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Internet Celebrity Spotted in South Jersey – Gets Arrested for Murder

Tom Morgan — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:40:02 +0000

You may/may not have met ‘Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker’. Like Charles Ramsey, Kai is another hero turned internet sensation. Actually, make that from internet sensation to criminal. Kai’s real name is Caleb Lawrence McGillvary. He got his nickname because ‘he used a hatchet to subdue a man who ran over a California utility worker.‘ (NBC [...]

Ventnor Man Who Confessed to Murder Explains Himself [VIDEO]

Tom Morgan — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:59:32 +0000

Steve Goff, the man who confessed to a murder he committed 23 years ago in Galloway Township, explains himself to the Press of Atlantic City. ‘The guilt was overwhelming‘. That’s 23 years of guilt Steve Goff is explaining, after he murdered a Absegami High School class mate in 1990. Shortly before turning [...]

Ventnor Resident Turns Himself in After 23 Year Old Murder Secret

Tom Morgan — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:00:22 +0000

For those who know Steve Goff of Ventnor, it has been a tragic and shocking string of days. After 23 long years, Steve Goff has turned himself in for a murder that he claims he committed when he was only 18 years old. A graduate of Absegami High School, Goff admitted to fatally stabbing [...]

Galloway Township Man Found Guilty of Murdering His Own Daughter

Rob Acampora — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:00:11 +0000

A jury deliberated for 2 hours today, had deliberated for 9 hours over the previous couple of days, and a 3-week trial came to a close finding a Galloway Township man guilty of murdering his newborn daughter by flinging her off a bridge 140 feet above the water. 24-yr-old Shamsiddan Abdur-Raheem was handed his guilty [...]

Atlantic City Man Murdered While Riding Bike

Matthew White — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:49:23 +0000

An Atlantic City man, 59-year old Jose Ortiz, became the city’s 14th homicide victim after getting caught in a gunfight between individuals Thursday afternoon. Authorities say Ortiz was riding his bicycle in Stanley Homes Village, where he lives, when he was struck in the abdomen during the gunfight between unknown individuals. Police arrived to the [...]

The Week That Camden May Want to Forget

Rob Acampora — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:47:07 +0000

The photo of Camden from a distance looks peaceful, but this week the city has not even been close to that as multiple arrests and murders highlight the city that once was the Most Dangerous City in America. Reports have come out that there have been four murders in the Camden city area over the [...]

UPDATE: Murdered Activist's Project Gets Green Light

Heather DeLuca — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:32:26 +0000

The program advocate April Kauffman was working on (shortly before her death) to give Veterans better access to health care has been approved. SoJO reported the former radio host and community volunteer was found shot to death in her Linwood home earlier this month and an arrest has yet to be made in her case, [...]

Morning Shooting In Voorhees Under Police Investigation

Heather DeLuca — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:51:35 +0000

Animosity between co-workers over lost employment has lead to a murder/suicide near Virtua Hospital in Voorhees, police say.

The shooting took place on Avalon Court around 7:36 a.m. when a man walking to his car was gunned down. Police stopped the gunman moments later on Centennial Boulevard where the shooter turned the gun on himself.