N.J. State Police resume search for missing boater

    New Jersey State Police have resumed their search for a police officer who went missing from his boat off the coast of Wildwood.

    According to a revised timeline issued by authorities, Middle Township patrolman Jason Sill of Cape May was last seen in his boat around 9:30 a.m. Monday.
    Around 10:45 a.m., another boater reported finding his boat unoccupied in the ocean a mile from shore.

    State police say several boats resumed a search Friday morning. The Coast Guard had suspended its search late Tuesday.

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