Friday, March 8, 2013
Nine crimes were caught on video—now police hope someone recognizes one of the suspects captured by surveillance cameras.
Gloucester Township Police are going with what works—turning to social media to help solve a spate of open cases, one dating back almost a year. The police department, which has a very active presence on social media sites, posted nine unsolved crimes to its Facebook page this week in the hopes someone may have a tip or recognize a suspect. All of the crimes featured were captured on video and in some cases the suspect’s face is very clear. Gloucester Township Police often turns to social media to help solve crimes—and has a good track record of tips cracking a case. The unsolved crimes are: • Debit card fraud at CVS, 701 College Drive, Blackwood on May 21, 2012 At around 4 p.m., a woman featured in surveillance video uses a fraudulent …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Police credit social media in the arrest of a man accused of stealing $27,000 worth of jewelry from Kmart in late September.
Gloucester Township police are crediting their social media efforts with two more arrests, including the apprehension of a man accused of stealing $27,000 worth of gold earrings from the Blackwood Clementon Road Kmart in late September. Investigators on Sept. 25 posted surveillance video of the Sept. 23 Kmart jewelry heist to the police department's YouTube page and released surveillance images on its Twitter and Facebook pages. The release of the surveillance video and images prompted several tips to the township's anonymous crime tip line, allowing the Criminal Investigations Bureau to identify Marvin Pollitt, 42, as a suspect, Capt. Anthony Minosse said. Police issued an arrest warrant for Pollitt on a third-degree shoplifting charge on…
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Police charge the Erial man with eight robberies in seven South Jersey towns over the past week.
An Erial man has been charged with committing eight robberies in seven South Jersey towns beween last Friday and Tuesday, when he was arrested in Cherry Hill. Gloucester Township Police Deputy Chief David Harkins announced the arrest of the township man Wednesday afternoon. Robert Ford, 43, of Breckenridge Drive, Erial, is accused of robbing the College Drive CVS on Friday and West Church Street's Sunrise Florist on Saturday. Both businesses are located in Gloucester Township's Blackwood section. The Gloucester Township robberies late last week apparently emboldened the Erial man, who allegedly proceeded to commit robberies in Deptford, Bellmawr, Cherry Hill, Pennsauken, Voorhees, and Maple Shade. He was arrested shortly after he robbed …
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11:36 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
What are the 4 teens doing about the police that beat them. Is this case still open more ›