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Monday, December 17, 2012

UPDATE: Pantry One Robbed at Knifepoint, Suspect Sought

Gloucester Township Police released a video of the suspect wanted in the Dec. 16 Pantry One robbery. The man may have also robbed a store in Mount Laurel.

Gloucester Township Police are searching for a knife-wielding man who robbed the Pantry One in Glendora Sunday evening. Police say the man entered the Pantry One on the Black Horse Pike and Station Avenue at 6:53 p.m. Dec. 16 and confronted the clerk with a knife. The suspect ordered the clerk to hand over money. The man stabbed the counter twice and the scanner gun twice before fleeing the store, heading toward Station Avenue on foot. The suspect is described as a thin, white man wearing a black hooded jacket with a logo on the left chest, a black knit hat and a glove on his right hand. Click above to view the surveillance video. Anyone with information on the crime or suspect is urged to contact Gloucester Township Police’s anonymous …

Monday, November 19, 2012

GTPD: Drug Deal Gone Bad Nets 3 Arrests

Police charge the victim and two suspects in an alleged drug deal that turned into a robbery at LaCascata Saturday afternoon.

Gloucester Township Police have charged three people in an alleged drug deal gone bad at LaCascata Saturday afternoon. At approximately 2:51 p.m. Saturday, a Pine Hill man contacted Gloucester Township Police Department to report he had been robbed at gunpoint at the LaCascata townhouse community, located off Kelly Drivers Lane. The robbery victim admitted he was robbed while attempting to purchase drugs, Sgt. Dominic Coppola said. He claimed he was robbed of $1,400 by a male and a female. Police located the female suspect in the area and took the victim and suspect back to the police station for questioning. Police determined through investigation that the female suspect, identified as Valerie Walters, a 34-year-old LaCascata resident, …

Megatron13

6:02 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012

Watch out, waiting to start reading all the comments from people accusing GTPD of setting this guy up. It couldn't be that he is indeed an actual criminal, that just never happens anymore these days. Good job GT!   more ›

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Police: PNC Bank Robbers Foiled by License-Plate Reader

The technology helped police spot the suspect vehicle the day after the PNC Bank robbery. Adam P. Cybulski III and Michele L. Fidanza are charged in the robbery.

Gloucester Township Police Department is crediting technology it began using last year with helping officers on Tuesday apprehend a Berlin man and Pine Hill woman now accused of robbing the Blackwood Clementon Road PNC Bank branch Monday morning. The arrests came about 24 hours after the bank robbery, which did not result in any injuries, according to Gloucester Township Police Capt. Anthony Minosse, who noted in a press release the suspect approached a teller while "threatening to have a weapon." At approximately 11:20 a.m. Monday, personnel from Gloucester Township Police Department and Camden County Prosecutor's Office were dispatched to the PNC Bank branch on Blackwood Clementon Road, at Little Gloucester Road, on a report of a robbery…

pine hill kid

11:30 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Yup. Mush fidanza... I know, I fell over when I heard. Guess it could of been worse. It points to one conclusion tho... I just wish the best for her   more ›

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Four Juveniles Charged with Robbing Pizza Deliveryman

The armed robbery occurred on Brookshire Road around 9:30 Wednesday night.

Four juveniles charged with robbing a pizza deliveryman in the township's Brittany Woods development Wednesday night were eating the food they allegedly stole from the victim when police found them. Gloucester Township Police began investigating the armed robbery when the victim, who is a deliveryman for Nick's Pizza, flagged down officers at Jarvis and Sicklerville roads at about 9:30 p.m., according to Lt. Jason Gittens. The victim reported that he was making a delivery on Brookshire Road when he was flagged down by juvenile males who claimed they had ordered the food. When the boys told the victim they did not have money to pay him, he continued on his way to make another delivery in the area. As he was heading out of Brittany Woods, …

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David Vaccaro

9:31 am on Saturday, June 9, 2012

Presumptuous, Then just don't eat it.   more ›

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Serial Robber on the Loose?

Police in Camden and Gloucester counties believe they're looking for the same man.

Police in Camden and Gloucester counties, including here in Gloucester Township, believe the same man is responsible for a rash of armed robberies in their towns since Thursday. It is believed the same man, armed with a knife in most cases, has robbed convenience stores in Gloucester, Cherry Hill and West Deptford townships and a TD Bank branch in Washington Township, Gloucester Township Police Capt. Anthony Minosse said. The robbery spree appears to have begun at the Church Street 7-Eleven in Blackwood Thursday night. After robbing the TD Bank on Route 42 in Washington Township Friday afternoon, the police theory goes that the suspect robbed the 7-Eleven store on Evesham Road in Glendora Friday night before robbing a 7-Eleven store in …

Friday, February 10, 2012

Blackwood 7-Eleven Robbed at Knifepoint

Police have released video surveillance from the store in hopes someone will recognize the suspect.

The 7-Eleven on Church Street in Blackwood was robbed at knifepoint late Thursday night, police said. Gloucester Township Police release surveillance video and images from the robbery Friday afternoon. The two-minute-plus video and the images are posted here on Patch. Police urge anyone with information about the robbery or the suspect to contact police dispatch at 856-228-4500 or the township's crime tip line at 856-842-5560. Police described the suspect as a white male who is between 30 and 40 years old, about 6 feet tall and between 170 and 190 pounds. The man reportedly was wearing a dark gray sweatshirt, a baseball hat, dark pants and white sneakers. The suspect entered the store shortly before 11 p.m., poured himself a coffee and …

Paul J. DiBartolo

5:30 pm on Monday, February 13, 2012

Paper beats rock; scissors beat paper; what beats knives? What is going to get the message across to people who see this behavior as an alternative to how everyone else gets what they need?   more ›

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Man Robbed Outside of Blackwood CVS

Police on Wednesday released surveillance video and still photographs of the suspects in the Jan. 8 crime.

A customer at the College Drive CVS was robbed as he approached his car the afternoon of Jan. 8. Police on Wednesday released surveillance video and still photographs of the two suspects in the robbery. The crime occurred at around 3:45 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8, outside of the drugstore, which is located at 701 College Dr., in the township's Blackwood section. The suspects assaulted and robbed the victim before fleeing toward Autumn Ridge apartment complex, Gloucester Township Police Det. Sgt. James Schriver. The victim, whom police only identified as a male, sustained only minor injuries in the attack, according to police. Police encourage anyone who recognizes the suspects from the video or photos to call police dispatch at 856-228-4500 or…

Jimmy

12:43 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

Why I carry a .45, I am going home to my family, don't try me you will end up 6 feet under   more ›

Friday, January 13, 2012

Police: Shoplifter's Decision to Confront Customers Brings Robbery Charge

Police say a Sicklerville teen got into an altercation at a Wawa with customers he believed were writing down his car's license plate number.

An 18-year-old Sicklerville man is facing a robbery charge, police say, after he got into an altercation with fellow Wawa customers he believed were attempting to help the store report his alleged shoplifting to authorities. Gloucester Township Police were summoned to the Wawa at 2700 Sicklerville Road, in Erial, at 12:04 p.m. Thursday for a report of a disturbance in the parking lot, according to Sgt. Kevin Thyne. The responding officers were told by witnesses that a customer who had fled the store just prior to their arrival got into an altercation with fellow customers he felt were writing down his car's license plate number. Wawa employees had confronted the suspect after allegedly spotting him concealing items in the store. Before …

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Police Release Sketch, Surveillance Images of Wawa Robbery Suspect

A woman was robbed outside of the Blenheim Wawa last Friday.

Police have released a composite sketch and surveillance images of a man wanted in connection with the strong-arm robbery of a woman outside of the Black Horse Pike Wawa convenience store in the township's Blenheim section. The robbery occurred at around 2:35 a.m Friday, Dec. 9, according to police. The victim was pushed to the ground as she approached her vehicle outside of the Wawa store located at 800 N. Black Horse Pike, police said. The suspect fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police describe the suspect as a dark-skinned, black male who is in his late 30s or early 40s, 6 feet to 6 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighs more than 200 pounds, with razor bumps on his face. The man was wearing a dark-blue jacket, blue jeans, a …

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Jack Straw

7:01 pm on Wednesday, February 15, 2012

OCNJ, nothing against the police here, but believe it or not, POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO LIE.   more ›

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Police Release Photos of Kmart Robbery Suspect

An alleged shoplifting incident turned into a robbery when the suspect knocked a phone out of a security guard's hand.

Police have released photos of a man wanted in connection with an alleged shoplifting-turned-robbery incident at Kmart. The incident occurred Dec. 8 at around 9:30 p.m., according to police. When approached by a Kmart security guard who believed the man had been concealing merchandise in an attempt to steal it, the suspect knocked a phone out of the security guard's hand and fled the store. Police described described the suspect as a black male who was wearing a black jacket with a gold dragons on it, a black baseball cap and a white, hooded sweatshirt. The suspect fled as a passenger in a gray or silver Honda, which headed east on Blackwood Clementon Road toward Pine Hill. Police ask that anyone who can identify the suspect call police …

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