Three Injured in Motor Vehicle Collison; K-9 Tracks Driver Who Fled Scene

On May 29, 2016 at 5:15 p.m., Galloway Township Police responded to a motor vehicle collision on W. Aloe St. and S. Cologne Avenue.

According to Police, Christopher Popkin, 23 of Galloway, was traveling westbound on Aloe Street, when his vehicle was struck from behind by another vehicle a 2005 Toyota Sienna that was traveling at a high rate of speed.

Popkin's vehicle a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer was struck by Joseph Raymond, 21 of Egg Harbor Township.  After the collision, Joseph Raymond fled the scene on foot, leaving behind an injured child, which he was temporarily responsible for. 

Loaded Guns and Drugs Found After Motor Vehicle Stop; Four Charged

On May 28, 2016 at 10:28 a.m., Galloway Township Police Officer Daniel Weigle conducted a motor vehicle stop of a silver Hyundai Elantra on the White Horse Pike by Sixth Avenue.  

The four adult occupants of the vehicle were not wearing their required seatbelts and two young juveniles were unrestrained in the vehicle.  

During the investigation, Officers observed drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle accessible to the three young juvenile occupants.  K-9 Sgt. Scott Winneberger utilized K-9 Rocky to conduct a narcotic sniff of the vehicle.

Galloway Juvenile Arrested; Charged with Handgun Possession

On Saturday May 28^th, 2016 at 7:10pm, several Galloway Township Police Officers responded to the area of Iroquois Drive for a disturbance.  

Police eventually located one of the subjects involved in this disturbance, a 17 year-old male from Galloway, on Mourning Dove Way just off Wrangleboro Road.  

During the investigation, a fully loaded Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum revolver was located in the juveniles waistband.  He was arrested and charged with possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of CDS.  

Galloway Man Struck and Killed in Hit-and Run; Police Searching for Driver of Vehicle

ABSECON, NJ – Police are investigating the death of a Galloway man who was struck and killed early this morning by the operator of a vehicle that left the scene of the accident, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain announced.

On Saturday, May 28, 2016, at 4:12 a.m., members of the Absecon Police Department and the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Collisions Unit responded to the intersection of Route 30 and Route 9, Absecon, NJ, for a report of a hit-and-run accident involving a pedestrian and a vehicle that left the scene after striking Kyle Marcy, 26, of Galloway Township.

Atlantic City Man Charged with False Reports to Law Enforcement

ATLANTIC CITY – The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office charged an Atlantic City man with providing false information to law enforcement, in connection with his report that Atlantic City Police officers assaulted him last year, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain announced.

On November 9, 2015, Anthony J. Farnham, 55, of the 1400 block of Memorial Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ, reported to the Atlantic City Police Department that, during his arrest on August 24, 2015 in Atlantic City on an unrelated matter, he had been assaulted by responding Atlantic City police officers, alleging that one officer banged Farnham’s head several times against a vehicle.