Lower bail refused in courthouse theft

WOODBURY NJ (JANUARY 16, 2015)–Barbara A. Poteat-Gill (DOB 7/14/74), of Sicklerville NJ, was denied a reduction in bail today (1/16) on charges she stole the handbag of an assistant Gloucester County prosecutor on the day Poteat-Gill was being sentenced for a prior theft.

WOODBURY NJ (January 16, 2015)–Pierce T. Rogg (DOB 1/9/92), of Grand Rapids MI, was sentenced today (1/16) to seven years in New Jersey’s Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, a facility for sex offenders in Avenel NJ, after pleading guilty to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

Rogg was arrested 3/14/14 by a detective with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and charged with improperly touching a child under the age of 13 while he was employed as a live-in nanny in a Deptford NJ residence. He was held in default of $75,000 bail.

The racial justice issues being debated over these recent killings have certainly had a negative impact on race relations. We like to believe that this country has grown away from racism but the reality is that only the outward appearance has changed. Although most of us are uncomfortable talking about race issues, it is a necessary discussion. As President Obama stated in a recent news conference, we can’t cure it if we don’t talk about it. Often times uncomfortable topics are avoided, but a solution can not be reached until we acknowledge it exists. No racial or ethnic group in America has been spared from prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. 

As Catholics, what should we do? If it doesn’t affect you directly, should you simply look away? Do we remain quiet and inactive? As Martin Luther King, Jr.’s said: \”He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it, is really cooperating with it.\” 

(January 16, 2015)–The Stratford & Laurel Springs Police Departments are seeking the public\’s assistance indentifying the male wanted in connection in a rash of car burglaries overnight Sunday January 11, 2015. The thefts, from vehicles began along Chestnut Avenue in Laurel Springs and ended about a mile away on Jefferson Avenue in Stratford. The actor is described as follows: