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Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.

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View MoreDowned utility wires temporarily closed Route 70 westbound at Cuthbert Boulevard in Cherry Hill on Thursday evening, Aug. 27, with police urging drivers to avoid the area.

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View MoreCamden County mosquito spray trucks will treat 39 Cherry Hill streets between 1 and 5 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, marking the fourth such operation this summer.

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View MoreJarvis Shabazz, 37, was arraigned Tuesday in Camden federal court on eight counts of interstate threats and two counts of cyberstalking after allegedly spending 15 months leaving violent voicemails and texts threatening to kill and dismember victims in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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View MoreNew Jersey's childhood vaccine requirements remain unchanged despite President Trump's executive order recommending fewer routine immunizations, the state Department of Health confirmed, as Cherry Hill families prepare to complete back-to-school forms ahead of the Sept. 2 first day of school.

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View MoreA skunk that fought with a dog in a Cherry Hill backyard on Aug. 14 tested positive for rabies, marking the township's third confirmed case in 2026; the vaccinated dog is under 45-day observation and officials urge residents to keep pets vaccinated.

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View MoreCherry Hill Police Department's updated license plate reader policy, effective July 30, introduces mobile camera trailers across the township while barring facial recognition and automated tickets, with data retained for three years and restricted to trained personnel.

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View MoreCherry Hill Police arrested Brian A. Bush, 18, of Sanford, Florida, on weapons charges after a pre-dawn shooting in the Grand Apartments parking lot on Aug. 13; detectives tracked him to Suffolk County, New York, where he was taken into custody the following day.

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View MoreA Sicklerville resident is among four men indicted on first-degree racketeering and human trafficking charges for allegedly forcing two women into daily prostitution through violence, drugs and surveillance in a Camden-area operation, NJ Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced Aug. 7.
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View MoreA vehicle crash closed Haddonfield Road south at Yale Avenue in Cherry Hill on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 5, reducing northbound traffic to one lane before the road fully reopened later that evening.

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View MoreFlash flooding on Route 38 in Cherry Hill on Aug. 3 stranded a charter bus driver and prompted a police rescue, the third major flooding event in Camden County since early July, as Commissioner Al Dyer says storm drain maintenance is now an ongoing priority ahead of a $400 million infrastructure referendum in November.

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View MoreA fallen tree brought live power lines down onto parked cars at The Grand apartments in Cherry Hill on Monday, destroying two vehicles and cutting electricity to four high-rise buildings and a senior living community while firefighters waited 90 minutes for utility crews to de-energize the wires.

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View MoreRoute 38 reopened Monday after flash flooding closed the highway at Kenilworth Avenue and from Longwood to Chapel avenues in Cherry Hill, as a broader storm dumped heavy rain across South Jersey.
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