GLASSBORO — Police responding to what they thought was a medical emergency at about 1:30 am. Monday, Oct. 20, found themselves struggling with a man trying to punch an officer.

When officers arrived at the South Delsea Drive residence, they were sent to the rear, where the subject was believed to be unconscious, police said.

Officers found Joshua Anderson, 23, of Glassboro, lying on the ground, trying to get up while others advised him to lie down, said police.

When the officers approached, Anderson allegedly tried to punch one of them and a struggle ensued.

GLASSBORO — A Blue Bell, Pa. man was charged Monday night, Oct. 20, with theft of copper wiring from a cellphone tower.

At 9:42 p.m., police responded to a report of a suspicious person in the yard of a cellphone tower on South Delsea Drive. Officers found Michael Trznadel, 28, at the scene, police said. He had keys to access the yard and a building there, but could not explain why he was there, said police.

After numerous calls, officers could not determine whether Trznadel had permission to be there. They advised him to leave, which he did, police said.

A short time later, police were advised the man had returned to the cell tower. Officers observed Trznadel leaving the area in a vehicle and pulled him over, said police.

WOODBURY — A 33-year-old Paulsboro man pleaded guilty Monday, Oct. 20, to having a .38-caliber handgun in his possession on May 13, 2012, despite being prohibited from having a firearm because of prior conviction.

John C. Johnson had narcotics convictions in 2000 and 2003 and acknowledged in making his plea that he knew those convictions made it illegal for him to have a weapon, said authorities.

Johnson was arrested after an employee of a Paulsboro fuel terminal reported hearing shots fired in a nearby park on the Delaware River.

Just got back from a short walk with my Closest Companion.

As a fat man with a touch of COPD, walking has sometimes been problematic.

Back around 1999, we walked like crazy. I even bought a pair of New
Balance sneakers made especially for walking. I’d walk around the paths at Alcyon Lake Park in Pitman or go traipsing through the woods at Ceres Park in Mantua Township (my Closest Companion actually won a contest when she was a kid to name the park.)

Together we’d walk just about every afternoon. If I got home and my
Closest Companion was still working, I’d change clothes and go walking.

I do not remember when I was diagnosed with the minor emphysema, whether it was before we started walking, or after. I seem to recall trying to walk as fast as I could and still breathe, but I am not sure.

The reckless manslaughter conviction and eight-year prison sentence of a Glassboro man for a fatal stabbing in Williamstown was upheld by an appeals court Monday, Oct. 20.

Carlos Bryant Jr., 28,  was convicted of killing Robert Harrell, 19, on Dec. 18, 2007 at the Williamstown apartment of Bryant’s sister.

The appellate judges rejected defense arguments that instructions by the trial judge to the jury on self defense, and her refusal to question jurors when the foreperson asked to be replaced were trail errors, authorities said.

PITMAN — A thief wearing a mask used a hammer to break into the Pitman Convenience Store at 2:18 a.m. Sunday.

The burglar alarm was activated by the break-in at the store at South Broadway and West Jersey Avenue, police said.

Officers dispatched to the store found the glass portion of the front door had  been smashed. After checking the store’s security cameras, it was revealed the thief who used the hammer to break the glass was wearing dark-colored jeans, a baggy, gray hooded sweatshirt, black boots, black gloves and a black-and-white wrestling mask.

DEPTFORD TWP.— Reva Meighan, of Wenonah, will be celebrated as the Outstanding Senior Volunteer of the Year at the Gloucester County Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon this Wednesday, Oct. 22.

Meghan has been a volunteer at the county’s Thorofare Nutrition Site for four years. She delivers Serv-A-Tray meals to seniors and assist with taking them to doctors’ appointments, runs errands and helps seniors with shopping.

WOODBURY — William Burris and  associates will break ground Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. for the first of three medical buildings that will be built on the site of the former Woodbury Country Club.

The event, attended by Mayor William Volk and other city officials, will mark the start of redevelopment for the 50-acre site.

The borough of Clayton and Deptford Township have been given funding to purchase new passenger buses.

The buses, a 50-percent dollar match with the municipalities, are funded through the county’s Capital Transit Investment Plan. Gloucester Count funded $34,345 each for the buses, with Clayton and Deptford each fund the remaining half for their bus.