The North Wildwood Police Department has been conducting an investigation in an assault of two juveniles that occurred July 4, in the area of Seventh Avenue and JFK Boulevard.

During the month of July, members of the Middle Township Police Department received a citizen complaint that marijuana was being sold illegally from the Enlightened Smoke and Specialty Shop, located at 14 South Main St., in Court House.

At approximately 11:40 p.m. July 22, a burglary was reported by the owner of a residence on the 200 block of W. Third Avenue.

At 8:28 p.m. July 24, officers from the Wildwood Police Department Uniformed Patrol Division responded to the 400 west block of Rio Grande Avenue, for the report of an erratic driver.

The following are the adult arrests made by the City of Wildwood Police Department during the first two weeks of July.

In October 2018, three individuals were indicted for the first-degree drug-induced death of Lower Township resident Eric Nolan, 35, son of Cape May County Sheriff Robert Nolan. 

A Cape May County grand jury handed up 14 indictments July 20.  

A motor vehicle stop, in the area of the 200 east block of Stockton Road, was conducted by the Wildwood Crest Police Department, at 2:02 a.m. July 19.  

The Lower Township Police Department responded to or initiated a total of 1,080 calls, averaging a total of 155 calls per day. 

At approximately 4:15 a.m. July 17, a motor vehicle was stolen from the 200 block of E. Second Avenue.  

Officers from the Wildwood Crest Police Department July 13 were dispatched to the 5500 block of Ocean Avenue, for a report of a stolen motor vehicle.  

The Avalon Police Department is seeking information and the identity of suspects captured on video.  

The Lower Township Police Department responded to or initiated a total of 1,085 calls, averaging a total of 155 calls per day.

A Cape May County grand jury handed up 17 indictments July 13.  

The Wildwood Crest Police Department July 11 received a report of suspicious activity, in the 7100 block of Seaview Avenue, involving a woman hiding items around a building.  

The Wildwood Crest Police Department released its activity report for June 2021

The North Wildwood Police Department has been conducting an investigation and is requesting assistance from the public to identify a suspect who assaulted two victims July 4.

A Cape May County grand jury handed up 16 indictments July 6.  

While payment collection scams are not new, there is greater potential for people behind on their utility bills to become victims as a grace period on utility shutoffs continues in New Jersey into 2022. 

North Wildwood police detectives observed a bicycle being stolen from a property on the 100 block of West Spruce Avenue July 6, at approximately 1:23 p.m.  

The New Jersey State Police have arrested Jonathan Hiddeman, 30, of Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, for allegedly sexually assaulting a 7-year-old boy over the course of several months. 

The North Wildwood Police Department took a report of a bag that was just stolen from a chair on the beach at 12th Avenue July 5, at approximately 12:11 p.m.  

The Lower Township Police Department responded to or initiated a total of 844 calls, averaging a total of 121 calls per day.

An HVAC technician accused of recording videos of girls using restrooms in several South Jersey schools faces a 38-count indictment. 

An attempted robbery was reported to the Wildwood Police Department at approximately 1:23 a.m. June 28.

Officers from the Middle Township Police Department’s Patrol Division, at approximately 6:05 p.m. June 29, responded to the 1700 block of Route 47 south, in Rio Grande, for the report of a carjacking.  

The New Jersey State Police are seeking the public’s assistance with locating Emeterio Alavez-Cruz, 30, of Pilesgrove Township, who is wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. 

If convicted, Bezaire could face serious jail time.

A Dennis Township Primary School teacher was arrested after an investigation into allegations she abused a student, Sgt. Lawrence Peele, New Jersey State Police (NJSP), confirmed June 25. 

Cape May City Councilman Christopher Bezaire has been incarcerated in the Cape May County Correctional Facility since he was arrested June 16.

A Cape May County grand jury handed up 13 indictments June 22.  

Cape May Councilman Christopher Bezaire has been incarcerated since June 16 on charges of cyber harassment, stalking, invasion of privacy and contempt. 

At approximately 3:56 p.m. June 21, the Wildwood Police Department received a 911 call reporting a subject with a handgun in the 300 block of West Taylor Avenue, in Wildwood. 

At approximately 2:20 a.m. June 21, the Avalon Police Department received a report of a burglary that occurred at a business on the 200 block of 21st Street.  

The Wildwood Police Department June 22, at approximately 2:09 a.m., received a report of a domestic violence incident that occurred within Wildwood.  

Chris Bezaire, 43, a realtor and Cape May City councilman, was arrested June 16 and charged with cyber harassment, stalking, disclosure of sexually explicit images of another person without their consent and contempt of court.

The Lower Township Police Department responded to or initiated a total of 1,094 calls, averaging a total of 157 calls per day.

Phillip C. Atkinson was convicted in a Cape May County jury trial of theft by unlawful taking in the third degree. In his adult history, this was Atkinson’s fifth conviction for a third-degree or greater crime. 

A Cape May County grand jury handed up 11 indictments June 15.

Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland and Chief Paul Skill, of the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office, announced the arrests of Jared Weygand, 26, David Weygand, 67, and Carol Cramer-Weygand, 57, all of Belleplain, for distribution of MDMA (Ecstasy) and Oxycodone.

In 2016, then 55-year-old Wildwood Crest resident Robert S. Myles was arrested and charged with second-degree sexual assault and aggravated assault.

Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland and Chief Paul Skill, of the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office, announced the arrest of Christopher Bezaire, 43, of Cape May. 

Lower Township Police were called to a report of a suspicious person with a firearm at Higbee Beach.  

A Cape May County grand jury handed up 15 indictments June 8.  

The Wildwood Crest Police Department released its activity report for May 2021.

The North Wildwood Police Department requested assistance from the public to identify a suspect who was wanted in connection with an aggravated assault on the boardwalk. 

The Wildwood Police Department June 6, at approximately 7:40 p.m., received a 911 call, in which the caller made a threat directed at amusement piers on the Wildwoods Boardwalk. 

Three appeals court judges recently upheld the conviction of a man caught red-handed after a deadly 2017 stabbing.

Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Chief Christopher Leusner, of the Middle Township Police Department, announced the arrest of 42-year-old Dante Norton and 37-year-old Andria Norton June 8, both of whom are from Middle Township. 

Decades after a brutal crime in a Wildwood bar, one of the two defendants continues to try overturning his conviction of felony murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, conspiracy and more.