Bridgeton News

The BRIDGETON Recreation Department will host a Movie Night on Saturday, June 27 at the Cohanzick Zoo following the zooa s 75th anniversary celebration.

It began with a herd of deer given by the state during the Great Depression and grew to become what many consider one of the city's greatest features.

He was lodged in Cumberland County Jail on $51,713 bail. * Gabriel Smith, 22, of North Laurel Street, was arrested Tuesday night on the charges of falsely incriminating another and hindering apprehension.

He also was cited for reckless driving, careless driving and possessing a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle.

BRIDGETON - Cumberland County Sheriff Robert Austino announced the follow arrests: On June 26, Christopher Merighi, 30, of E Street in Millville, was arrested on two Cumberland County Superior Court criminal warrants for failure to appear.

He also was charged with resisting arrest and served a failure to appear warrant.

A West Lincoln Street man was shot in his left leg as he ran from gunfire that quickly ended a large fight at Cohansey and Egret streets early Sunday, police said on Monday.

City Police Chief Mark Ott's father started working for the department here in 1966.

He also was charged with resisting arrest. Wilmore was lodged in Cumberland County Jail on $3,100 bail.

The burglar entered the victim's home through a second-floor window. The computer is valued at $2,000. * Sakia N. Johnson, 27, and Vincent Cartwright, 29, both of Mount Vernon Street, were arrested at their home early Friday on domestic violence-related charges.

Police announced this morning that they have arrested and charged a 19-year-old city man with murder and related offenses in connection with the June 12 stabbing death of a Hampton Street teen.

The victim told police he locked up his shed, located behind his home, around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

A 27-year-old city man accused of shooting another man in the face during a Feb.

BRIDGETON - State troopers arrested a Fairfield Township man after finding two small bags of marijuana hidden in his waistband, according to state police at the Bridgeton barracks.

* Donald Chavis, 36, of Camden, was arrested Wednesday morning on a failure to appear warrant and lodged in the county jail on $250 bail.

BRIDGETON -- Monday was moving day for the first of a half-dozen Cumberland County agencies relocating to a former Farmers and Merchants Bank branch at 99 W. Broad St.

A 17-year-old Bridgeton teen charged with murder will be prosecuted in adult court, a Superior Court judge ruled recently.

He was released on his own recognizance. * Cynthia L. Dellaquilla, 51, of York Street, was arrested early Tuesday on the charges of criminal mischief and burglary.

BRIDGETON - Sheriff Robert Austino announced the following Cumberland County Sheriff's Department arrests: On June 15, Jose Masso, 35, of Horton Street in Bridgeton, was arrested on a Cumberland County Superior Court warrant for failure to comply with a nonsupport order in the amount of $3,565. Masso was subsequently lodged in the Cumberland ...

BRIDGETON - A Vineland man is charged with two counts of placing telephoned bomb threats to the Cumberland County Courthouse.