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WOODBURY — On Feb. 3rd, a Chinese restaurant delivery drier was robbed on Leeds Place and, on Feb 4, a pizza delivery driver was held up on Nelson Avenue.

In both cases, the victims were threatened by males with what was described as a black handgun and ordered to hand over their money and the food, police said.

In each incident, the robbers fled on foot, said police.

After an extensive investigation by Detectives Eric Lokaj and Andrew DiGiambattista, evidence indicated the heists were committed by three juveniles from Woodbury, police said.

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Last week was a bad week for journalists.

Well, wait — these days, every week is a bad week for journalists. Friend of mine works for a local daily newspaper where they’re trepidatiously waiting to re-apply for their jobs, or some kind of job. It’s like a game of musical chairs, only with your paycheck at stake.

No, I was talking about high-profile journalists, the ones everyone knows about because they ply their trade on a bigger stage, at a global level.

Brian Williams, the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, was suspended for six months after it was discovered he’s been perpetuating a bogus war tale of being in a military chopper that came under fire from rocket-propelled grenades in Iraq in 2003. Turns out this particular war story — all journalists have them — got embellished over time.

Trouble is, it now appears the story was a fabrication, a figment of Williams’ imagination. He says he misremembered.

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DEPTFORD TWP. — A 31-year-old Deptford man was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a girl under 13 on various dates in 2014.

Following an investigation by the Major Crimes Unit of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, Carlos Calderon, a restaurant worker from Guatemala, was arrested in Woodbury, authorities said. He was held in default of $800,000 bail.

The U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Service was notified, as was the Guatemala embassy in New York.

Calderon was charged with three counts of sexual assault, three counts of criminal sexual contact and one count of endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said.

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WOODBUURY — A Gloucester County grand jury during the week of Feb. 9 indicted the following people:

— Delonce, T.Hackley, 32, of Paulsboro, for resisting arrest in Paulsboro on Nov. 29.

— Darnell L. Whye, 22, of Woodbury, for possession of more than 50 grams of marijuana, distribution of under five pounds of marijuana, possession/distribution of CDS in a school zone and possession/distribution of CDS within 500 feet of public housing in Paulsboro on Sept. 28.

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WASHINGTON TWP. — A Camden man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a Feb. 3 robbery and assault at the Washington Way Apartments.

Members of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office Fugitive Investigations Unit and the U. S. Marshal’s Service Fugitive Task Force took Devonta A. Bethea, 20, of 9th Street, Camden, into custody at his mother’s home without incident when he answered the door, authorities said.

Bethea was charged with robbery, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon for the earlier incident. He allegedly took several hundred dollars from three juveniles who used Craigslist to solicit the purchase of iPhones, said authorities.

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As reported by the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015:

WOODBURY— Damon S. Bradley, 45, of Trenton, a previously convicted sex offender in Mercer County, was sentenced today following his guilty plea to sexually assaulting a girl in Clayton between September 2010 and September 2013, when she was between 13 and 16 years old.

Pursuant to a plea agreement with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, Superior Court Judge Kevin T. Smith sentenced Bradley to six years of incarceration, to be served at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, a state facility for sex offenders in Avenel.  The center’s evaluation of Bradley determined he is a repetitive and compulsive sex offender and therefore eligible for treatment at Avenel, Judge Smith said.

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WEST DEPTFORD TWP. — On Wednesday, Feb. 11, West Deptford detectives received information from a confidential source leading to the identification of the man wanted for robbing the Susquehanna Bank on Kings Highway on Feb 9.

The source said John Christiansen, 42, who was using a black 2004 BMW, police said.

Through a joint investigation with Cinaminson detectives, it was learned Christiansen had been seen in the lobby of a Susquehanna Bank on Route 130 in Cinnaminson, said police.

Cinnaminson police conducted a motor vehicle stop at Route 130 and Riverton Road and arrested Christiansen on outstanding warrants, police said. He was taken to Cinnaminson police headquarters.

Christiansen allegedly confessed to West Deptford detectives that he robbed the Susquehanna Bank branch on Kings Highway on Monday and that he had planned to hold up the Cinnaminson bank Wedmesday, but had a bad feeling and did not go through with it, said police.

Christiansen was charged with criminal attempt and resisting arrest in Cinnaminson. He was charged in West Deptford with robbery and theft, police said. He was committed to the Salem County Jail in default of $75,000 full-cash bail, said police.

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WOODBURY — A 35-year-old Clayton man, Gilbert J. Jones, was found guilty Thursday of simple assault after he allegedly punched a woman he’d just met at a Glassboro party in the face several times on Sept. 11, 2011.

The woman suffered a broken jaw and required five hours of surgery that left her with two metal plates in her jaw and six screws securing her teeth, according to Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Staci Scheetz.

More than three years later, the victim still suffers pain and the injury inhibits her hobby of singing and her ability to smile, Scheetz said.

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DEPTFORD TWP. — The Southern New Jersey Freeholders’ Association (SNJFA) held its Annual Reorganization Meeting at Filomena’s Lakeview Restaurant on Feb. 9. During the meeting, the 2015 Officers were sworn in by State Senate President Stephen Sweeney.

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