Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Resumes are due Friday, May 31.
Oaklyn Police Chief Joseph Abbate submitted the following announcement: The Borough of Oaklyn is currently recruiting for police officer, in order to establish an eligibility list for current & future vacancies. We are seeking energetic, enthusiastic, and hard working individuals for our Police Department. The Borough of Oaklyn Police Department is a service-oriented agency whose members take pride in their proactive response to crime, disorder and quality of life issues. This approach recognizes our community’s high expectations for professional police services and has sustained a positive relationship with the community for many years. The Borough of Oaklyn currently employs 11 full-time police officers, one SLEO II (Special Law …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Motorists can expect enhanced enforcement through June 2.
From May 20 through June 2, you'll want to make sure you're buckled up if you're driving through the borough of Oaklyn. That's good advice every day of the year, but it's especially pertinent for the next two weeks, as police in the borough up their enforcement of seat belt laws during the statewide Click It or Ticket campaigns. Want a refresher on the finer points of New Jersey seat belt laws? According to a statement from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, the front seat belt usage rate in New Jersey declined for the first time in 15 years, to 88 percent. The statewide Click It or Ticket campaigns are aimed at moving that number to more than 90 percent this year. During the 2012 “Click it or Ticket” campaign, 425 police…
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The owner of an unsecured vehicle lost some personal electronics in the break-in, which was said to occur between March 1 and March 8.
Oaklyn Police are looking for help in identifying the person or persons who apparently broke into an unlocked vehicle in the borough and made off with some electronic equipment. According to a statement from Oaklyn Police Chief Joseph T. Abbate, the vehicle in question was parked in the area of Manor and Congress Avenues. It was entered illegally at some point between March 1 and March 8. If that window of time weren't broad enough, to make matters worse, the statement also notes that investigators were unable to collect any physical evidence from the scene. "Police again ask that residents lock their vehicles," Abbate noted in the statement. "These are crimes of opportunity, and if your vehicle is locked, the actor(s) will most likely …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Whether something happened or didn't happen, said Chief Joseph Abbate, giving out too much information could taint the investigation.
Police reports cross our desks all the time here at Patch, but this is one of the strangest. According to a press release issued by Oaklyn Police Chief Joseph Abbate, the department is seeking "information regarding an incident that took place outside the Oaklyn CVS pharmacy on Monday, Jan. 28," between the hours of 7 and 8 p.m. "Anyone who was in that area between those times shopping or traveling along the White Horse Pike or along West Lakeview Avenue is asked to call Oaklyn detectives" at 856-854-0049, the announcement reads. A phone call to Abbate couldn't clear things up too much, either, as the chief said that releasing too much information on what may have been seen—or not seen, for that matter—could compromise the investigation. …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Police say that Concetta Durham, 68, of Mullica Hill, had been altering checks issued to her for years, collecting about $2,500 in the process.
The caregiver of an elderly Oaklyn resident was arrested Monday when police discovered that she allegedly had been altering checks issued to her for these services to the tune of some $2,500 over several years. Concetta Durham, 68, of Mullica Hill, “confessed to changing the check amounts and then using the money for her own personal needs” according to a press release issued by Oaklyn Police Chief Joseph Abbate. Durham was charged with forgery and theft of movable property, and was released on her own recognizance pending a Jan. 22 Superior Court hearing. Further charges could be handed down pending investigation. “We would ask that you look out for your elderly neighbors, friends and family members as much as possible,” Abbate said in …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
John S. Evans, 41, had been performing repairs to a home in the borough when he allegedly helped himself to $1,000 in jewelry.
An Oaklyn man suspected of pawning jewelry valued at $1,000 from a home in which he was working in the borough was arrested on Monday, according to Oaklyn police. Detectives caught up with John S. Evans, 41, of Oaklyn, because pawn receipts bearing his name matched the descriptions of jewelry that had been reported missing from a home in the borough. Evans had access to the property, police say, because he had been left alone within the home to make repairs. The investigation dates back to Dec. 8, 2012, and there was no sign of forced entry in the incident. Evans confessed to the theft at his arrest on Jan. 7, 2013. He was charged with theft of movable property, and was released pending a superior court hearing on Jan. 16. “As always, we …
Monday, January 7, 2013
Police say that two of the men charged in the incident had a familiarity with the pharmacy franchise, as they had been fired from another CVS location the week of the robbery.
A few weeks after issuing warrants for suspects wanted in the Dec. 12, 2012, strong-arm robbery of the Oaklyn CVS, police have charged three Camden City men in connection with the incident. According to a statement provided by Oaklyn Police Chief Joseph Abbate, “all three are accused by police of planning the robbery and theft” and “evidence of this crime was recovered during the arrest of these individuals.” Adrian Thomas, 19, Dhamiri Hughes Pettigrew, 21, and Darius Williams, 20, were arrested, charged and remanded to the Camden County correctional facility, where they await a Superior Court hearing. Police say two of the men—including Hughes Pettigrew, whom security footage shows entering the store wearing a CVS shirt—were recently …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Police say three men activated gift cards and stole cash from the register, knocking over a store manager in the process.
UPDATE: Dec. 24, 2012: Oaklyn police chief Joseph Abbate announced today that three arrest warrants have been issued for suspects wanted in connection with the Dec. 12 robbery of the CVS pharmacy. According to the announcement, the names of the individuals being sought were withheld pending completion of the investigation. Abbate also credits the assistance of detectives from the Pennsauken Police Department in preparing the warrants, which were issued Dec. 21. Police say the strong-arm robbery was reportedly initiated by a man who entered the store at 5 p.m. Dec. 12, shielding his face from cameras with a long-sleeved, dark blue CVS employee shirt. The man then reportedly walked behind the counter, where he activated gift cards and took …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Early Sunday morning, a young woman struck a parked car, damaging her own vehicle severely in the process, and then fled the scene, police say. Have you seen anything?
Oaklyn Police are looking for any information from the public that could help solve a hit-and-run case involving an unoccupied, parked vehicle. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 2. According to a statement issued by Oaklyn Police Chief Joseph Abbate, “Witnesses observed a young female, possibly 20-30 years old, with shoulder-length blonde hair, wearing hot pink pants, a black top, and high-heeled shoes standing in the street, surveying damage to the vehicle.” The woman was reportedly driving a “possibly silver” mid-sized sedan or coupe that suffered “visible damage to the front passenger fender” and a flattened front passenger wheel in the incident. According to police, after striking the parked car and …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The crime dates back to Halloween and was recently discovered by Oaklyn police in a review of surveillance footage connected with an unrelated matter.
Oaklyn police are seeking help from the public in identifying a suspect wanted in the theft of money from a charity collection box on the counter of the Route 30 Wawa. As seen in surveillance footage, the subject entered the store about 11:30 p.m. on Halloween, wearing a Cincinnati Reds baseball cap, a red and black jacket, dark pants, and dark shoes. Police say he “approache[d] the counter, and while distracting the cashier, remove[d] the money from the donation box,” according to a press release issued by Oaklyn Police Chief Joseph T. Abbate. Police only discovered the theft after reviewing video footage from an unrelated matter, the release read; it was not initially reported. Anyone with information regarding the matter is invited to …
Tom Marchetty
1:25 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013
Guess they need more officers for the new click it or ticket enforcement??? I'm just messing with you guys! It's just funny timing after last weeks article! :) more ›