Coast Guard suspends search for missing N.J. cop
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a New Jersey police officer who disappeared after taking his boat out into the ocean.
The Coast Guard stopped looking for Middle Township Patrolman Jason Sill of Cape May Court House in the waters off Wildwood at 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Sill was last seen taking his boat out from a Wildwood marina at 11 a.m. Monday. An hour later, a passing boater saw it empty in the water, and called the Coast Guard.
The keys were still in it and two fishing poles were on board as well.
It’s not clear whether New Jersey State Police and other law enforcement agencies are still searching Wednesday.
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