Man Charged with DWI After Crashing into Tree on Route 9 in Galloway

On Wednesday, February 04, 2015 Galloway Police responded to the area of Route 9 and Somerstown Lane in reference to the report of a motor vehicle that crashed into a tree.  

Upon police arrival Robert Price, 32, of Egg Harbor Township was seated in the vehicle and appeared disoriented.  Price was initially treated on scene by The Galloway Township Ambulance Squad before being transported to Atlanticare Regional Medical Center for further treatment.

The initial investigation reveals that Robert Price was traveling south bound on Route 9 in the area of Somerstown Lane when his 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt traveled across the center line and into oncoming traffic.  

Second Fatality; Second Brand Reported in Heroin Overdoses in Atlantic & Cumberland County

ATLANTIC COUNTY – The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office alerted the public Saturday evening to a high number of suspected heroin overdoses on that day, and of a heroin brand, stamped “1 Stop,” in purple, linked to some of the incidents.

Since then, the reported number of suspected heroin overdoses during the weekend increased to approximately one dozen (12) confirmed in Atlantic County—including a second fatality, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain said

It has also been reported that, during the same weekend, approximately twenty (20) overdoses in total were treated at three local South Jersey hospitals that serve both Atlantic and Cumberland Counties.

Woman Convicted of Vehicular Homicide After 2012 Crash that Killed Husband

MAYS LANDING – A New Hampshire woman was convicted of vehicular homicide in connection with a 2012 single-vehicle crash in Pleasantville that claimed the life of her husband, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain announced today.

Today, an Atlantic County jury found Allison Hawks Nasta, 31, of the 300 block of Varney Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, guilty of vehicular homicide and two additional charges.

Shortly before 1:00 p.m. on Aug. 28, 2012, Nasta was driving her minivan westbound on the Black Horse Pike between Chestnut Avenue and Route 9 in Pleasantville, when she crossed two lanes of traffic and collided head-on with a utility pole.

Township Clerk, Officials Under State Investigation For Allegedly Lying About Existence of Records

A former New Jersey resident and transparency government activist Harry Scheeler has filed two separate complaints against Acting Clerk Kelli Danieli, Township Solicitor Michael Fitzgerald, and another Attorney assigned to the Township to defend a lawsuit. 

The complaints filed with the Government Records Council (GRC), allege the Township violated Scheeler's right under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) by intentionally withholding a lawsuit settlement agreement made between the Township and former Township Manager Stephen Bonanni. The settlement was approved by Township Council in November 2014 for $92,000. 

Scheeler alleges in the complaints that on two separate occasions he filed an OPRA request for the settlement agreement and the Township denied the release of the agreement by continually stating the agreement was never executed, which Scheeler claims the Township lied.

Warning Issued on Dangerous Batch of Heroin Released in Atlantic County

ATLANTIC COUNTY – The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office is alerting the public to a particularly dangerous batch of heroin that may be responsible for as many as five (5) heroin overdoses in Atlantic County today, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain announced.

The bags containing the heroin believed to have caused the overdoses are stamped in purple lettering:

“1 Stop”

Heroin bags with the above stamp are linked to several of the overdose cases, including one that resulted in death, although determination with certainty of the cause of death is pending toxicological analysis. The other victims survived.