Millville News

Millville blotter also includes theft of various electronics items. MILLVILLE * Matthew Eric Garcia, 20, of Silver Run Road, was charged Friday with burglary of a residence, trespassing, criminal mischief and harassment for allegedly climbing through the window of his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend's home and ransacking her room.

John Pompper testifies in his own defense during his murder trial Wednesday. Pompper, a 48-year-old Millville man charged with murder in connection with the death of Ridgeway, his half brother, said this morning that he disagreed with scores of people who have testified over the last four weeks during a trial in Superior Court in Cumberland County.

BRIDGETON -- A Cumberland County grand jury on Wednesday handed up a new list of indictments against a Millville public school teacher already charged with having sex with two teenage students.

MILLVILLE - Scott Charles Smith, 27, of Sharp Street was arrested Tuesday night on warrants from Millville and Mantua Township .

Kenneth Watford, now of Wheaton Avenue, was also indicted Wednesday by a Superior Court grand jury in Cumberland County for third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and third-degree hindering apprehension or prosecution.

MILLVILLE _ Police have arrested a local man they say is one of two people involved in stealing money from and creating damage to the Holly City Wash on the 400 block of South 2nd Street.

No one was injured in a fire that damaged up to six apartments at Lakeview Manor today.

A Millville man accused of killing his half brother is planning to take the stand today in Superior Court in his own defense.

He was released on his own recognizance. * David Blake, 40, of East Main Street, was arrested early Sunday on two contempt warrants and on the charges of disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice.

MILLVILLE _ Tyrone Lamont Taylor, 35,of Bridgeton was arrested Sunday at 5th and Broad streets on two charges of possession of drugs, including heroin.

The Off Broad Street Players theater company wrapped up the first weekend on Sunday afternoon of one of its last productions to be performed at Bridgeton High School.

Crum-Shaw Galleries and the Delsea Diner will present the Crystal Room Art Center from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

The city recreation department is seeking residents to donate red, white and blue Christmas tree ornaments for an event to honor U.S. military veterans.

Police on Thursday charged a 23-year-old man with using a juvenile to help him commit a burglary to a Packard Drive home.

An off-duty police officer was treated for injuries Thursday afternoon after his car was broadsided by a pickup truck allegedly fleeing police.

Millville police are investigating car burglaries that occurred on Carmel Road Sunday night into Monday morning.

MILLVILLE _ Dawn Marie Derby, 37, of Beech Road was arrested Tuesday on a $365 Atlantic City warrant.

A one-time Millville teacher of the year was arrested Tuesday morning on a charge of child endangerment, police Chief Ed Grennon confirmed.

Debbie Tedesco and her daughter Megan still don't know exactly how it happened. What they do know is their beloved dog Priscilla is dead, killed by their neighbors' much bigger dog inside their South 2nd Street home Sunday evening.

MILLVILLE -- The names of the 14 pilots who trained at Millville Army Air Field and were killed overseas in combat during World War II echoed off the base's structures as they were read aloud Saturday morning.