Atlantic County

A New Jersey man will spend nearly three decades behind bars for the sexual assault of a young girl he shared a home with.

A man and his dog were out just after midnight early Saturday morning, when they were hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Marlborough Avenue and Highland Boulevard, in Absecon, officials said.

A New Jersey police sergeant is facing charges after investigators say he tested positive for methamphetamine and stole narcotics from his department's evidence room.

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small is accused of asking his teenage daughter to lie about how she sustained a head injury. Small had already been accused of abusing his daughter.

Police in Atlantic County are searching for a driver in a sedan who, they say, took off after striking and killing a pedestrian.

The mayor of Atlantic City and his wife, who is the seaside gambling resort's schools superintendent, pleaded not guilty Thursday to beating and abusing their teenage daughter

In July, surveillance video showed a man throwing the dog over a fence at the Humane Society of Atlantic County. But, now she has a loving family of her own.

A New Jersey 10-year-old is facing charges after investigators say the student posted a "disturbing video" online about a local school.

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife, Atlantic City School District Superintendent La’Quetta Small, were indicted Wednesday on charges alleging the couple physically and emotionally abused their teenage daughter several times last year.

Constance Days-Chapman, charged in March after prosecutors say twice failed to report that a student said she was being abused by her parents, was indicted Wednesday. The charges closely followed accusations of child abuse against Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife, Atlantic City Superintendent, La'Quetta Small.

As educators and elected officials grapple with student safety in the wake of another deadly school shooting, Atlantic City announced each of its public schools will now have a police officer on patrol.

New Jersey gambling regulators say Atlantic City's top-performing casino, the Borgata, underpaid some of its internet gambling taxes twice by taking almost $15 million more in credits than it was entitled to.

Did you smell it? Lots of people reported smelling something and took to social media to describe it as smelling like fish, or gas, or some sort of chemical. Answers were finally provided, but from Atlantic County, while people smelled “it" as far away as South Philly.