Atlantic County NJ News

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small issued a blistering statement against Atlantic County Prosecutor Will Reynolds following a tort claim notice tied to a potential lawsuit, calling the action excessive and criticizing the prosecutor directly.

Somers Point has announced its 2026 Beach Concert series, featuring 13 free shows all summer long. From Grammy winners to local favorites, here’s the full lineup of live music coming to the beach.

A Mays Landing man has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to a drug charge stemming from a 2025 arrest in Atlantic City, where police say they witnessed a suspected drug transaction.

A 19-year-old Pleasantville man will serve five years in prison after pointing a gun at a Dollar General employee and attempting to flee from police last summer.

An EHT man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting his girlfriend inside their home in 2023, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.

A Somers Point man will serve eight years in prison after authorities say he was involved in a money laundering scheme and later found with an illegal handgun during a police encounter.

Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office reports 276 indictments and 168 guilty pleas in February, including violent crimes, murders, narcotics cases, and other high-profile convictions.

A man posing as a federal agent allegedly scammed a Mays Landing resident out of $69,000 before being arrested in a Hamilton Township police sting when he returned to collect more money.

66-year-old James Hadley of Barnegat, NJ, was arrested Friday in Pleasantville on multiple charges related to sexual assault and luring of a minor. Authorities say he had prior encounters with the victim.

A Vineland man has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in a 2022 Atlantic City shooting that injured two people and now faces five years in state prison.

A Pleasantville man was arrested at an Atlantic City casino after police linked him to a burglary at a Brigantine business and possibly other commercial break-ins across South Jersey.

Police executed a search warrant at a massage business in Mays Landing Wednesday morning following a prostitution investigation. Two women were charged with third-degree prostitution and conspiracy.