Atlantic City Police say they mounted a search late Tuesday afternoon for five children reported missing after leaving their residence in the 300 block of Delaware Avenue. They had last been seen Tuesday in the area of the Pennsylvania Avenue School around 4:15 PM. A large contingent of police officers searched the neighborhood and various areas of Atlantic City. Late Tuesday night, it was announced on the police department's Facebook page that all five had been found safe. No word on where they were found nor on the circumstances surrounding their disapperance.
Proposal For Shellfish Nursery On AC Waterfront Lot
A proposal to redevelop a waterfront lot in Venice Park into a nursery for shellfish recently took a step forward after the Atlantic City Planning Board voted to approve a site plan for the project. Officials voted to approve the proposal from Sapphire Shoals Mariculture LLC on June 2 during the board's regular meeting. JerseyDigs.com reports documents made public by the board state that the LLC intends to build a 1.5-story metal storage building with a mezzanine office and a parking lot for seven cars on the 21,070-square-foot lot at 1937 North Riverside Drive.
Ocean City Mayor Oath
Today, Jay Gillian will take the oath of office for a fifth term as mayor. Gillian, 61, will take the oath of office at the Music Pier on the Boardwalk at noon at the city's yearly reorganization meeting. In 2010, he was first elected. During the meeting, Sean Barnes, Tony Polcini, and newcomer Jim Kelly will be sworn in as members of the City Council. With 1,981 votes in the May nonpartisan municipal election, Gillian won a second four-year term.
AC Man To Get New Trial On Sex Trafficking Counts
An Atlantic City man sentenced to 60 years in prison for the violent sexual trafficking of two women will get a new trial after an appeals court overturned the verdict. According to BreakingAC.com, 47 year old Tahir Gregory was convicted of two counts of human-trafficking along with other crimes after a two-week trial in January 2023.That April, he was sentenced to two consecutive 30-year sentences with 20 years of parole ineligibility for each. The jury was not properly instructed on the two subsections of the human-trafficking count, an appellate panel found.
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