Last week in Democrat-run Chicago, a 26-year-old woman was riding the ‘L’ train when a career criminal with 72 prior arrests — including eight felony convictions and seven misdemeanors — doused her in gasoline, chased her screaming through the train car, and set her on fire in broad daylight. She’s now fighting for her life with horrific burns because the predator who did this was walking free.
Continue reading “Woman in Chicago Set on Fire by Career Criminal”William E. Cleary Sr. |CNBNews
GLOUCESTER CITY NJ (CNBNews)(June 2023)-In 2021 the state of New Jersey legalized the use and sale of marijuana. Since that time, according to the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission, there are 24 dispensaries that sell recreational cannabis in the state, along with 13 shops that sell only medical marijuana. (image courtesy of iStock)
That legalization has also seen a rush by local governments throughout the state bending over backwards to attract “Doobie Stores’ to open in their communities. For example, the City of Gloucester City passed legislation in January to amend it Land Development law in order to accommodate the marijuana industry. As such the development of the Southport area, which consist of over 100 acres of vacant land along the Delaware River will now be used to cultivate, manufacture, and distribute, marijuana. The new ordinance allows cannabis businesses to operate with Class 1, 2,3,4,5, and 6 licenses (Cultivation, Manufacturing, Wholesale, Distribution, Retail, and Delivery.
For 37 years, the City promoted an idea to develop that once-industrial site into upscale housing, a waterfront marina, and a retail district. The city spent thousands of dollars on architects, engineers, and development plans for that purpose. In 2005, the site was named “THE GLOUCESTER VISTA.” Shortly after, a new Democrat mayor, William James, and the city council were elected, announcing that the area was so toxic it would take over a decade to remove the chemicals.
Continue reading “Cities and Towns Trying to Lure “Pot” Stores to Open in their Community”U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA (July 30, 2024)(CNBNews)–United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that an indictment charging eight members and associates of a local Philadelphia gang known as Omerta was unsealed today. The indictment charges various crimes including racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to commit counterfeiting, and mail and wire fraud.
Continue reading “Members and Associates of Philadelphia Omerta Indicted”PHILADELPHIA (November 12, 2020)(CNBNews)– United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that a Superseding Indictment was unsealed today against 15 defendants, including alleged members and associates of the South Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey-based criminal organization La Cosa Nostra (LCN), known as the “mafia” or the “mob.” The Superseding Indictment charges various crimes including racketeering conspiracy, illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, and drug trafficking.
Continue reading “Alleged Members and Associates of Philadelphia Mafia Indicted”GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ(CNBNEW)(MAY 17, 2025)—There was another shooting in Gloucester City, according to the Gloucester City Police Department. This incident occurred in the 200 block of Essex Street on Saturday, May 17, around 3:27 AM.
The police said they responded to the 200 block of Essex Street to a report of a gunshot. Upon arrival, officers confirmed that a gun had been fired on the street at that location. Police said there was no indication that a bullet struck anyone.
Continue reading “Another Shooting in Gloucester City”
PHILADELPHIA — A 46-year-old Philadelphia man was shot and killed early Tuesday morning inside a home in the Strawberry Mansion section of Philadelphia, and authorities are now seeking 19-year-old Elijah Jones in connection with the homicide.
Police identified the victim as Reginald H. Bates of Philadelphia.
According to the Philadelphia Police Department, officers responded to a radio call reporting a “Person with a gun / Shooting” at the 2100 block of N. 32nd Street at approximately 12:26 a.m. Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
Upon arrival, officers located Mr. Bates inside the property, unresponsive on the kitchen floor with gunshot wounds to the chest.
Continue reading “$20,000 REWARD – Philadelphia Man Shot, Killed; Police Seek Suspect”Kathy Cleary Underwood | Cleary’s Notebook News
GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (CNBNews) (November 18, 2025)—In a startling incident this morning, a pickup truck and a car crashed in the 500 block of South Broadway, close to Kohler Street. According to a resident, the car ended up on its roof. The cause of the accident is unknown. It is unclear if the driver of either vehicle was hurt. Or, if there were any other injuries.
Continue reading “Startling Two-Car Collision in Gloucester City”March 19, 2020
PHILADELPHIA
– U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized a shipment of 32 counterfeit designer brand handbags March 10 that arrived in Philadelphia in an express delivery parcel from Turkey. If genuine, the handbags, which were destined to an address in Atlanta, would have had a manufacturer suggested retail price of $113,683.
This is the second significant shipment of designer brand handbags that CBP officers recently seized in Philadelphia, following the
$317,080 in counterfeit designer brand products
officers seized February 24.
CBP officers initially examined this latest shipment on February 26. The shipment contained 31 Louis Vuitton handbags and one Gucci handbag. Officers detained the shipment due to the poor quality and packaging of the merchandise.
CBP officers worked with CBP’s Consumer Products and Mass Merchandising
Centers for Excellence and Expertise
, the agency’s trade experts and verified through the trademark holder that the products were counterfeit.
CBP protects businesses and consumers every day through an aggressive
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) enforcement program
. Importation of counterfeit merchandise can cause significant revenue loss, damage the U.S. economy, and threaten the health and safety of the American people. On a typical day in 2019, CBP officers seized $4.3 million worth of products with Intellectual Property Rights violations. Learn more about what CBP did during \”
A Typical Day
\” in 2019.
“Customs and Border Protection officers encounter a wide variety of counterfeit consumer goods, like these trademark-infringing products, and we continue to work with our trade and consumer safety partners to identify and seize counterfeit products,” said Joseph Martella, Area Port Director for the Area Port of Philadelphia. “CBP urges consumers to protect their families and their wallets by purchasing authentic goods from reputable vendors.”
CBP officers and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) agents seized 27,599 shipments containing counterfeit goods in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. The total estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of the seized goods, had they been genuine, increased to over $1.5 billion from nearly $1.4 billion in FY 2018.
Additionally, HSI arrested 256 individuals, obtained 197 indictments, and received 157 convictions related to intellectual property crimes during FY 2019.
The People’s Republic of China remained the primary source economy for seized counterfeit and pirated goods, accounting for a total estimated MSRP value of over $1 billion or 66 percent of the estimated MSRP value of all IPR seizures.
CBP\’s
border security mission
is led at ports of entry by CBP officers from the Office of Field Operations. Please visit
CBP Ports of Entry
to learn more about how CBP’s Office of Field Operations secures our nation’s borders. Learn more about CBP at
www.CBP.gov
.
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@DFOBaltimore
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for breaking news, current events, human interest stories and photos.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation\’s borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP is charged with securing the borders of the United States while enforcing hundreds of laws and facilitating lawful trade and travel.
MAPLE SHADE NJ–The last few days I have taken the opportunity to communicate with the public on a variety of messages relating to Covid-19 and our response to this situation. As we have all watched the news and heard reports about the significant concerns surrounding our elderly population, I wanted to address a number of specific issues focused on them exclusively. Having older parents myself who reside in our town and knowing their concerns about their safety and wellbeing, I thought it only proper to author this message to ensure the “bedrock of our community” is in the forefront of minds.
With that said, I am asking each of you to please check on your elderly neighbors and ensure they have what they need during this difficult time. This can easily be accomplished via a simple phone call, text message or knocking on their door and talking through a barrier such as a storm door, a window or at a safe distance of at least 6 feet.
If you have not had much of a relationship with your elderly neighbor(s), now is the time to change that course of conduct. Lasting relationships are often built in times of crisis and damaged relationships can often be repaired under the same trying conditions. Please take the first step for the greater good and reach out now.
During these conversations, please ask your neighbors how they are feeling. If they are lacking anything such a food, medicine or have any other immediate needs? It is critically important that we care for these residents and ensure their needs are being met in order to keep them safe and away from exposure to Covid-19.
Additionally, please also be on the look out for scammers or fraudsters trying to take advantage of our elderly population. These can take several different forms and many can be found in an on-line setting. Examples include fake sites claiming to be the World Health Organization website where they steal your email and password, fraudulent emails claiming to be the CDC with a link that downloads Malware and lastly, charity scams claiming to solicit funds for Covid-19 victims. In your conversations with your neighbors, please remind them that these type of scams are on-going and evolving and when in doubt, they can call the Maple Shade Police for assistance at #856-234-8300.
Lastly, I want to remind our elderly population that they have no obligation to answer the door for solicitors. Approved solicitors in Maple Shade will have an identification card hanging from a lanyard around their neck. A resident can ask to see it if you would like. If a resident has a “No Knock No Solicitation” sticker issued by our agency on their door or a sign either purchased or made by them indicating “No Solicitation” and a solicitor knocks anyway, that is prohibited behavior and you should contact the police immediately to address the matter. If a solicitor is being pushy or persistent and won’t take no for an answer, again, you can contact the police for assistance.
On behalf of the men and women of the Maple Shade Police Department, thank you for your assistance and help in caring for our community. We rely on the public to be our eyes and ears at all times and in all ways and are grateful for the partnership we share with you in protecting our town.
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP NJ–The American Red Cross has an Emergency Need for blood and platelet donors of all types to give now.
Inventories are critically low, with only a
1-Day supply of Type O on hand
.
Please consider donating and help replenish the blood supply for patients in need.
You might not realize how important certain letters are until they\’re gone.
A, B and O are our main blood groups and when not enough people donate blood, hospital shelves may be empty when a critical patient arrives.
A few missing letters may not seem like a big deal, but for a hospital patient who needs type A, B or O blood, these letters mean life.
Gloucester Township Police Department
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Monday, March 30th
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Appointments are preferred. Call 1-800-REDCROSS
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ONLINE:
SIGN UP!
Or sign up at
www.redcrossblood.org
and use sponsor code: Gloucester Township Police
Save time on the day of the donation and visit
www.redcrossblood.org/rapidpass
Area hospital patients are counting on you!
Don’t forget to HYDRATE and please remember your ID.
Address/Location
Gloucester Township Police Department
1261 Chews Landing Rd
Gloucester Township, NJ 08021
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 856-228-4500