Police say he exposed himself to someone while working as a lifeguard and now a Mainland Regional High School teacher is facing charges. The Press of Atlantic City reports 48 year old Christopher Denn was arrested earlier this month for his act in front of a female. No word on her age. Denn teaches at Mainland and is a former swim coach at other schools in the area including Oakcrest High School and Egg Harbor Township High School.

A 41-year-old New Jersey man who was working as an information technology technician for a high school when he was charged with downloading child pornography from the internet has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison.
Matthew Wolny, of Egg Harbor Township, will be subject to 10 years of supervised release after completing his stay in prison.

There may be interest from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to buy Atlantic City International Airport and other New Jersey aviation facilities, but if there is, it’s tempered for the time being. The Press of Atlantic City reports, the Port Authority has reportedly received a consultant’s proposals on the deal, but transportation officials here in the state say they’ve had no requests for information or negotiation. Backers of the idea including State Senate President Steve Sweeney and several congressmen say the purchase would be a way to divert flights to Atlantic City, and bring aviation maintenance and repair operations here.

New Jersey spends more per mile on its highway system than any other state in the country but isn’t getting its money’s worth, according to a report released today by a nonpartisan public policy group. The report by the Reason Foundation ranked New Jersey’s highways dead last in cost-effectiveness and conditions. The think tank, which began releasing its report on the nation’s highways in 1984, found New Jersey has the highest per-mile costs of any state. It was the second year in a row the state occupied the bottom spot.

The daughter of Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, who was involved in a fight with the daughter of a north Wildwood councilwoman earlier this month, will be heard in a different shore town according to the Press of Atlantic City. The reason stated is to avoid a conflict of interest. 25 year old Nora Kenney was taken into custody after a fight with 27 year old Tara Tolomeo.

Charges of creating a false alarm face a 25-year-old Atlantic City woman, cuffed for allegedly faking her own abduction in an attempt to gain ransom money. The Press of Atlantic City reports friends and family of Casandra Ogelsby got messages from her, stating that she had been abducted and they needed to pay a ransom to have her freed. Police were called to the Liberty Apartments on the 1500 block of Baltic Avenue where the report originiated and they set up surveillance. About 12 hours later, they saw Ogelsby leave the building and questioned her. Police say the entire situation was based on a lie.

A Danish power company picked to develop a 1,100-megawatt wind project off the coast of Atlantic City, will hold public meetings. Orsted will offer an overview of the Ocean Wind project and employees and consultants will be on hand to discuss specifics. It would be located 15 miles off Atlantic City with construction expected to start in the early 2020’s and the farm operational in 2024. Sessions happen in Atlantic City on August 26th from 6pm to 8pm at Stockton University’s Atlantic City Academic Center, and the next night in Ocean City from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Howard S. Stainton Ocean City Senior Center,1735 Simpson Ave.

The Atlantic County Office of Mosquito Control has scheduled a ground spray for portions of Brigantine as part of the county’s ongoing efforts to control adult mosquitoes and reduce the spread of mosquito-borne illness. No other communities are scheduled for spraying at this time

The ground spray application will take place, weather permitting, between 4 AM and 6:30 AM on Friday, August 23, using Zenivex, the trade name for etofenprox, applied as an ultra-low volume aerosol.

The area to be treated is bounded by a line that follows 12th St. N.E. Shore Drive, Traverse Place, E. Shore Drive, Golf Course Drive, N. Shore Drive, W. Shore Drive, Lafayette Blvd., W. Shore Drive., Risley Road, Bayshore Avenue, 6th Street, W. Beach Avenue, and E. Beach Avenue

Federal prosecutors say a large weapons cache was found at a New Jersey man’s home after he was involved in an auto accident last month. State police found numerous weapons and ammunition inside Joseph’s Rubino’s vehicle after it crashed on July 24. Authorities say numerous guns were found in the home — including rifles, shotguns and handguns — along with high-capacity magazines, ammunition, a grenade launcher and other related items. Officers also allegedly found methamphetamine, marijuana and white supremacist literature. The 57-year-old Rubino faces weapons charges and a count of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to two years in prison for her role in a widespread fraud scheme involving public employees and compound prescription drugs. Kristie Masucci appeared before a judge in Camden on Tuesday. The 37-year-old Cedar Run resident had previously admitted recruiting others to obtain expensive and medically unnecessary medications from an out-of-state pharmacy.
About two dozen people have pleaded guilty. Prosecutors say claims were submitted for medications such as pain, scar, antifungal and libido creams that were prescribed without doctor evaluations.