Enoch Rembert, age 28, Beats Woman with Baseball Bat, Charged with Murder

3/27/2026

Camden City, NJ (CNBNews)– A Camden City man has been arrested and charged for fatally beating a woman with a baseball bat, reported Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez.

Enoch Rembert, 28, is charged with 1^st-degree Murder in the death of 51-year-old Lisa Mellet of Camden. He is also charged with 3^rd-degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose.

On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at approximately 11:29 p.m., emergency medical service personnel were dispatched to the area of 5^th Street and Bailey Street in reference to an unconscious woman in the roadway. The woman – later identified as Mellet – was transported to Cooper University Hospital, where she was pronounced deceased at approximately 12:24 a.m. on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Later that day, the Gloucester-Camden-Salem County Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be blunt abdominal trauma and the manner of death to be homicide.

During the investigation, detectives located surveillance video footage showing a suspect – later identified as Rembert – walking to the area of 5^th Street and Erie Street and repeatedly striking the victim multiple times with a baseball bat. After the assault, the victim walked to the area of 5^th Street and Bailey Street and ultimately collapsed. Detectives also learned the suspect and victim were previously acquainted from the neighborhood.

Enoch was taken into custody in Camden and remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Matt Kreidler of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit at (856) 614-8063 and Detective Andrew Mogck of the Camden County Police Department at (609) 519-8588. Tips can also be sent to CAMDEN.TIPS.

All individuals charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Bars, Lounges, and the New Social Playbook Around Local iGaming Nights

A familiar pattern is taking shape in neighborhood nightlife. A regular walks into a bar to catch a match, notices a few screens showing odds movement and live sports coverage, then ends up in a conversation with people who came for the same reason but from very different circles. That moment matters. It shows how local bars and lounges are becoming social filters for digital play. They are turning individual mobile habits into group rituals, and they are doing it through atmosphere, timing, and shared attention.

For operators, venue owners, and platform watchers, the shift is worth studying closely. Local iGaming nights are not simply themed events built around betting culture. They are a modern update of the old bar invitation – meet here, watch together, talk through the action, stay for the social energy.

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Tiffany Burress Faces Ballot Disqualification

Burress petitions filled with ‘pervasive fraud’ and ‘procedural illegality’

CLIFTON, NJ — On Monday, March 30th, the Office of Administrative Law heard Gonzalez v. Burress to adjudicate a formal challenge to Tiffany Burress’s nominating petitions. The filing alleges the Burress campaign committed rampant and pervasive fraud to secure a spot on the June primary ballot.

“The Burress campaign has betrayed every Republican who cares about election integrity,” said Kenny Gonzalez, campaign manager for Rosie Pino. “As outlined in the filing, these petitions demonstrate a coordinated pattern of ghost circulation, signature harvesting, and willful perjury.”

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How Faith-Based Content Continues to Influence Our Societies

Influence Our Societies

Faith-based content has never been confined to sacred spaces; it flows through literature, media, education, and even everyday conversations. From ancient scriptures to modern digital platforms, it continues to shape values, behaviors, and collective identities. In a world driven by rapid change, these narratives offer something timeless: guidance, purpose, and connection. Let’s explore how this powerful form of content continues to influence our societies in meaningful and evolving ways.

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Distracted Driving Enforcement & Education Campaign

Put the Phone Away or Pay- April 1st – April 30th, 2026

Lower Township, New Jersey — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration’s Put the Phone Away or Pay campaign is reminding drivers of the deadly
dangers and legal consequences — including fines — of texting and other forms of messaging behind the
wheel. During the month of April, law enforcement nationwide will work together to enforce laws
prohibiting distracted driving behind the wheel. These efforts come during National Distracted Driving
Awareness Month.
Cell phone use, texting and other activities that do not contribute to safe driving are all forms of distracted
driving.
According to NHTSA the 2023 statistics are as follows. However, data collection limitations show that
these figures are likely lower than the real figures.

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Make-A-Wish Grants 13-Year-Old Leukemia Survivor’s Dream for a Day

On National Doctors Day, Make-A-Wish New Jersey and Hackensack Meridian Health celebrate 13-year old Alexander Alvarez from Carteret, New Jersey, who took on the title of doctor for the day as Make-A-Wish New Jersey and Hackensack Meridian Health partnered to grant his wish to become a trauma surgeon.

For a child who has bravely battled leukemia, the last place you might expect them to want to be is back in a hospital. Yet, for Alex, his one true wish was to trade his patient gown for surgeon’s scrubs. Alex got hands-on experience and was immediately immersed as ‘Dr. Alex’ for the day.

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Congressman Van Drew: Pay Our Coast Guard Now

Shame on Congress for not getting this done—no Member of Congress should be paid during a shutdown.

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Van Drew issued the following statement as the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues, leaving Coast Guard service members without pay for 42 days.

“Our Coast Guard men and women are good people,” said Congressman Van Drew. “They have committed their lives to serving this country and protecting all of us. What is happening right now is painful, wrong, and downright shameful. It is unbelievable that in the United States of America, we have Coast Guard members going to food banks, holding fundraisers, and struggling to make ends meet. That is not who we are as a country, and it should make every single person in Washington embarrassed.

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Philly Magazine: “Gloucester City the Next Hot Neighborhoods”

By Bill Cleary

Gloucester City is one of 40 communities to be named by Philadelphia Magazine as A Community to Watch. The March magazine article, written by Michael Callahan, looked at hundreds of towns both in the Philadelphia region and in the South Jersey area before picking the next hot neighborhoods.

Some of the guidelines Callahan used to choose the elite 40 towns, included such things as the proximity to center City Philadelphia, big shifts in population and wealth revitalized downtown.
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Cleary’s Notebook News Digital files: April 2007

By Bill Cleary

Gloucester City is one of 40 communities to be named by Philadelphia Magazine as A Community to Watch. The March magazine article, written by Michael Callahan, looked at hundreds of towns both in the Philadelphia region and in the South Jersey area before picking the next hot neighborhoods.

Some of the guidelines Callahan used to choose the elite 40 towns, included such things as the proximity to center City Philadelphia, big shifts in population and wealth revitalized downtown.
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Hackensack Meridian’s Female Robotic Surgeons Lead Surgical Innovation

This Women’s History Month, Hackensack Meridian Health is proud to recognize its exceptional team of 46 female robotic surgeons building a more inclusive and innovative future for surgery.

While robotic-assisted surgery is a rapidly advancing field, it often presents significant barriers to entry for women seeking training and mentorship. A recent study found, women robotic surgeons only perform around 10% of robotic surgeries. Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) stands as a clear exception, with its robust and diverse team of 46 female robotic surgeons reflecting a deep-seated commitment to fostering an empowering and equitable environment.

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The LINK Trail Could Be Camden County’s Best Idea in Years

Camden County has finally broken ground on the LINK Trail, a planned 34-mile paved shared-use route that will run through 17 municipalities from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge area to lower Winslow Township near the Gloucester County line. The first active stretch is the roughly one-mile segment between Merchant Street in Audubon and Station Avenue in Haddon Heights. On paper, it’s exactly the kind of regional project South Jersey ought to be backing: practical, visible, and capable of linking parks, downtowns, neighbourhoods and existing trails into something people can actually use.

And that’s why it’s worth saying out loud that the LINK Trail could be one of Camden County’s smartest public investments in years. Not because it sounds nice in a press release, and not because every trail project automatically becomes a civic triumph, but because this one answers a real need. Safe places to walk and cycle are still patchy across much of the county. The LINK is meant to function as the spine of a wider county trail network, tying together urban, suburban and rural areas while feeding people towards parks, business districts and the broader Circuit Trails system. If it’s built properly, it changes how people move.