Cops in Atlantic City say two teens are in trouble with the law after they fled from a traffic stop in a stolen car with a loaded gun inside.
The Atlantic City Police Department says Isa Salamm and Khalif Chambers, both 18-years-old and both from Atlantic City, have been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, hindering apprehension, receiving stolen property, eluding, possession of hollow-point ammunition, possession of a large capacity magazine, and conspiracy.
According to authorities, at about 8:30 Monday night, ACPD Officers Ivaylo Ivanov and Wahab Malik were conducting patrol activities when they observed two vehicles drive through a red light at Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Baltic Avenue.
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Arriving officers found a 77-year-old woman dead at the scene. They say the driver of the vehicle, 56-year-old Michael Ortiz of Atlantic City, stayed at the scene and he was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center-City Division with non-life threatening injuries.
According to police,
An initial investigation by conducted by Officer Eric Knuttel of the Accident Investigations Section revealed the pedestrian was crossing Route 40 in the left lane. It is believed that she was going to attempt to climb over the concrete median barrier to cross the roadway when she was struck.
Next of kin has not been located. The cause of the crash is under investigation with assistance from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.
Man Shot in Atlantic City, Suspect Arrested in Somers Point
Just after 4AM Wednesday, Atlantic City police officers responded to the first block of South Bellevue Avenue after they received a report about a man having been shot, according to a press release. Authorities say they located the victim, a 21-year-old man from Atlantic City, suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg that was bleeding heavily.
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Two officers, Ofc. Brandon Bower and Matthew Talavera, began to provide medical aid to the victim; one officer applied a tourniquet to slow the bleeding. The victim was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center-City Division for treatment of a non-life threatening injury.
It was a wild start to Easter Sunday in Atlantic City as cops say two people were stabbed, a police officer and a medical worker were assaulted, a man was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, and one man was arrested.
According to the Atlantic City Police Department, their officers responded to an apartment complex in the 2600 block of Pacific Avenue around 2:15 Sunday morning.
As they arrived, officers encountered a 32-year-old man from Atlantic City with a stab wound running from the building. Officers entered the apartment building and they found a second stabbing victim, a 65-year-old woman from the city, in a third floor hallway.
Authorities in Hamilton Township say a fire over the weekend at an apartment complex in Mays Landing remains under investigation.
According to a press release, just before 4:00 last Saturday afternoon, the Mays Landing, Laureldale, and Cologne Fire Departments were dispatched to a fire at the Sandpiper Condominium Complex on Route 40.
Upon arrival, cops and firefighters found smoke showing from a first floor unit. Once inside, crews located one person on a couch in the unit. Firefighters were able to rescue the occupant who suffered from severe smoke inhalation.
She was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center-City Division and then flown to another hospital for more advanced care.