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Substitute Aide Charged with Inappropriate Contact with Pemberton Student
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced that a substitute aide at Pemberton Township High School has been charged with having inappropriate contact with a male student as well as using social media to engage in sexually explicit conversations and send him nude photos of herself. Casey L. …
Jury Finds Beverly City Man Guilty in 2016 Florence Fatal Shooting
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced today that a Beverly City resident has been convicted for fatally shooting a man on a Florence street two years ago. The jury found Anthony M. Harris, 32, of the 100 block of Broad Street in Beverly City, guilty of Aggravated Manslaughter (First Degree), Possession …
Bordentown City Man Charged with Sexual Assault of Teenage Boys
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Bordentown City Police Chief Frederic Miller announced that a 58-year-old Bordentown City man has been charged with sexually assaulting three boys at his residence, allowing multiple youths unrestricted access to a handgun, providing some of them with marijuana, and showing pornography to one of the boys. Alan J. …
Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Causing Death of Marlton Customer
MOUNT HOLLY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Lawnside drug dealer pled guilty yesterday in Superior Court to causing the death of a Marlton customer to whom he sold heroin last year. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Jimmy Flakes Jr., 41, of the 100 block of Ashland Avenue in Lawnside, …
Former Delran Emergency Squad Chief Faces Criminal Charges
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that the former chief of the Delran Emergency Squad was arrested today on Insurance Fraud and related charges for working without an active Emergency Medical Technician certification and altering records to allow the agency to bill for their services. Donald Horner, 66, of the 2400 block of Beverly Road, …
Results of BCPO Review of Camden Officer-Involved Shooting
In accordance with the Supplemental Law Enforcement Directive Amending Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2006-5 entitled Uniform Statewide Procedures and Best Practices for Conducting Police-Use-of-Force Investigations (effective July 28, 2015), the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office is releasing the following statement regarding a police-involved shooting incident that occurred in the City of Camden on January …
Man Charged in Browns Mills House Fire That Claimed Two Lives
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced that a 59-year-old man was charged today with causing a house fire that resulted in the deaths of his elderly mother and her companion earlier this week in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township. Kurt Smith, who lived at the …
Man Receives 15 Years for Delaware River Crash That Killed Girlfriend
MOUNT HOLLY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a man whose girlfriend died after the car he was driving plunged into the Delaware River in Burlington City earlier this year was sentenced today to 15 years in New Jersey state prison for causing her death. Jacob T. Garrett, 25, who pled guilty in …
Browns Mills House Fire Claims Two Lives
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced that two people died last night in a fire that destroyed a house in the 500 block of Willow Boulevard in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze at approximately 8:45 p.m. Multiple fire departments …
Four Arrested on Drug Charges Following Search of Beverly City Residence
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Beverly City Public Safety Director Rich Wolbert announced that four people were arrested earlier this month in connection with drug activity following the execution of a search warrant at a home in the 200 block of Broad Street in Beverly City. During the investigation that preceded the search, it …