Bill Duhart

1 month ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

A motorist died after having a medical emergency and running off of the road into a cemetery Friday night in Camden, a county official said. The victim was not identified. The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. near Haddon Avenue and Copewood Street, the official said. The driver slammed into the gates of historic Harleigh Cemetery, the burial place of iconic 19-century poet Walt Whitman. Please subscribe now and support the local journalism you rely on and trust.

1 month ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

An Essex County husband and wife have been arrested and charged with sex trafficking, forced labor and other charges in a federal indictment, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey said Saturday. Authorities said Treva Edwards, 60, and Christine Edwards, 63, proclaimed themselves as pastors of an Orange church that operated out of a multi-unit apartment building there.

1 month ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

A 32-year-old man has been charged with murder in a fatal stabbing Friday in Toms River, authorities said. Steven McNeill, of Jackson, was also charged with stabbing another man at the same location, who was treated and released from the hospital, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor‘s Office. That man, Roderick Seward, 30, of Toms River, was later charged with cocaine possession with intent to distribute after a search of the Adams Avenue residence.

1 month ago | lehighvalleylive.com | Bill Duhart

Perhaps it is fitting that a lawsuit which languished seven years in state court would conclude with a ruling that,“defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint is granted in part and denied in part.”A Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit last week filed by a neighbor of a 600-acre farm that alleged his 3.6-acre property was damaged by stormwater runoff. Alstede Farm filed a motion earlier this year to dismiss the complaint after purchasing the property from the ex-wife of the plaintiff.

1 month ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

A former Stratford Borough employee is suing the municipality for alleged sexual harassment from a male subordinate whose husband is the borough administrator. The plaintiff also claims that after he reported multiple incidents of alleged harassment to Borough Administrator John Keenan, he lost his job. The borough claims he resigned, but he said he did not, according to the lawsuit.