Lynda Cohen 
The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the killing of a Bayside State prisoner. Martin Sanchez, 41, was found unresponsive and injured inside his cell at about 7:11 p.m. Nov. 21, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said Wednesday. He appeared to have suffered from blunt-force trauma, according to the report. Sanchez was later pronounced dead. … Read more
Two men have been indicted in the fatal shooting of an Atlantic City man in August. Aaron Callahan, 32, and Kenneth Creek, 48, are charged with murder, conspiracy and weapons offenses in the killing of Jordan Eaddy. The 31-year-old city man was found dead just after midnight Aug. 25, in the 1300 block of Baltic … Read more
A retired Atlantic City police officer is dead after fatally shooting his former girlfriend, according to an investigation by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. William Beattie and Erin Gatier, both 47, were found dead inside her Deptford Township home by police doing a well-being check Monday, according to the report. An investigation by the Prosecutor’s … Read more
A Vineland man faces 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to selling the drugs that killed an 18-year-old man two years ago. Freddie Smith, 44, sold the teen the drugs at some point overnight into March 12, 2020, in the parking lot of a Wawa in Vineland, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. … Read more
A teen recorded her driving instructor as he groped her following a lesson, according to the affidavit in the case. Jay Vyas, 69, of Egg Harbor Township, was arrested last week, shortly after the lesson. Vyas picked the 16-year-old girl up at her home Thursday for a two-hour driving lesson with Mainstream Driving School out … Read more