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Bass River Drug Dealer Charged with Causing the Death of Customer Who Fatally Overdosed
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick Callahan announced that a 35-year-old Bass River Township drug dealer has been charged with causing the death of a customer who overdosed on fentanyl earlier this year. Dolores Cespedes, of the 300 block of Ash Road, was charged with Strict Liability for Drug-Induced …
Lawnside Man Receives Eight-Year Sentence for Placing Body of Woman Who Overdosed Next to Southampton Roadway
MOUNT HOLLY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 55-year-old Lawnside man was sentenced today to eight years in New Jersey state prison for dumping the body of a woman who had fatally overdosed in his vehicle on the side of a Southampton Township road in late 2018. The sentence was handed down …
Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Sexual Assault Near I-295 Ramp in Mt. Laurel
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 54-year-old Philadelphia man pled guilty today in Superior Court to grabbing a woman who was walking along a Mount Laurel roadway last year and attempting to sexually assault her after dragging her into a nearby wooded area. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Donald Cramer Jr. …
Man Pleads Guilty to 2019 Killing of Mother in Edgewater Park Home
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 54-year-old man pled guilty in Superior Court to killing his mother inside of her residence at the Courtyard Apartments in Edgewater Park late last year. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Brian K. Templeton pled guilty to Aggravated Manslaughter (First Degree) in exchange for a 25-year …
Developer Faces Criminal Charges over Riverside Watch Case Project
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Riverside Township Police Chief William T. Eliason announced that a New York developer who purchased a historic Riverside commercial building to create luxury apartments in the seven-story landmark has been charged with using the credentials of a potential subcontractor to fraudulently gain approval for electrical permits from the township …
Delran Drug Dealer Charged with Causing Death of Customer
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina, Delran Township Police Chief Alfonso A. Parente Jr., and Riverside Township Police Chief William T. Eliason announced that a 27-year-old Delran drug dealer has been charged with causing the death of a Riverside customer who fatally overdosed on fentanyl in late 2018. David Bender, of the Hunters Glen apartment complex …
Pemberton Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Causing Customer’s Death
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a drug dealer from the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township pled guilty today in Superior Court to causing the death of a customer by supplying the fentanyl-laced heroin that led to her fatal overdose early last year. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Terrance D. Walker, …
Mount Holly Woman Receives 15-Year Sentence for Killing Wife
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Mount Holly woman was sentenced today to 15 years in New Jersey state prison for fatally shooting her wife during an argument inside their home in August 2017. Laura Bluestein, 31, must serve 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole. The punishment was …
Pemberton Township Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing and Distributing Child Pornography
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 56-year-old Pemberton Township man pled guilty today in Superior Court to possessing more than 1,000 images of child pornography and making the material available for others to download. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Guy Valachovic, of Weymouth Road, was charged two counts of Endangering the …
Homeless Man Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Two Women at Knifepoint
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina, Mount Holly Township Police Chief Richard Spitler and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon announced that a 28-year-old homeless man has been charged with sexually assaulting two women after threatening to harm them with a knife if they resisted. Shawn Midgette, who is known to stay in the Willingboro …