The Humane Society of Atlantic County is trying to find out who left a dog tied up for hours outside the Atlantic City location. According to BreakingAC.com, cameras show the person park down the street from the gas station next door on Absecon Boulevard at 10:16 p.m. Tuesday, then walk back with the dog on a leash, and leave the dog tied up. The dog was out in the weather more than nine hours, until staff arrived at 7:30 a.m. They released a photo of the car, and said the information from their plate-reader cameras was sent to Atlantic City police.
Great White Shark Pings Near AC
The great white sharks keep coming up the coast to swim off the Jersey Shore.The latest shark to "ping" off the New Jersey coast is Cross, who's just a juvenile male great white shark that weighs around 400 pounds, give or take, and is nearly 10 feet long. Cross's last location was east of Atlantic City, where satellite picked up the signal from the SPOT tag on his dorsal fin Monday evening around sunset. The great whites are on their spring migration from wintering grounds off the southeastern coastal states to the rocky shorelines of New England and Canada where they'll fatten up on seals all summer.
Honduran Man Gets 14 Years In AC Drug Case
A Honduran national arrested with pounds of drugs in Atlantic City has been sentenced to more than 14½ years in federal prison. BreakingAC.com reports Diogenes Galvez, now 21, already was serving a prison sentence on six counts of drug charges when he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was scheduled to max out on those sentences July 3, 2027, but now is in the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia, where he was sentenced to 175 months.
Litter Initiative
Officials announced on Tuesday that Atlantic County has received approximately $154,000 in state money for litter prevention and cleanup initiatives. The monies are provided by the New Jersey Clean Communities Council and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, which support programs meant to maintain parks, highways, schools, and other public areas litter-free. According to county authorities, the money will assist litter-prevention education, yearly cleanup projects, the Atlantic County Utilities Authority's Adopt-a-Road program, and other environmental activities.
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