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Fired Atlantic City schools 'whistleblower' awarded $180K at trial | Breaking AC

2 weeks ago | breakingac.com | Lynda Cohen

A fired Atlantic City teacher scored a courtroom victory Wednesday, after more than nine years, two trials and an appeal. Phillip Eisenstein was awarded $183,410, following a jury trial in Atlantic County Civil Court, where he claimed protection as a whistleblower under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act. The monetary award included lost wages along with $100,000 for emotional distress. The judge did not give punitive damages.
Atlantic City license plate reader leads to alleged mobile drug production facility | Breaking AC

2 weeks ago | breakingac.com | Lynda Cohen

A Vineland man released from prison last summer was arrested in Atlantic City after a license plate reader indicated he had active warrants. Clarence Shambry, 44, was paroled June 13, after serving prison time for drugs and threats out of Camden County, state Department of Corrections records show. He apparently incurred new drug charges in January and assault charges in April out of Camden that led to warrants, according to court records.
Ousted Atlantic City councilman indicted in witness tampering | Breaking AC

2 weeks ago | breakingac.com | Lynda Cohen

An Atlantic City councilman ousted by a judge's order last year has been indicted on charges of witness tampering and terroristic threats. Muhammad Zia, 51, was removed from his Fifth Ward seat after a judge found he did not live in the city, and instead lives in Egg Harbor Township. It was during that civil trial that Zia wound up with criminal charges after he allegedly threatened a local businessman set to testify against him.
Facebook post about woman stranded in Somers Point is fake | Breaking AC

2 weeks ago | breakingac.com | Lynda Cohen

The post appears to be a concerned resident asking to help a stranger who may be in trouble. “She has been on this bench in Somers Point for two days,” the post on the Somers Point Yard Sale Facebook group begins. The post goes on to tell a concerning story of a woman possibly suffering from dementia who has not left the bench and has had no food. It is accompanied by photos of an older woman sitting on a bench with a large suitcase by her side. But the post is not real.
NJ Transit rail service to resume Tuesday after agency, engineers reach deal | Breaking AC

2 weeks ago | breakingac.com | Nikita Biryukov

By NIKITA BIRYUKOVRepublished with permission of N.J. MonitorNJ Transit and its engineers have reached an agreement to end a three-day strike that entirely stopped rail service on the nation’s busiest commuter rail line, officials announced Sunday.
Service to honor Pleasantville teen killed in EHT crash | Breaking AC

2 weeks ago | breakingac.com | Lynda Cohen

They called him Showtime. When Mu’Zahir Moore took the football field, “it was lights, camera action,” said Pleasantville Jokers President Elyse Sanchez. “He was a light to our organization.”But that light was extinguished Saturday afternoon, when the 13-year-old was struck by a car as he and a friend walked along Delaware Avenue in Egg Harbor Township.
EHT man charged in at least two Gloucester County crimes | Breaking AC

2 weeks ago | breakingac.com | Lynda Cohen

An Egg Harbor Township man arrested in connection with a gas station robbery is also being looked at in several smash-and-grab thefts. John Lomonaco, 39, was jailed last week, after an investigation led to charges in the robbery of a Sunoco Gas Station in Washington Township, Gloucester County. Officer Troy Lawless, who investigated the robbery, arrested Lomonaco on Thursday during a motor vehicle stop, police said.
Pleasantville man gets 10 years in Atlantic City shooting | Breaking AC

2 weeks ago | breakingac.com | Lynda Cohen

A Pleasantville man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after admitting to shooting a man during an argument in 2023. Jayce Thomas, 34, previously pleaded guilty to second-degree charges of aggravated assault and possession of a weapon by a certain person. Surveillance video showed Thomas and Jeffrey Luckett get into a confrontation in the first block of South Bellevue Avenue in Atlantic City, just after midnight April 30, 2023.
Downbeach Memorial Day celebrations include Longport flyover | Breaking AC

2 weeks ago | breakingac.com | Nanette Lobiondo Galloway

Two F-16 jets from the 177th Fighter Wing will provide a flyover during Longport’s annual Memorial Day parade Monday. According to American Legion Post 469 Commander Larry Pacentrilli, the jets will fly over Longport's smiley faced water tower at 11:10 a.m.The legion was hoping for the jets to fly at 11 a.m., marking the start of the parade, but there were numerous requests for flyovers in the region and in the northern part of the state and that time was not available.
Atlantic City fire promotions increase supervisor ranks | Breaking AC

2 weeks ago | breakingac.com | Lynda Cohen

The Atlantic City Fire Department celebrated 10 promotions this week. The addition of four to battalion chief allows the department to once again have a second battalion chief on duty, Fire Chief Scott Evans told BreakingAC. "I am very excited and thrilled to be able to put an additional supervisor on the street that will respond to all working fires and major incidents to increase safety and supervision," he said.