Special Police Officers assist with traffic control, court security, security details, park patrol, and transportation of prisoners. Special Police Officers work part time hours ranging up to 29 hours per week.
There is no test administered by the New Jersey Department of Personnel. Candidates are hired based on their completion of an application with the Township of Gloucester.
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Woodbury, NJ – Michael A. Zappley, 69, of Westville, was sentenced to 12 years in state prison Friday by the Honorable Niki Arbittier, Judge of the Superior Court, for aggravated manslaughter in the 2016 death of Miguel Martinez III in Deptford.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in open court: Family members reported Martinez missing on June 15, 2016. For several months detectives investigated, continually checking hospitals, phone records, social media records, and interviewing individuals, but were unable to locate Martinez. In January 2020, a witness came forward with details on how Martinez was killed in 2016, and how the body had been disposed of. With this information investigators applied for and executed search warrants for multiple properties on Fox Run Road in Deptford where they recovered 106 bones, later determined to be human remains.
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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (September 18, 2026)–Located at the former Edgemoor industrial site, DCT will handle containers, retail goods and perishable commodities, nearly doubling container capacity across the Delaware River port complex. The terminal will also provide ocean carriers and cargo owners with access to Class I rail services and major highways, including I-495, I-95, I-295, the New Jersey Turnpike and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Woodbury, NJ – Raymond Tines, 42, of Washington Township, was sentenced to 5 years in state prison on Aug. 31, 2026 by the Honorable Renard L. Scott for unlawful possession of a weapon and cruelty to a child pursuant to a plea agreement.
According to documents filed in these cases and statements made in open court: In April 2021, a Washington Township resident reported Tines, who was a neighbor, had attempted to enter their home with a handgun and was observed standing out front of the house with a handgun. Tines was arrested later that day at his residence, where police found a handgun and a firearms identification card. Tines did not have a permit to carry a handgun in public.
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Woodbury, NJ – Akeem Johnson, 43, of Bridgeton, was sentenced to 5 years in state prison today by the Honorable Russell A. DePersia for identity theft, pursuant to a plea agreement.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in open court: Johnson, who worked for a third-party contractor responsible for delivering Amazon packages to USPS facilities, failed to deliver multiple pallets of packages and used a co-worker’s identification to access an Amazon facility in Logan Township to take possession of the packages. The stolen merchandise was valued at more than $75,000.
Pursuant to the plea agreement, he was sentenced to 5 years in state prison. Johnson was also sentenced to concurrent sentences for two cases out of Cumberland County.
The State was represented by Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecutor Rex Utuk.
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As we approach the 25th anniversary of September 11th this Friday, I want to take a moment to reflect on what that day means to us as Americans and as a community. September 11th is about remembering over 3,000 lives lost and the families who were forever changed, as well as all those heroes who ran towards danger when others were trying to get away from it that include the 667 law enforcement officers whose lives were taken by the attacks and later related illnesses.
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Dennis J. Hall, 71, of Franklin Township, was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of his 40-year-old daughter.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in open court: Franklin Township Police responded to an East Avenue home on Thursday, June 11, 2026, after Hall called 911 and reported that his daughter was not breathing. He admitted on the call to emergency services that he had strangled the victim. Officers attempted lifesaving measures on the victim, who was transported to a local hospital. The victim died from her injuries on June 12. An autopsy performed by the Gloucester/Salem/Cumberland Regional Medical Examiner determined the immediate cause of death was asphyxiation.
Hall was arrested at the scene and initially charged with attempted murder. That charge was amended to first-degree murder following the victim’s death and the autopsy. Hall faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment if found guilty.
The State is represented by Assistant Prosecutor Michael Mellon.
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Calla has been waiting over 200 days for someone to give her the home she deserves.
This beautiful 4-year-old Pit Bull Terrier mix is the perfect combination of couch potato and tennis-ball-chasing goofball! She loves sunny days, playing with her toys, racing around the yard—and relaxing in the shade when playtime is over.
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