90[.]\”

DEPODER and MRUSHWORTH then spoke on the telephone and discussed CS pricing. D~PODER told MRUSHWORTH, \”[i]t ain\’t no 30 times 3[,]\” instead, \”[t]hey\’re three for $10, Marc. There, they\’re footballs [which I believe, based on my training and experience and information from this investigation, is a reference to Xanax, because of the pills\’ oblong shape]. They\’re thr~e for 10. You got nine 10s in, in, in 90. Nine times three is 27. I do this for a living, bro. Thirty is 100. I, I\’ve been doing this, you know, for, for ages.\” DEPODER went on to explain that, \”[y]ou get 30 for 100-. Hey, listen, 15 is $50.\” · MRUSHWORTH told DEPODER, \”[y]eah, he didn\’t say nothing.\”·

As the conversation continued, DEPODER told MRUSHWORTH, \”and the other ones are three for 20.\” MRUSHWORTH responded, \”Daddy\’s selling something for $3 a piece, that\’s where I\’m getting the $3\” – referring to 8:Il another dealer as \”Daddy[.]\” DEPODER replied, \”Oh, oh alright. Yeah, he\’s sells \’emyeah he sells \’em \’cause you got that guy. He was selling them 2.50 apiece. · Two for five.\”

DEPODER asked MRUSHWORTH, \”So why are you selling them so cheap, Marc? He\’s paying three for 10 off of me. He\’s been doing that 9 forever, and that, that\’s what you\’ll pay anywhere you go. Downtown you\’ll pay $5 for one[.]\”· DEPODER added, that the· dealer that MRUSHWORTH referred to \”should be charging three for 10 because that\’s what he pays me …. · Remember, the- the other things are three for 20. Because there\’s six of \’em in them.\” MRUSHWORTH then told DEPODER that \”[h]e handed me $90[,]\” referring MRUSHWORTH\’s customer, so MRUSHWORTH. made a profit.

FROM PAGE 14 AND 15

· On or about February 29, 2020, PRATT solicits a sale by DEPODER of Oxy.codone. Specifically, on this date, PRATI sent a text message to DEPODER\’s telephone asking, \”Yo I\’ll gonna come mid-month if want them ?\” DEPODER replied, \”Ok I want me to hold 20\’s\” – \”20\’s\” is a term frequently used by DEPODER to refer to 2o·mg pill_s of oxycodone.

PRATI replied, \”Just 20.\” q. On or about March 2, 2020, DEPODER and PAYNTER travel to a pharmacy to obtain a re-distribution quantity of Oxycodone for DEPODER. Specifically, on this date, PAYNTER sent a text message to DEPODER stating, \”[g]ood morning Rocco do u have the $200 today might be able to get them today I text u when they open ok[.]\”

DEPODER replied, \”[w]hat about the $50 you owe me lo C this is one talking about every time I lend you money something happens to your checks and then you want me to buy the pills.\”

DEPODER and PAYNTER communicated several more times thereafter and made arrangements to meet. Later the same day, according to law enforcement surveillance, while driving the Denali, DEPODER picked PAYNTER up at her home in Camden and took her to Camden Pharmacy-I. PAYNTER entered Camden Pharmacy-I to obtain oxycodone to provide to DEPODER and then returned to DEPODER\’s waiting Denali.

According to pharmacy information, on March 2, 2020, Camden Pharmacy-I filled one prescription on behalf of Senior-I for 30 OxyContin ER 20 mg extended-release tablets. On or about March 5, 2020, THOMPSON arranged for DEPODER to sell Adderall to Individual-3. Specifically, on this date, during a telephone conversation, THOMPSON asked DEPODER, \”you got addas, Adderall\’s?\”

DEPODER responded, \”Yeah, 30\’s, that\’s all\” stating that · DEPODER only had 30 mg Adderall in stock. THOMPSON replied, \”Alright, and what do you want for them?\” DEPODER said, \”Fifteen[,]\” namely $15 per pill. THOMPSON advised, \”[a]lright, I\’m a tell her.\”

Later that evening, THOMPSON spoke to DEPODER again on the telephone, and the interception began with THOMPSON speaking to someone in the background, stating, \”[y]eah, this is different. ones, he only got 30\’s.\”

THOMPSON then spoke to DEPODER and said,_ \”[s]he wanna come out your way bro.\” THOMPSON then told DEPODER, \”[t]he lady with the Range Rover, you know the one buy the addies off you?\”

THOMPSON then corrected himself as to the make of the customer\’s car, stating that it was \”a Land Rover now.\”·

DEPODER gave THOMPSON the address of DEPODER\’s home and asked.\”how many she wants.\” THOMPSON told DEPODER \”7[.]\” Thus, THOMPSON arrang~d f~r DEPODER to sell an individual (\”Individual-3\”) 7 30 mg. Adderall pills.

Shortly thereafter, Individual-3 called DEPODER and told DEPODER, \”I\’m outside.\”

Law 14 enforcement surveillance observed a Land Rover park on the street outside DEPODER\’s home in Gloucester City.

DEPODER walked out of his home, · approached the Land Rover, appeared to conduct a hand-to-hand transaction with the driver of the Land Rover, and returned to his home. Later that evening, Individual-3 sent DEPODER a text message stating, \”This is [Individual-3) … please don\’t forget me. I buy 40-60ml adds a month or the 15 mg off ever see them I will buy them.\” Thus, Individual-~ told DEPODER that she wanted to buy additional Adderall pills from him in the future.

FROM PAGE 15 AND 16

On or about February 23, 2020, DEPODER agreed to sell Oxycodone to a customer.

Specifically, on this date, DEPODER spoke on the telephone with a buyer (\”Buyer-2\”) who asked if DEPODER had \”green monsters\” (80 mg oxycodone pills) and \”one below it\” (60 mg oxycodone pills).

DEPODER told ~uyer-2, \”yeah, yeah[,]\” namely, he had the pills in stock, and Buyer-2 replied that \”I\’ll be [at DEPODER\’s home in Gloucester City] in like 10 mins[.]\” DEPODER then asked Buyer-2, \”[w]hatcha need?\” Buyer -2 stated, \”U]ust one and one 60[,]\” referring to 1 80 mg oxycodone pill and one 60 mg oxycodone pill.

Later the same day, subsequent communications and surveillance indicate that DEPODER and Buyer-2 met at DEPODER\’s home in Gloucester City. · 15 iii. On or about March 3, 2020, DEPODER\’agreed to sell Oxycodone to a customer.

Specifically, on this date, during·a telephone call, Buyer-2 told DEPODER that \”I (Buyer-2) need two of them green pills. and one red one\'[.]\” DEPODER responded, \”[a]lright[.]\” Buyer-2 told DEPODER that Buyer-2 would \”be like fifteen, twenty minutes\” and DEPODER replied, \”I\’ll be here.

Later the same day, subsequent communications and surveillance indicate that DEPODER and Buyer-2 met at DEPODER\’s home in Gloucester City.

The FBI agent in charge of the investigation was Stuart Sobin, a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to the Philadelphia Division, Cherry Hill Resident Agency, of the department. He has been an FBI Special Agent since 2012. \”In my capacity as a Special Agent, I have received extensive formal investigative training at the FBI\’s training academy in Quantico, Virginia and elsewhere. I have also received the basic drug and gang training, as well as advanced training that involved drugs and gangs,\” he stated in the complaint.

Attachment(s):

Download depoder.complaint.pdf

Download bell.complaint.pdf

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Yushika Taplin of Camden City Charged with Death of Daycorey Singleton

Camden, N.J. – A Camden woman has been charged in connection to a March 9 homicide in Lindenwold, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Lindenwold Police Chief

Michael P. McCarthy Jr.

Yushika Taplin, 31, of Camden, has been charged with second-degree Manslaughter in the death of 46-year-old Daycorey Singleton.

Detectives said Taplin called the Camden Metro Police Department around 5:30 p.m. to report she had killed someone at an apartment in Lindenwold. When officers from the Lindenwold Police Department arrived at the apartment on the 2000 block of the White Horse Pike, they found Singleton dead from multiple stab wounds.

Through the investigation, investigators learned Taplin had gone to the apartment around 7 a.m. on March 9 to get some of her belongings. After Taplin couldn’t find her items inside, she told detectives she confronted Singleton and the argument turned physical, leading to the stabbing.

Taplin was transported to the Camden County Correctional Facility and is awaiting a detention hearing.

All persons charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Major Drug Ring Operating in Gloucester City & Camden City is Busted; 18 Arrested

Residents said they were scared to death.

\”I looked out my door and all I could see were flashing red lights and vehicles on South Stinson Avenue,\” said one resident.

\”It was pitch dark.\”

Another person said, \”I saw men dressed in SWAT gear carrying rifles.\”

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How A South Jersey Drug Ring Was Taken Down

CAMDEN CITY, N.J. – The United States Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today that there were 18 people arrested, (two remain at-large) by the FBI that were involved in two drug trafficking operations operating out of Gloucester City and Camden City.

FBI agents and SWAT on South Stinson Avenue, Gloucester City early morning March 10, 2020 (photo courtesy of resident)

Authorities identified the ring leaders as Rocco DePoder for the Gloucester City operation and Erick Bell and Alfred Kee Jr. for the Camden City operation.

The other suppliers, resellers and associates charged in the complaints used the following means to facilitate the pill trafficking: Bell, Kee and DePoder would solicit the suppliers, including certain defendants named in the complaints, and others, primarily over the telephone, to supply them with quantities of oxycodone, Adderall and Xanax for DePoder, and oxycodone for Bell and Kee.

Allegedly after receiving substantial quantities of pills at Bell’s home in Camden, DePoder’s home in Gloucester City, and other locations in southern New Jersey (including Lindenwold and Woodbury), Bell and DePoder would take orders for pills over the telephone from others. Bell, Kee, and DePoder would provide purchasers with these pills. The defendants employed coded language and used multiple phones to conceal their activities.

Suspects Rocco and Michael DePoder are the father and brother of Gloucester City Detective Carl Depoder.

City Police Chief Brian Morrell said his department was not involved in the investigation for obvious reasons.

Rocco DePoder has lived in the unit block of South Stinson Avenue for decades. He is a building contractor who owned several rental properties in Gloucester City. Early this morning, around 5 AM residents were awakened by an FBI agent shouting over a bullhorn, \”This is the FBI come out without any weapons with your hands in the air.\”

Residents said they were scared to death.

\”I looked out my door and all I could see were flashing red lights and vehicles on South Stinson Avenue,\” said one resident.

\”It was pitch dark.\”

Another person said, \”I saw men dressed in SWAT gear carrying rifles. I didn\’t know what was happening. Once I saw the guns I got back to my house, stayed away from the windows and hid in my bedroom.\”

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court: The charges and arrests are the results of a wiretap investigation led by the FBI into drug distribution operations that dealt in, among other drugs, high-dose, 60- and 80-mg oxycodone pills.

The defendants were charged with conspiring to possess and distribute drugs in two complaints unsealed today. Sixteen of the defendants were arrested today and are scheduled to appear this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judges Joel Schneider and Karen M. Williams in Camden federal court. Two defendants remain at large.

The conspiracies charged in the complaints carry a maximum prison term of 20 years and a maximum fine of $1 million.

U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of FBI Philadelphia Division, South Jersey Resident Agency, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Tara McMahon; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of the Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Scott J. Lampert; the Camden County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Gilbert L. Wilson; New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, under the direction of Director Jared M. Maples; the Camden County Police Department, under the direction of Chief Joseph Wysocki; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Office of Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Bethanne M. Dinkins, with the investigation.

He also thanked the FBI Newark Division, New Jersey State Police, Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for their assistance.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Gabriel J. Vidoni of the Office’s Camden branch, and Sara F. Merin and Mark J. McCarren of the Newark Office.

The charges and allegations contained in the complaints are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Suspect              Age           Residence

Erik Bell aka E.,

49

Camden City

Alfred Kee Jr.

51

Blackwood

Stephen Walker

41

Camden City

Wm. Summers   67

Camden City

Derrick Lewis

47

Camden City

Rocco DePoder

67

Gloucester City

Maurice William

39

Mt. Ephraim

Anwar Abuddah

31                 Pennsauken

Antwan Tucker

50                 Woodbury

Lolita Paynter      55                 Camden City

Neal Thompson   56                    Camden City

Marcus Rushworth

46               Gloucester City

Robert Pratt          56                Blackwood

Wayne Muse         73                 Lindenwold

Kenneth Rushworth 59              Gloucester City

Alexander Siaca

54                  Camden City

Holly Clark         38                   West Deptford

Michael DePoder 40                  Gloucester City

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2020 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events

The Camden County Board of Freeholders is proud to present the 2020 Household Hazardous Water Collections. All collection hours are 8:30 AM to 3 PM rain or shine. These events are for Camden County residents only – no businesses accepted. Call (856) 858-5241 for more information. All Events are Rain or Shine.

MARCH 21 – CHERRY HILL PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX

1 Perina Boulevard, Cherry Hill

APRIL 25 – COLLINGSWOOD PUBLIC WORKS CPLX

713 N. Atlantic Ave., Collingswood

MAY 16 – ATCO PARKING AREA

Corner of ATCO AVE. & RARITAN AVE.

JUNE 13 – GLOUCESTER TWP. – CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE

Parking Lot off of Peter Cheeseman Road

SEPTEMBER 26 – PENNSAUKEN SANITARY LANDFILL,

9600 N. River Road, Pennsauken

OCTOBER 17 – LINDENWOLD – CAMDEN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX

2311 Egg Harbor Road, Lindenwold

Cherry Hill Public Works

1 Perina Boulevard, Cherry Hill, NJ, United States

Saturday, Mar 21st, 2020 @ 8:30 am

–

3:00 pm

Camden County Employee Charged with Theft

Camden, N.J. – A Camden County employee has been charged with stealing more than $114,000 that was intended for regattas and rowing competitions at Cooper River Park, according to Acting Camden

County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer.

James Stack, 44, of Collingswood, has been charged with Theft by Failure to Make Required Disposition of Property Received and Official Misconduct.

Investigators say Stack, who previously served as the Director of Rowing at the Camden County Boathouse, accepted money from various rowing organizations and deposited the checks into two bank accounts he managed under Cooper Training Center, LLC, a company Stack owns. Detectives said evidence showed Stack would then deposit a lesser amount into accounts managed by the county.

The discrepancy was caught during a county audit and reported. Investigators found evidence dating back to January 2018 through December of 2019 and said the investigation is ongoing.

Stack was cited and released pending a Central Judicial Processing hearing March 10.

All persons charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Camden Girl Scouts Visit MD Anderson Cancer Center

Through a partnership with The Cooper Foundation, the Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey, St. Joseph’s Pro-Cathedral School and KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy, 24 Camden middle school students visited MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper on Jan. 30 for a behind the scenes look at STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) careers.

During the tour of the state-of-the-art cancer center, students had the opportunity to hear from a radiation therapist, an infusion nurse, a pharmacist, and a clinical researcher to learn about their work and the technology used to care for patients.

Following the tour, Dr. Lisa Reid, a surgeon at MD Anderson at Cooper, shared the story of her career path and encouraged the girls to find their voice and follow their dreams.

Last year, Camden high school students visited Cooper as part of the STEMsational: STEM Girl Scouts Series. This year, the opportunity was extended to middle school students to encourage them to discover their passions and hear from women in leadership roles.

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to view photos from the tour.

VISTAs lend a helping hand in preparation for the FaithFULL Food Drive

CAMDEN CITY, NJ–A group of AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) who currently work at the Center For Family Services, volunteered their time and efforts at Catholic Charities’ headquarters in Camden City. There, they organized and sorted through items in preparation for the upcoming Camden Diocesan FaithFULL Food Drive on March 22. After the drive, Catholic Charities will use this space to temporarily store donated food items before distributing it to the agency’s other offices throughout Southern New Jersey to ensure that clients and those who are hungry will be given food and connected to the agency’s services.

To learn more about volunteer opportunities at Catholic Charities,

click here

, or to learn more about the upcoming FaithFULL Food Drive,

click here

.

Clements Bridge Road in Barrington to be Closed March 3 to 6 During The Day

Barrington Police Department advises you to AVOID Location due to an upcoming traffic issue. A road construction project near Clements Bridge RD and Trinity PL. will close Clements Bridge RD. Southbound at Gloucester Pike and will require a

detour of traffic from March 3-6. 7:00am- 5:00pm. Southbound vehicles can either take W. Gloucester Pike into Bellmawr and utilize Black Horse Pike, or take E. Gloucester Pike to utilize Atlantic Ave and White Horse Pike. Businesses between Gloucester Pike and Williams Ave will be accessible to southbound traffic.  No vehicles will be allowed southbound past Williams Ave. All northbound traffic will flow normally.

Address/Location

Barrington Borough, NJ

229 Trenton Ave

Barrington, NJ 08007

Contact

Emergency: 9-1-1

Non-emergencies:

856-547-0706

Yanick gets 100th hit as Raptors win fourth straight

COLLEGE

VILLE,

Penn.

(

March

2

, 2020) –

The

Rutgers University-Camden baseball team received strong pitching, a milestone performance and broke open a tie game with a five-run seventh inning on the way to an 8-2 victory here Monday at Ursinus College.

The win was the third in two days for the Scarlet Raptors, who swept a doubleheader from Oneonta Sunday, have now won four straight games and stand at 4-1 overall.

It was the season opener for Ursinus.

The Scarlet Raptors had heroes up and down the lineup, beginning with starting pitcher

Ethan Pritchett,

a junior transfer who was making his second appearance at Rutgers-Camden and his first start. Pritchett hurled five innings of two-hit shutout ball, walking four and striking out nine batters.

Sophomore pitcher

Stephen Brady

picked up the win for his first career decision at Rutgers-Camden. He worked three innings, allowing two hits and one earned run, while striking out three.

The Scarlet Raptors broke a scoreless deadlock in the fourth inning when sophomore designated hitter

Brett Yurgin

hit a leadoff home run to left field.

It was his second home run of the season.

The Bears tied the game in the sixth off Brady, aided by a leadoff triple from senior right fielder Alex Mumme. He scored on an infield error.

Rutgers-Camden unleashed its potent attack in the top of the seventh inning, sparked by a leadoff single from senior catcher

Thomas Gosse.

Gosse stole second and freshman shortstop

Danny Vazquez

was hit by a pitch. Junior center fielder

Billy Eisler

dropped down a sacrifice bunt and, one out later, Yurgin was intentionally walked, loading the bases for dangerous cleanup hitter

R.J. Concepcion.

The junior left fielder ripped a tie-breaking two-run single to left.

Senior first baseman

Matt Yanick

followed by etching his name in program history. Yanick unloaded a three-run home run to left-center field for his 100th career hit. He became the 37th player in program history to reach the century mark

. Ten of those hits are home runs, tying for sixth on the program’s career list with Connor Hall (2012-15). Yanick

will soon have more company

in the 100-hit club,

with Concepcion

on the verge of that milestone

. Concepcion, who went 3-for-4 with one run and two RBIs on the day, pushed his career high total to 96.

The Raptors added their final two runs in the eighth inning after a walk to Gosse and an error on a grounder by Vazquez. One out later, sophomore third baseman

Jesse Gerdes

delivered a two-run double to center.

Ursinus collected its final run in the ninth when Eisler came on to make his first collegiate pitching appearance. He worked one inning, allowing one hit and one earned run.

In addition to three hits by Concepcion, Gosse went 2-for-3. Gosse, Vazquez and Yurgin all scored two runs. Yanick’s three RBIs led the way in that category, while Gerdes and Concepcion had two apiece.

Guest Speaker from Camden County Master Gardners Available

Did you know that any school, library, civic organization, gardening club within Camden County can request a speaker?

The Camden County Master Gardeners Speakers Bureau will be glad to come out this winter or spring to give a talk.

The list of available talks and the request form is on their website,

https://mastergardenerscamdencounty.org/speakers-bureau/