February 3, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
The victims in a house fire early this morning (2/3/10) at 500 Wildwood Ave. in Pitman N.J. were: Barbara Powell (DOB 4/2/48), deceased in the fire, and Jane Esbjornson (DOB 3/8/25), Powell’s mother, who suffered injuries in the fire and has been transferred from Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Washington Township, Gloucester County N.J. to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. She is in critical condition.
An autopsy this morning by the Gloucester County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of Powell’s death was smoke inhalation.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Monday, June 21, 2010
SC man convicted of eluding, cocaine charges
February 4, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Phone: (856) 384-5617; Pager (856) 251-4736
Brian G. Sheared (DOB 4/9/79) of Swansea SC was found guilty today (2/4) by a Gloucester County N.J. jury of possession of cocaine and eluding police after an attempted stop of his vehicle on Fries Mill Rd. in Franklin Township on Dec. 13, 2008.
Sheared faces up to five years in state prison on each of the third-degree charges. Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson scheduled sentencing for March 26.
In the 2008 incident, a Franklin police officer observed the defendant’s Ford Probe speeding shortly before 11 p.m., and as the officer turned to pursue him, the vehicle left the road and drove behind dwellings on two private properties on Fries Mill Road. Sheared was arrested after leaving the car and attempting to flee on foot. Retracing the direction the defendant took, the officer found a plastic baggie containing 3.7 grams of cocaine next to a colored scrap of paper with a phone number written on it. The defendant claimed ownership of the paper, but not the baggie.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Phone: (856) 384-5617; Pager (856) 251-4736
Brian G. Sheared (DOB 4/9/79) of Swansea SC was found guilty today (2/4) by a Gloucester County N.J. jury of possession of cocaine and eluding police after an attempted stop of his vehicle on Fries Mill Rd. in Franklin Township on Dec. 13, 2008.
Sheared faces up to five years in state prison on each of the third-degree charges. Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson scheduled sentencing for March 26.
In the 2008 incident, a Franklin police officer observed the defendant’s Ford Probe speeding shortly before 11 p.m., and as the officer turned to pursue him, the vehicle left the road and drove behind dwellings on two private properties on Fries Mill Road. Sheared was arrested after leaving the car and attempting to flee on foot. Retracing the direction the defendant took, the officer found a plastic baggie containing 3.7 grams of cocaine next to a colored scrap of paper with a phone number written on it. The defendant claimed ownership of the paper, but not the baggie.
Alert Heights officer arrests two in arson
February 4, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Phone: (856) 384-5617; Pager (856) 251-4736
An off-duty Woodbury Heights police officer who smelled smoke from a fire at a sprawling nearby former door assembly plant Thursday afternoon, spotted two men walking from the plant when he went to investigate, and his actions lead to the arrest of both on arson and burglary charges.
Ptl Josh Moline summoned Heights Chief George Lindsay and Ptl. Nick DiBiaso to assist in the pursuit of the suspects into a wooded area, resulting in the arrest of Rosario J. Leonardo III (6/3/91) of 746 Purdue Ave., and Roman A. Verdi (DOB 11/16/90 ), both of the Oak Valley section of Deptford Township.
The fire at the former Doorfab plant drew numerous firefighting companies from the borough of Woodbury Heights and surrounding areas because of the size of the vacant building- in excess of 200,000 square feet. There was extensive damage to an office area and the roof of the structure. An inspection by Det. Ron Koller of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and a county Sheriff’s Department K-9 trained for arson cases found indications of an accelerant in the building. Samples are to be sent to a New Jersey State Police lab for analysis.
Leonardo and Verdi are being held in the Gloucester County Jail in Woodbury in default of $35,000 bail.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Phone: (856) 384-5617; Pager (856) 251-4736
An off-duty Woodbury Heights police officer who smelled smoke from a fire at a sprawling nearby former door assembly plant Thursday afternoon, spotted two men walking from the plant when he went to investigate, and his actions lead to the arrest of both on arson and burglary charges.
Ptl Josh Moline summoned Heights Chief George Lindsay and Ptl. Nick DiBiaso to assist in the pursuit of the suspects into a wooded area, resulting in the arrest of Rosario J. Leonardo III (6/3/91) of 746 Purdue Ave., and Roman A. Verdi (DOB 11/16/90 ), both of the Oak Valley section of Deptford Township.
The fire at the former Doorfab plant drew numerous firefighting companies from the borough of Woodbury Heights and surrounding areas because of the size of the vacant building- in excess of 200,000 square feet. There was extensive damage to an office area and the roof of the structure. An inspection by Det. Ron Koller of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and a county Sheriff’s Department K-9 trained for arson cases found indications of an accelerant in the building. Samples are to be sent to a New Jersey State Police lab for analysis.
Leonardo and Verdi are being held in the Gloucester County Jail in Woodbury in default of $35,000 bail.
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