Monday, February 25, 2013
The Gloucester Township Police Department sergeants came to the aid of an officer who had been disarmed inside the police station on Dec. 28.
Gloucester Township Police Sgts. James Garber and Kevin Thyne have been awarded multiple Camden County Hero Scholarship Fund honors for their efforts during a shootout inside the police station on Dec. 28. The police sergeants received the Purple Heart and Meritorious Service awards during the Hero Scholarship Fund's annual dinner Friday night at Lucien's Manor, in Berlin. Garber and Thyne came to the aid of Ptl. Ruth Burns after she was assaulted and disarmed by a prisoner, who fired Burns' duty weapon. The two sergeants returned fire on Eddie Jones III, 39, of Willingboro, shooting and killing the longtime civilian New Jersey Department of Corrections communications operator. Garber was shot in the stomach during the shootout. He was …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Gloucester Township's deputy police chief thanks three township officials for their efforts in the wake of the Dec. 28 shooting inside police headquarters.
Gloucester Township Police Deputy Chief David Harkins used his final opportunity to speak during Monday night's Township Council meeting to thank three officials he says were a huge help as the township's men and women in blue recovered from the Dec. 28 shooting inside police headquarters. "I just want to publicly thank Mr. (Tom) Cardis, the mayor (David Mayer), Mr. (Len) Moffa and all the support that we got from the incident of the shooting at police headquarters, especially Mr. Moffa and Mr. Cardis, to ensure that our police station was restored as quickly as possible. Personally thank them," Harkins said. "The many officers have to pass through there and are working there now, and it was very important for us to get it back to a level …
Monday, December 31, 2012
These stories topped the news in Gloucester Township this past week. Make sure you read them all.
Three police officers are shot after a prisoner arrested hours earlier on a stalking charge disarms one of them and begins shooting inside the police station Friday morning. Brittany Martin scores 27 points to lead Timber Creek girls' basketball to a holiday tournament championship. A "whole new" Gloucester Township EMS Alliance is awarded a contract to provide ambulance services in the township. Paul Dobrzynski is accused of threatening to blow up his Marino Avenue home with him, his elderly mother and another resident inside it. Council says goodbye to freeholder-elect Michelle Gentek during her final meeting as Gloucester Township councilwoman. A Deptford woman is hospitalized in critical condition after she crashes into a tree off …
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Retired Gloucester Township police officer and FOP Lodge 206 President Brian Bates sees no need to modify protocol for processing prisoners in the wake of Friday morning's shooting inside the police station.
The Gloucester Township Police Department family let out a collective sigh of relief Friday morning upon learning all three officers shot by a prisoner inside the Chews Landing Road police station a few hours earlier were expected to make full recoveries. "It was an incident no one ever wants to be faced with. They went in with a strong hand and they fought the situation. You can be proud of all three of them. ... They came out on top. That's all you can ask for in those situations," Brian Bates, president of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 206, said Friday evening. Sgt. James Garber, Sgt. Kevin Thyne and Ptl. Ruth Burns all sustained injuries when 39-year-old Willingboro resident Eddie Jones III attacked and disarmed Burns while he …
Friday, December 28, 2012
Eddie Jones III, of Willingboro, grabs a firearm from a police officer's holster, fires the gun and injures three cops before being fatally shot.
UPDATE 2:41 p.m. 12/30: Gloucester Township Police Sgt. James Garber will be released from Cooper University Hospital, where he was treated for a gunshot wound sustained in the police station shootout Friday morning, on Sunday afternoon. He will be welcomed at his home in Gloucester Township's Somerdale section by members of the Police Department, Boy Scout Troop 811, Warriors' Watch, and local fire and and EMS departments. ---------- Three police officers injured when they were shot inside Gloucester Township police headquarters early Friday morning are on the mend, according to authorities. The alleged shooter—Eddie Jones III, 39, of Willingboro—was killed in return fire at the scene, Gloucester Township Police Chief W. Harry Earle …
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