Linwood Teacher Faces Assault Charges in Municipal Court; Prosecutors Office Take Case

MAYS LANDING – Following a thorough review of the evidence, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has determined to prosecute the Linwood middle school teacher charged last month with assault of a student in Linwood Municipal Court, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announced.

On February 10, 2017, Linwood Police responded to the Belhaven Avenue Middle School in Linwood, NJ, to investigate the alleged assault of a 12-year-old student by a teacher.

Resident Tip Leads Linwood Police into Arresting Burglar

The Linwood Police Department responded to a report of a Suspicious Vehicle, which was called in by a Linwood Resident. 

The vehicle reported matched the description of a vehicle reported in a Burglary Investigation in November 2013 in the same area. 

A short time later Officer Chester Brown and Detective James Norris arrested Christopher Sanchez, of Philadelphia, PA. Sanchez was found in possession of numerous items taken from a residential burglary in the area on this date.