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Tips in Atlantic City Leads to Arrest of Shooting Suspect

A recent anonymous tip submitted to the Atlantic City Police Department (277 sworn officers) from their tip411 tool resulted in the arrest of a man wanted for his involvement in a shooting. 

The police department received a text through the tip411 anonymous reporting system indicating that Ayman Shiham had entered a residence and patrol officers were dispatched and immediately set up a perimeter around the building. Officers made contact with Shiham who subsequently surrendered and was taken into custody without incident.

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The arrest stems from a March shooting, where patrol officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert and located a 29-year-old male victim suffering from a gunshot wound. Evidence of gunfire was also located at the scene. 

Citizens can submit anonymous text tips via their cell phone to the Atlantic City Police Department by texting keyword “ACPD” and their message/tip to 847411. Tips can also be submitted using the Atlantic City PD mobile app, developed by tip411, which is available to download for free from the Google Play Store and the iTunes App Store. 

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Anonymous texts to ACPD lead to drugs, gun and five arrests

A tip to Atlantic City’s anonymous texting system led to drugs, guns and five arrests.
Thursday morning, police received texts from an unknown person to tip411 that handguns were inside a room at the Madison Hotel, Sgt. Kevin Fair said.

That sparked an investigation by Detective Ermindo Marsini at the hotel on the beach block of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Abdul Bobo-Moore, 22, ran when detectives tried to stop him leaving the hotel, Fair said.

He didn’t get far, and had heroin on him, according to the charges, which include possession with intent to distribute and obstruction of justice.

In an apartment inside the Madison, police arrested four teenagers, Fair said.

Azyiah Henry, 18, of Mays Landing, was charged with possession, possession with intent to distribute and possession within 500 feet of a public zone.

Omar Law, 18, of Atlantic City and a 17-year-old Mays Landing girl were charged with drug possession. The girl also was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

A 16-year-old boy, also from Mays Landing, was found in possession of a loaded handgun magazine.

Detectives also found a loaded handgun inside the apartment. That will be sent to the

New Jersey State Police crime lab for further analysis, Fair said.

Detectives recovered 110 individual bags of heroin and 25 grams of marijuana in total.

The three adults were released on summonses. The two minors were released to their parents with future court dates.

Tip411 allows people to have an anonymous conversation with police by texting tip411 (847411) beginning with ACPD.

Information may also be called in to police at 609-347-5858.

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“In our first full year of use, we received a little over 200 tips. In 2018, we received over 4,200.”

tip411 interviewed Sergeant Kevin Fair of the Atlantic City, New Jersey Police Department. Here’s what he had to say about tip411 at ACPD:

Q: Tell us about your community and the Atlantic City Police Department (how many residents, how many sworn, etc.).
A:  Atlantic City has about 39,000 residents.  However, we receive around 24 million visitors a year.   

Q: How is tip411 administered in your department (responsibilities, protocols, etc.)?
A:  tip411 is monitored by personnel in our Communications Bureau and Surveillance Center on a 24/7 basis.  There are also select officers that receive tips as they come in.

Q: How has the tip411 system aided your department?
A:  tip411 has been a tremendous asset for us.  We advertise it to our residents at community events and to our local businesses.  In our first full year of use, we received a little over 200 tips. In 2018, we received over 4,200. 

Q: You get LOTS of tips, what have you done to promote your tip411 system to make sure residents know about it and use it?
A:  We have flyers available during community events.  We will always routinely use the mobile app while giving presentations.  We allow residents to see what we see, because some are skeptical that it’s anonymous. Also, at the end of every news release, the tip411 information is contained in the last paragraph. Information on tip411 will be provided at certain crime scenes. 

Q: Any notable tips/arrests credited to tip411 that come to mind?
A:  Arrests are frequently made off of tips that are received.  Many of the tips are for narcotic related activity.  The tips will aid in our detective’s investigations. 

Q: You always make great use of our alerting feature – what do you typically send alerts out about and approximately how many residents do you reach with them?
A:  We send alerts about weather events and general information from the police department that the public needs to know about. That would include; news releases, hirings/promotions, events, etc.

Q: The Atlantic City Police Department has used tip411 for many years, why is it so important for you to have anonymous tip capabilities?
A:  We police an environment where we need an anonymous service to aid us in our fight against crime.  We will get information from witnesses that we may not get otherwise.  This has allowed us to solve more than 75 percent of our non-fatal shooting investigations over the last several years. 

Q: The department is about to launch our new tip411 Select option – which allows your information to be translated into 40 languages – why is this so important to APD and the communities you serve?
A:  Atlantic City is a melting pot of different nationalities who speak a litany of languages.  Being able to interact with particular segments of the community that we would not have otherwise is definitely a great advantage.

Below is just one recent example of Atlantic City Police being aided by tip411 to solve a violent crime, then using their tip411 alert feature to share that success with the media and public.

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Tip leads to Atlantic City heroin, cocaine arrest, cops say

A city man was arrested Wednesday after officers followed an anonymous tip and found him in possession of 285 bags of heroin and five grams of cocaine, police said.

Farod Chapman, 22, was arrested with 35 bags of heroin and 5 grams of cocaine just after 1 p.m. by Special Investigation Section detectives, police said in a statement.

Detectives recovered 250 more bags of heroin in a search of Chapman’s vehicle after Detective Brian Hambrecht’s K-9 partner Nikki, a narcotic detection dog, indicated the presence of drugs.

Chapman is charged with two counts each of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of CDS with intent to distribute, possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school zone and possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 500 feet of a public zone.

He was released on a summons with a future court date.

Sgt. Richard Andrews and Detective Nick Berardis led the investigation. Detectives received information about Chapman distributing narcotics from tip411, an anonymous text service provider.

Tips can be shared with the Atlantic City Police Department Special Investigations Section to by texting tip411 (847411) or calling 609-347-5858. All texts are anonymous.

Read the full story from the Press of Atlantic City and see the tip411 Alert ACPD sent to residents announcing the arrest.

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Anonymous tip leads to drugs, gun arrest in Atlantic City

An anonymous tip to Atlantic City Police on Friday resulted in a drug investigation and the arrest of a 62-year-old man.

The anonymous tipster alerted police earlier in the day about narcotic activity near the 900 block of North Carolina Avenue. Police executed a search warrant there and found 468 bags of heroin, a handgun, a ballistic vest and $58,000 believed to be proceeds from narcotics trafficking.

Terrence Collier, 62, of Atlantic City, was charged with drug possession, possession with intent to distribute, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon during a drug offense, certain persons not to possess a weapon, obstruction of justice and resisting arrest.

Collier was taken to the Atlantic County jail.

Atlantic City Police urge the community and visitors to submit information using tip411 (847411). Begin the text with ACPD. Information can also be submitted by calling 609-347-5858.

Read the full story from the Press of Atlantic City