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VOORHEES TWP. NJ 6/13/16; at 4:21pm, Voorhees Police were dispatched to the unit block of Sandra Road for a report of a residential fire. Arriving Officers evacuated the involved and surrounding units. As police secured a perimeter, the fire was suppressed by Voorhees Fire District along with mutual aid from Cherry Hill, Gibbsboro, and West Berlin.

At this time, 3 families have been displaced and the Red Cross is working to provide placement. Fire Officials are investigating to establish the cause. There were no reported injuries to residents nor emergency personnel.

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For more information about this fire, please contact Captain Carmen Del Palazzo.

VOORHEES TWP. NJ 06/09/16; at approximately 2:00PM, the Voorhees Police Criminal Investigation Bureau with the assistance of Gloucester Township Special Response Team conducted a criminal search warrant on a residence located on the unit block of Daniel Lane in Voorhees. Subsequent Police investigation resulted in the arrest of the owner Michael Harvey (28) for 3^rd degree Possession of Heroin, 3^rd degree Distribution of Heroin and 2^nd degree Endangering the welfare of a child. Mr. Harvey was remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility in lieu of $100,000 bail. This investigation is ongoing and authorities from the New Jersey Department of Children and Families are assisting. This matter is pending in Superior Court in Camden, New Jersey.

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For more information about this arrest, please contact Captain Carmen Del Palazzo.

Press Release 6-9-16 Drug Arrest

Press Release

VOORHEES TWP. NJ 5/21/16: At approximately 03:54 am Voorhees Police Units were dispatched to a single motor vehicle crash in the area of State Highway Route 73 N/B and William Feather Drive. Investigation by police revealed the following:

A 2005 Toyota, operated by a Browns Mill, New Jersey resident, was traveling Northbound on State Highway Route 73 when it veered off the roadway striking a utility pole. Voorhees Police were on scene immediately and were subsequently informed by Emergency Medical Personnel that the operator, Christopher Gonzalez (34), had succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced at the scene.

The crash investigation is still ongoing and being investigated by the Voorhees Police Traffic Unit. If anyone has information related to this crash please call the Voorhees Police at 856-428-5400.

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For more information about this crash, please contact Captain Carmen Del Palazzo.

Captain Carmen Del Palazzo PIO

Telephone: 856-882-1134

Email: cdelpalazzo@vtpd.com

Press Release 5-21-16 Fatal Crash

For Immediate Release:                                                         Contact: Lt. A. Herrington

May 13, 2016                                                                          (856) 882-1115

Seat Belt Enforcement and Education Campaign to be Conducted Locally as Part of Nationwide

Click It or Ticket Mobilization May 23 – June 5, 2016

Voorhees — Law enforcement officers from the Voorhees Police Department will join with police from around the country in cracking down on unbuckled motorists and passengers as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign.

Beginning May 23 and running through June 5, the annual “Click It or Ticket” national mobilization utilizes high visibility seat belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, in combination with local and national publicity efforts, to reiterate the life-saving value of seat belts.

“Using a seat belt is the simplest way for a driver and his or her passengers to protect themselves when traveling,” said Gary Poedubicky, Acting Director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety.   “In 2013, 21,000 people in the U.S. were killed in traffic crashes, and almost half of them were unrestrained.”

Poedubicky added that a key focus of this year’s campaign is to promote seat belt usage by adults in the rear seats of vehicles. The front seat belt usage rate in New Jersey currently stands at 91.36%. However, adults riding in rear seats are only buckling up at a rate of 39%. “This is a concern,” he said. “We need to drive home the message that all motor vehicle occupants need to buckle up during every trip, in every seating position.”

During the 2015 “Click it or Ticket” campaign, 372 New Jersey police agencies participated in the two-week initiative. As a result of the effort, law enforcement officers issued 26,308 seat belt citations, 4,969 speeding summonses and made 833 impaired driving arrests.

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The two subjects pictured in the attached photos are wanted for questioning in reference to the criminal mischief offenses to at least five vehicles on Tenby Chase and William Feather Drives. The subjects were going door to door telling residents they were selling magazines. When refused, it is believed they began to vandalize vehicles in the area.