Camden man killed in city's 21st homicide of the year
Camden man is city's 21st homicide of the year A 41-year-old man was shot and killed in Camden early Sunday morning, authorities said, the city's second homicide in three days.
Camden man is city's 21st homicide of the year
A 41-year-old man was shot and killed in Camden early Sunday morning, authorities said, the city's second homicide in three days.
Curtis Chambers, of Camden, was found suffering from gunshot wounds inside a house on the 1200 block of Whitman Avenue around 12:30 a.m., the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said.
He was taken to Cooper University Hospital and pronounced dead at 12:46 a.m., the office said. No arrests were made, and no further details were released.
It was the 21st homicide in Camden this year, according to figures from the prosecutor's office. There had been 12 homicides in Camden at this point last year.
Authorities asked that anyone with information about Chambers' killing contact Detective Michael Rhoads at 856-225-8561 or Detective Saladin Webb at 856-757-7420. - Chris Palmer
Willingboro man held in drunken-driving death of teen
A Willingboro man is in custody on charges of drunken driving after hitting and killing a teenager Sunday morning.
Ricardo Patterson III, 42, was charged with driving under the influence and reckless driving, but authorities would be reviewing the circumstances of the crash to determine whether more serious charges will be filed, a release from the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office said.
Antwan Timbers Jr., 17, was hit by Patterson's vehicle while walking with a friend shortly after midnight off the road at Route 130 South and East Federal Street, authorities said. Timbers was a senior at Burlington City High School. - Jason Laughlin
Brigantine officer gets 5 years for sex assault of 16-year-old
A Brigantine police officer will spend five years in prison after admitting he used his job to sexually assault a 16-year-old girl, officials announced Sunday.
Officer Ralph M. Pereira, 45, pleaded guilty Friday to official misconduct and sexual assault, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
He was arrested in 2014 and charged with using his job as a police officer "to obtain a benefit for himself, specifically, sexual acts with a child," the prosecutor's office said.
Jay McKeen, a spokesman for the office, said that Pereira had been suspended from the force since his arrest, and that the department would start the firing process. He will be imprisoned for five years following a sentencing hearing on July 1, the office said.
Pereira will also have to register as a sex offender, the office said. - Chris Palmer
Suit-wearing girl gets her night at the prom - at another school
A student who was barred from attending the prom at her high school in Harrisburg because she wore a suit rather than a dress had it her way - though with a different school, a half-hour away.
Aniya Wolf, a student at Bishop McDevitt High School, attended William Penn High School's prom Saturday at a banquet hall in York.
Wolf said she learned at the last moment that girls were required to wear dresses to Bishop McDevitt's prom. She went anyway but was thrown out. The school said the dress code was sent to parents three months earlier.
William Penn principal Brandon Carter said he invited Wolf because "we do embrace all." Wolf said she has worn a shirt and pants for all three years she has attended her school.
- Associated Press
