Obnoxious Woman Spits on Cops After Stealing from Wawa

Around 8:07 AM on March 21, 2025, Officer Raymond Snyder with the Ventnor City Police Department responded to a report of a theft at Wawa (5206 Ventnor Avenue). He arrived on scene and was informed that a woman who had already been trespassed from the store had stolen a Sizzli sandwich and a 12-ounce cup of coffee with a total value of $5.98.

Around 10:06 AM later that morning, officers received another call about a woman who as acting disorderly at the Nashville Market (5101 Ventnor Avenue). Officer Jose Liriano soon located a suspect matching the store’s description at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Nashville Avenue. Based on numerous prior arrests, he knew that her name was Morcedes Cox. Since Morcedes had an active warrant in the amount of $5,000 from Riverside Township, NJ, she was placed under arrest. After being placed in handcuffs, Morcedes became uncooperative and repeatedly spit on the officers.

Morcedes was placed in the patrol car and transported by Officer Stephen Gaffney to the Ventnor City Police Department for further processing. She was charged with shoplifting under 2C:20-11B(1) and criminal trespass (2C:18-3B(1)). After they finished processing her, she was eventually transported to the Atlantic County Jail.

Court records indicate that on September 24, 2025, Morcedes was found guilty of shoplifting, while the trespassing charge was dismissed. As a result, Morcedes had to pay a total of $735 in fines. Morcedes had previously been arrested on numerous occasions. Following this arrest, Morcedes was arrested again for stealing from the Target in Hamilton Township (Atlantic County) on May 6, 2025. She was later found guilty on that shoplifting charge on September 24, 2025 and she had to pay a total of $258 in fines for that.

Morcedes was later arrested yet again for disorderly conduct (2C:33-2A(1)) on May 10, 2025. As a result of that arrest, Morcedes pleaded guilty on November 19, 2025. As a result of that guilty plea, Morcedes was sentenced to 15 days in jail, in addition to being fined a total of $1,806. Her most recent arrest was for terroristic threats (2C:12-3B ) in Riverside Township, New Jersey on February 28, 2026.

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