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Police Investigate Fatal Shooting Outside Camden House Party
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Authorities in southern New Jersey say one man was killed and another wounded when gunfire erupted outside a Camden house party early Sunday, but it’s not yet known what...
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Camden Lawmakers Pass Curfew To Curb Late-Night Crime
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Camden’s City Council has again passed a business curfew intended to cut crime around late-night food places in one of the nation’s most crime-ridden cities. Restaurants...
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Camden Gives Financial Aid To Victims Of Summer Warehouse Fires
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Several Camden families whose homes were destroyed or damaged by two massive industrial building fires this summer are getting some help from the city. The Courier-Post...
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Camden, After Laying Off Nearly Half Of Police Force, To Rehire 14 Officers
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New federal grants will add 78 police officers to patrols across New Jersey, where several departments have had deep layoffs because of budget problems. Federal...
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Violent Weekend Leaves 5 Wounded In Camden
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Authorities in southern New Jersey say five people have been injured during a violent weekend in Camden. Four of the victims were shot in separate incidents that...
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NJ Attorney General Paula Dow To Talk Violence In Camden
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s state attorney general is coming to Camden Thursday to talk about how to address a spike in violence in a city that has long suffered from problems with crime. The city...
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New Jersey Education Chief Talks Getting Tough On Failing Schools
TRENTON, NJ (AP) – As New Jersey’s acting education commissioner, Christopher Cerf is charged with carrying out Gov. Chris Christie‘s plans to overhaul some aspects of the state’s public education...
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Proposed Rutgers – Rowan Merger Has Students And Faculty In An Uproar
CAMDEN, NJ (CBSNewYork) — Students and faculty at the Camden campus of Rutgers University feel betrayed by Governor Chris Christie. They say that his plan to merge the Camden campus with Rowan...
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Fatal Camden Fire Under Investigation Saturday
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Camden authorities say a man was killed and a woman was seriously burned when a vacant city row home caught fire, destroying both the residence and an adjacent home. A firefighter...
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Gov Christie Honors SEAL’s Service But Won’t Apologize For Heated Exchange
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP, NJ (CBSNewYork/AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he doesn’t regret calling a former Navy SEAL an “idiot” during a heated exchange at a recent public event. Christie’s...
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Camden Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Wounded
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say shootings at a southern New Jersey home have left two Camden men dead and another hospitalized with serious injuries. Camden County Prosecutor Warren Faulk says the...
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Prosecutor: Driver Shot Before SUV Crashed Into Home In Camden
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors say a driver was shot multiple times before his sport utility vehicle crashed into a Camden home this weekend, leaving him dead and a passenger wounded. Camden County...
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Video Shows Father Putting Toddler In Washing Machine At Camden Laundromat
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A New Jersey man’s game with his little boy nearly turned tragic at a Camden Laundromat. Surveillance video shows the father putting his 1-year-old son in a washing machine...
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Prosecutors Will Not File Charges After Boy Put In Washing Machine At Camden...
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A New Jersey prosecutor will not file criminal charges against a man who allegedly put a baby boy in a Laundromat washing machine. Two weeks ago, 1-year-old Saimer David was...
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N.J. Man Arrested In Cold Case Murder Of 6-Year-Old Etan Patz
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Nearly 33 years to the day that 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly announced the arrest of South Jersey resident Pedro Hernandez in his murder....
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Police Continue To Investigate The Death Of Etan Patz In Confessed Killer’s...
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — Police have continued to investigate the death of Etan Patz. Pedro Hernandez confessed to killing Patz thirty-three years ago, according to investigators. They have now started...
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Police Probe Reports Of Previous Alleged Confessions By Suspect In 1979 Etan...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Police are looking into reports that the man charged with killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 may have confessed decades ago. Pedro Hernandez is still in the hospital where...
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Firefighters Work To Contain Camden Forest Fire
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A forest fire in New Jersey is under investigation. Fire crews were called to the Goshen Pond Camping area in the Wharton State Forest in Camden after the blaze...
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Boy, 6, Stabbed To Death In Camden Home; Sister Hurt
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A sleeping 6-year-old boy was stabbed to death inside a bedroom of his southern New Jersey home early Sunday in an unprovoked attack that also critically wounded his...
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Man Charged With Murder, Attempted Murder For Camden Stabbings
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A man has been arrested for murder in connection to the stabbings of two young children in New Jersey early Sunday. Camden authorities said a 31-year-old man has been...
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3 High School Teachers Accused Of Having Sex With Teen Students
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Three teachers and two administrators at a southern New Jersey high school have been arrested on charges stemming from allegations the teachers had sex with students....
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Sandy Prompts Rutgers To Cancel Classes For Rest Of Week
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Rutgers University has decided to cancel classes for the rest of the week at its New Brunswick and Newark campuses in New Jersey. But classes will resume Thursday at...
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3 Officers Hurt In Shooting At New Jersey Police Station
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Three officers were injured in a shooting at a police station in southern New Jersey on Friday morning that left a suspect dead. The shooting occurred at the...
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Jersey City Charter School Among Those Ordered Closed By The State
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – The Liberty Academy Charter School in the Heights section of Jersey City is among three charter schools the state has ordered closed by year’s end. “We firmly believe...
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County Police Force Prepares To Take Over In Camden
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) – More than 30 members of the new Camden County Police Department Metro Division will be deployed on the streets of New Jersey’s most impoverished city. In addition, 23 new officers...
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Teen Admits To Charges In New Jersey Girl’s Strangulation
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A New Jersey teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges connected to the death of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared last fall while out riding her bike. Justin...
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N.J. Woman, Boyfriend Accused Of Chaining Boy To Radiator For 2 Days
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A southern New Jersey mother and her boyfriend have been charged with chaining their 10-year-old son to a radiator pipe for two weeks. Florence Pollard, 31, and Brian...
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Police Investigate After Man Claims He Accidentally Shot 2-Year-Old Son
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Police in southern New Jersey have filed charges against a Camden man who told authorities he accidentally shot his 2-year-old son while they and other family members...
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Camden Residents Face Charges In Stolen Check Scheme
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Three Camden residents are accused of stealing more than $200,000 worth of checks from industrial park mailboxes. Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old Ivory Vernon, 38-year-old...
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Authorities: Missing Camden Woman Buried Alive, Killed; 2 Charged
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20140516094059093AA.mp4 CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A New Jersey woman was buried alive in a shallow grave by her landscaper after he offered to drive her to...
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Cops: Camden Man Paralyzed In Fall While Running From Police
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Camden, N.J. man fleeing from police injured his spine and is now paralyzed after he slipped on a wet roadway, according to authorities. The accident happened Thursday...
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NJ Man Gets Nearly 6 Years In Federal Prison For Bilking Investor Out Of More...
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A New Jersey man convicted of bilking an investor out of more than $1 million in a phony pizzeria scheme has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison....
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‘Shotspotter’ Technology Helps Cops In Camden Zero-In On Gunshots When They...
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20150112174819147AA.mp4 CAMDEN, NJ(CBSNewYork) — Old technology has found a new use in keeping streets safe and reducing crime in Camden. As CBS2’s Kris Van...
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Former Camden Firefighter Charged With Scamming Disability Pension Of Over $80K
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A former Camden firefighter is accused of bilking the state disability pension out of more than $82,000 while working as a martial arts instructor and participating in...
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Officials: 3 Brothers Who Led Violent NJ Drug Ring Headed To Prison
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Three brothers who led a violent Camden drug ring that authorities say had ties to Mexican drug cartels are now headed to prison. Authorities say Omar Urbina Sr., of...
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NJ Man Arrested After Allegedly Setting At Least 14 Houses On Fire July 4th...
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A man suspected of setting fires at more than a dozen vacant homes in Camden over the July Fourth holiday weekend has been captured. Camden County authorities say Charles...
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Concertgoers Injured When Railing Collapses At Camden, N.J. Snoop Dogg Concert
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Several people were injured late Friday when a partition collapsed during a Snoop Dogg concert in Camden, New Jersey. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa took appeared at the...
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Officials Seek Cause Of Railing Collapse At Snoop Dogg Concert
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Engineers were trying to figure out what caused a railing to collapse at an amphitheater during a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert, injuring 42 people. It happened at...
View ArticlePolice: Camden Man In Custody After Gunfight With State Troopers
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Camden man is in custody after exchanging gunfire with five state troopers Wednesday who were trying to stop a robbery along the Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden....
View ArticleN.J. High School Football Coach: I Was Fired For Having Too Many Black Players
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A New Jersey high school football coach says he’s being forced out because he has too many black athletes on his team. Camden Catholic High School informed Nick...
View Article2 Police Officers Ambushed, Shot At Red Light In Camden, New Jersey
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Two police officers were rushed to the hospital after authorities say they were shot while sitting in an unmarked vehicle at a red light in South Jersey Tuesday night....
View ArticleMassive Search Underway After 2 Officers Shot In Camden
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A massive search is underway after two undercover police officers were shot while sitting in their unmarked vehicle in Camden Tuesday night in what authorities are...
View ArticleReward Offered In Shooting Of Camden Police Officers
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A $20,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in connection with the shooting of two undercover police officers in Camden, New...
View ArticlePolice: 1 Suspect Arrested In Ambush Of Detectives In Camden, N.J.
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Police say they have arrested one suspect in the attempted murder of two undercover detectives in Camden, New Jersey. Authorities said two gunmen open fire on the detectives...
View ArticleStuck Ferris Wheel Traps 7 At New Jersey County Fair
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBS Philly) – Seven people are safe Saturday night after they became stuck on a Ferris wheel at the Camden County Fair. The Gloucester Township Police Department posted photos of the...
View ArticleLawmakers To Consider New Aid To NJ Cities
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A partisan squabble that has held up $139 million in aid to impoverished cities in June may soon be resolved. The Senate Budget Committee will consider legislation appropriating...
View Article8 New NJ Charter Schools To Open In September
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Christie administration has approved applications for eight new charter schools to open in September. Three of the new schools will be located in Camden and two are in Newark,...
View ArticleCamden County Police Officers Praised For Joining Protesters
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Police officers in Camden, New Jersey, are being praised for joining protesters this weekend. Camden County Police Chief Joe Wysocki joined the front line of a peaceful...
View ArticleManhunt For Suspects Accused Of Shooting Up 2 Camden County, N.J. Police...
Authorities are asking for the public’s help locating the suspects accused of targeting two officers in an attack at their home earlier this week. The alleged incident happened on Tuesday around 11:45...
View ArticleOfficials: 2 Dead, At Least 7 Others Injured After Flames Rip Through Camden,...
A three-alarm fire ripped through an apartment building in Camden, leaving two people dead and at least seven others hurt.
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