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Police Sgt. John V. Wilkie was released from the Camden County jail after the grand jury returned a no bill on a manslaughter charge in the death of his son James, 17, at 1144 Princess Avenue. Camden Courier-Post, December 31, 1953.
Camden police Sgt. John V. Wilkie remained in the county jail on $50,000 bail while his 17-year-old son James, whose death was ruled a suicide, was buried without formal service after Wilkie admitted his accidental-shooting story was a hoax.
Camden Courier-Post, December 26, 1953: Police Sgt. John V. Wilkie remains in jail on $50,000 bail after admitting his "confession" to accidentally killing his son was invented to win Catholic burial rites for the youth.
Sgt. John V. Wilkie, Camden's "notebook cop," was moved to the county jail after failing to raise $50,000 bail during the investigation of the fatal shooting of his son James, 17, in their Princess Avenue home. Camden Courier-Post, December 24, 1953.
A twenty-year friendship between neighbors Pete Rademow and William Krawczyk of 1544 Louis Street ended in Camden Police Court in February 1940 over Russia's invasion of Poland; Judge Gene R. Mariano's call for an armistice failed.