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MAURICE RIVER, N.J. - A search for a man for attempting to abduct a young boy from a local Wawa has come to a close, according to New Jersey State Police. Authorities say the unidentified man tried to abduct a 7-year-old boy from the bathroom of the Wawa on Highway 47 in Maurice River on Sunday. According to police, the suspect offered the boy candy to leave with him. After the boy said no, the man grabbed him by the arm and tried to abduct him, officials say. RELATED: Video: Man wanted for trying to abduct 7-year-old from Wawa in South Jersey, police sayThe boy was able to escape and return to his family, per police. On Wednesday, police released surveillance images and video of the suspect, showing him enter and exit the store before and after the alleged attempted abduction. New Jersey State Police are asking for the public's help to identify and locate a man they say tried to abduct a 7-year-old boy in broad daylight Sunday.Days later, on Friday, state police announced that the suspect was in police custody.

  (FOX 29 Philadelphia)CHERRY HILL, N.J. - Officials in South Jersey say an incident involving food dye at a water treatment plant caused a local creek to run red, sparking confusion among residents Tuesday afternoon.The south branch of Pennsauken Creek, runs between two neighborhoods in Cherry Hill. Officials with the Evesham Municipal Utility Authority tell FOX 29's Chris O'Connell that red food dye was discharged from a nearby plant at some point.Officials say the dye is not hazardous and the Department of Environmental Protection has responded. Evesham Municipal Utility Authority says staff noticed that "the treated effluent being discharged at the Woodstream Waste Water Treatment Plant had a strange, bright red color" around 7 a.m.

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MT. LAUREL, N.J. - The mayor of Mount Laurel, New Jersey is calling for a federal hate crime investigation into  a man's racist words and actions that were caught on video. Mayor Stephen Steglik, of the small town in South Jersey, said the footage "is disturbing and speaks to a larger hate-filled divide within our country."Tuesday's statement at length called for a federal hate crime investigation into Edward Mathews' actions and words. A recording of the altercation on Friday between two neighbors in the Essex Place condo complex has since gone viral on social media. Edward Cagney Mathews, 45, argued with his neighbor, spitting and shouting racial slurs in a six-minute rant.

BELLMAWR, N.J. - A day after health officials shuttered Atilis Gym in South Jersey, the owners reopened the gym without incident Friday.