27 year old Devon Banks from Mays Landing, NJ, was sentenced to seven years New Jersey State prison after pleading guilty to certain persons not to possess weapons, eluding, and two counts of possession with the intent to distribute CDS. On May 24, 2024, officers from the Pleasantville Police Department observed a tan color Hyundai Elantra making an illegal turn and cutting off multiple vehicles. When police activated lights and sirens to pull the vehicle over, the vehicle sped up and would not pull over. Thereafter, police lost sight the vehicle. The vehicle crashed at the intersection of North New Road and California Avenue. Once located, the occupants of the vehicle pointed to a male who took off on foot. Devon Banks was soon after captured by police and identified as the driver of the vehicle.
AC Man Charged In Deadly Shooting He Says Was Accidental
A night that started with three friends eating dinner and getting ready to watch a movie ended with one dead and another now jailed.Jaylou Marlenne Pineda Lopez, 22, died of a single gunshot wound to the head April 22, inside the Venice Park apartment. BreakingAC.com reports Franklin J. Felipe De La Paz was ordered held in jail during a detention hearing held Thursday. Felipe De La Paz originally was charged with aggravated manslaughter but that was downgraded to the lesser charge of manslaughter for recklessly pointing the gun at the victim and firing. The defendant insists he did not mean to shoot Pineda Lopez, but that the gun accidentally discharged as they spoke.
Stone Harbour Council Tax Increase
The Stone Harbor Borough Council has adopted a 2026 budget containing a 4.4% increase in the local purpose tax rate. A property valued at $1.5 million will pay an additional $218 per year.Combining all taxes for local, school and county purposes, the increase to borough property owners is $0.02 per $100, meaning the same $1.5 million property would pay a total additional tax of $290 this year. The local purpose tax rate rose from $0.335 to $0.350.
Repeat Offenses Sentenced
The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced on Tuesday that a 54-year-old man from Atlantic City faces three years in prison after acknowledging his involvement in offenses that date back to 2022. Before Superior Court Judge Pamela D'Arcy on Monday, Jack Ruth, also known as Eugene Bolan, entered a guilty plea to charges of burglary, theft, possession with intent to distribute, and simple assault. Sentencing is set for June 18, according to Ruth from the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. On August 29, 2022, Atlantic City police responded to a report of a stolen car at Caesars Atlantic City.
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