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MONROE TWP. — Two men in ski masks, armed with a handgun and a knife, broke into a Herbert Boulevard residence at about 7:20 a.m. Friday, April 17 and robbed the residents.

A 63-year-old woman was awakened in an upstairs bedroom by a man standing over her pointing a gun at her, police said.

The home invaders then assaulted her and a 65-year-old male resident, handcuffed and duct-taped them to chairs before ransacking the residence, said police. They demanded money, drugs and weapons.
The robbers had entered through a first-floor bathroom window.

Evidence, including video, was gathered at the scene and from neighboring homes, police said.

Anyone with information about this home invasion is asked to contact Detective Sgt. Gregory Wolfe at 856-728-9800, ext. 239.
  

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Pitman Police Chief Robert Zimmerman warns that scamming and telemarketing fraud is on the rise.

“With the warmer weather upon us, scamming artists also prowl our streets looking to line their pockets at the expense of innocent victims, especially the elderly,” he said.

“We saw an article a while back, where telemarketing scamming artists were pretending to be a Sheriff's Office in Bergen County, and were asking residents to provide credit card information in order to pay fines for failing to appear for jury duty,” Zimmerman said.

“We also, get reports locally about alleged police unions soliciting for donations by telephone. We've gotten numerous  reports about scammers claiming to be the IRS, claiming that there is a problem with the call-takers taxes. Reports were filed at our agency, where callers advised residents that they won a significant prize, but in order to claim it, they had to submit credit card information,” said Zimmerman.

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WEST DEPTFORD TWP.

— On April 9, Ashley N. Worthy, 24, of National Park, was arrested on Grove Avenue and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. She was served with a summons and released.

— The ShopRite supermarket reported a shoplifting on April 9 of $153.51 worth of baby formula. Abraham E. Mitchell, 25, of West Deptford, was charged with shoplifting, served with a summons and released.

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The search for Tomiene “Meme” Jones and whoever was responsible for her disappearance remains a priority for the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, 13 years after the Harrison Township woman disappeared on April 18, 2002.

The GCPO major crimes unit believes that Jones, who was 19 years old at the time she went missing from her apartment, met with foul play and is deceased. The case was reclassified from a missing –persons investigation to a homicide six months after she disappeared from her Mullica Hill West apartment.

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FRANKLIN TWP. — A Franklin Township pastor was charged April 15 with sexually assaulting a now-21-year-old woman.

James E. Simmons Jr., 64, turned himself in to police with his attorney after an investigation of a sexual assault reported to police.

The woman said the abuse began when she was 17 and continued for several years, police said.

Simmons was charged with several counts of second-degree sex assault, criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child,police said. Bail was set at $150,000 full cash. He posted and was released, police said.

According to a website, Simmons is reported to be a pastor at the New Life in Christ Ministries in Malaga, police said. None of the alleged assaults took place in the church, police said.

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LOGAN TWP.

— On April 6, a Chester, Pa. woman reported that someone entered her vehicle, a Toyota Camry, while it was parked at Uptown Bakery on High Hill Road.  The victim reported that $100 in cash and several packs of cigarettes were stolen.

— Officers arrested a 25-year-old Philadelphia man April 6 on multiple in county warrants following a Route 322 vehicle stop.  He was processed and released after posting $750 bail.

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WOODBURY — A Gloucester County grand jury during the week of April 13 indicted the following people:

— Chad E. Adkins, 37, of Portland, Tenn., for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing bodily injury, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and unlawful possession of a weapon on Feb. 16 in Clayton.

— Tiffany J. Brandon, 27, of Clarksboro, for possession of CDS in Greenwich Township on Dec. 29.

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WOODBURY — Do you have skin that has been exposed to the sun or a tanning salon or a family history of melanoma or other skin cancers? Do you have itching or changing moles or other skin lesions? If so, perhaps you should consider attending the upcoming skin cancer screening at Inspira Medical Center Woodbury’s Family Health Center on May 2 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

Dermatologists providing screenings at the event include Booth Durham, M.D., Grace Chung, M.D., and Kenneth Herman, D.O.

Appointments are required. To schedule an appointment or for more information, please call 1-800-INSPIRA. Inspira Family Health Center Woodbury is located at 75 W. Red Bank Avenue in Woodbury.

This screening event is sponsored by Inspira Health Network and the Region 10 Cancer and Chronic Disease Coalition.

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WOODBURY — A 48-year-old Glassboro man was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old boy who was enrolled in a day-care center operated in his home by his wife.

The verdict came in a retrial of Martin on charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a chile. An earlier jury was unable to reach a verdict in January 2014, but found Martin not guilty of a second-degree sexual assault charge, authorities said.

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