Hamilton Township NJ News

Police in Hamilton Township say one man has been arrested and another is wanted after three unregistered guns, including a stolen firearm, were found following a traffic stop.

Boot Barn is moving into the former Party City location in Mays Landing’s Consumer Square. Crews are already working inside as the popular retailer prepares to open soon.

A 3-year-old boy was seriously injured after falling from a second-story window in Hamilton Township Thursday evening. He was airlifted to Cooper Medical Center.

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.

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.

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.

A 41-year-old Mays Landing man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Route 40 in Hamilton Township early Saturday. Police say he lost control, struck several trees, and was not wearing a seatbelt.

A South Jersey man pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and three counts of assault by auto after a high-speed crash in Hamilton Township killed a 29-year-old woman. He faces 15 years in prison.

An 80-year-old woman from Mays Landing was killed Tuesday afternoon when her car collided with a truck at the intersection of Weymouth and Mizpah Roads in Hamilton Township, according to police.

44-year-old Michael Alvarez from Egg Harbor Township was killed while attempting to cross Route 40 in Mays Landing on Thursday night. The incident happened around 7:40 PM at Cantillon Boulevard.

Atlantic County police are asking for the public’s help to find Mary Hanna, an 81-year-old woman last seen Friday night in the Evergreen development in Mays Landing. Anyone with information is urged to contact police.