Camden

County Police Force Prepares To Take Over In Camden

More than 30 members of the new Camden County Police Department Metro Division will be deployed on the streets of New Jersey’s most impoverished city.

2013/04/08

Liberty Academy Charter School - Jersey City, N.J. (file / credit: Liberty Academy)

Jersey City Charter School Among Those Ordered Closed By The State

The Liberty Academy Charter School in the Heights section of Jersey City is among three charter schools the state has ordered closed by year’s end.

2013/03/01

3 Officers Hurt In Shooting At New Jersey Police Station

Chief Harry Earle said the incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. inside the police station when a suspect being taken into custody for a domestic violence-related incident got into a confrontation with officers.

2012/12/28

Sandy Prompts Rutgers To Cancel Classes For Rest Of Week

Rutgers University has decided to cancel classes for the rest of the week at its New Brunswick and Newark campuses in New Jersey.

CBS New York–2012/10/30

Triton Regional High School (credit: CBS 2)

3 High School Teachers Accused Of Having Sex With Teen Students

Those teachers and school administrators have been arrested stemming from allegations at Triton High School in Runnemede.

2012/10/04

Man Charged With Murder, Attempted Murder For Camden Stabbings

Jason Laughlin, a spokesman for the Camden County prosecutor’s office, says 31-year-old Osvaldo Rivera, of Camden, was arrested Sunday afternoon. Rivera is in jail awaiting arraignment.

2012/09/03

Boy, 6, Stabbed To Death In Camden Home; Sister Hurt

A sleeping 6-year-old boy was stabbed to death inside a bedroom of his southern New Jersey home early Sunday in an unprovoked attack that also critically wounded his 12-year-old sister, who was also asleep in the room, police said.

2012/09/02

Firefighters Work To Contain Camden Forest Fire

Fire crews were called to the Goshen Pond Camping area in the Wharton State Forest in Camden after the blaze broke out Thursday.

2012/07/06

Pedro Hernandez/Etan Patz (credit: CBS 2)

Police Probe Reports Of Previous Alleged Confessions By Suspect In 1979 Etan Patz Case

Pedro Hernandez is still in the hospital where he was arraigned bedside Friday on second-degree murder charges in the 33-year-old case.

2012/05/29

Pedro Hernandez (L - credit: Inside Edition), Etan Patz (R - credit: Personal Photo)

Police Continue To Investigate The Death Of Etan Patz In Confessed Killer’s Home Town

Police have continued to investigate the death of Etan Patz. Pedro Hernandez confessed to killing Patz thirty-three years ago, according to investigators. They have now started to focus their investigation on what he told other people in the years following Etan’s death.

2012/05/28

Police stand in front of the Patz home (credit: Eileen Lehpamer, 1010 WINS) after Pedro Hernandez (inset - credit: Inside Edition) gave authorities a confession in Etan Patz's killing. (inset - credit: Personal Photo).

N.J. Man Arrested In Cold Case Murder Of 6-Year-Old Etan Patz

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said after Pedro Hernandez was questioned in New Jersey Wednesday night, he voluntarily returned to New York City and took police to the scene of the crime.

2012/05/24