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The Ventnor woman accused of killing her mother and grandmother was on drugs and mentally unstable when she gave a statement to detectives after her arrest, according to a motion filed by her attorney.Heather Barbera is accused of fatally beating 67-year-old Michelle Gordon and 87-year-old Elaine Rosen last year inside the Vassar Square condominium they … Read more Attorney for Ventnor woman charged in double homicide moves to toss statement to police

A Pleasantville man with a history of sexually abusing children is now serving a six-year prison sentence in a case involving two young sisters.Sherron Scott, now 34, was accused of assaulting the girls — then 8 and 9 — inside their home in 2017, while he was dating their mother.The girls’ father took them to … Read more Pleasantville man gets six years in sex abuse of young girls

An Egg Harbor Township man was sentenced to 60 years in prison for a vicious attack that killed a Pleasantville man and left a woman with life-altering injuries.Nicholas Abbati Jr. continued to deny his involvement in the deadly beating inside the Greenfield Avenue home Jahlil Hunter and Ebony Harris shared.Harris’ brother found the couple bloody … Read more EHT man gets 60 years in deadly attack on Pleasantville couple

A Sicklerville man accused of murder when he was a teenager will get a new trial.Isaiah Newsome was in the second week of trial Wednesday, when new evidence led to a mistrial in the case.Newsome was 17 when he was accused of killing Dr. Steven Davion Garrett — who was also 17 — on Aug. … Read more New trial ordered in 2015 killing of Pleasantville teen