Man Receives 14-Year Sentence for 2017 Mt. Holly Armed Robberies
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 31-year-old Lumberton man was sentenced today to 14 years in New Jersey state prison for robbing a Mount Holly convenience store at gunpoint twice during a three-day period in late 2017. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Brian J. Bowers pled guilty in May to two …
North Carolina Man Found Guilty of Attempted Murder at Bordentown Truck Stop
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a truck driver from North Carolina has been convicted in Superior Court of attempted murder for stabbing a co-worker at a Bordentown Township truck stop late last year. After deliberating for two and a half hours yesterday, a jury found Christopher Teeter, 42, of Wilmington, North Carolina, guilty …
Maple Shade Man Indicted for Fatal Beating of His Mother
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 25-year-old man has been indicted for causing the death of his mother by beating and kicking her late last year in the Maple Shade apartment where they resided. Brooks Nelson, of the 100 block of Great Road, was indicted by a Burlington County Grand Jury on charges …
Trenton Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Causing Death of Mansfield Customer Who Fatally Overdosed
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Trenton drug dealer pled guilty today in Superior Court to causing the death of a customer by supplying the heroin that led to the Mansfield resident’s fatal overdose last summer. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Darius Beckett, 29, of Academy Street, pled guilty to Strict …
Man Indicted for March Fatal Shooting of Woman in Car in Willingboro
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 21-year-old Willingboro Township man has been indicted for fatally shooting a 21-year-old woman earlier this year while she was sitting in her car in the Millbrook Park section of Willingboro Township. Marvin A. Coleman Jr., of the first block of Marboro Lane, was indicted by a Burlington …
Pemberton Township Shootings Under Investigation
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced that a man was shot last night in the Sunbury Village section of Pemberton Township. Police were alerted shortly after 9 p.m. that a shooting had occurred on Kinsley Road. It was subsequently determined that the victim, a 20-year-old male, had …
Willingboro Man Arrested for Possessing and Distributing Child Pornography
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon announced that a 38-year-old township man has been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. Ernest Strother, of the first block of Granby Lane, was charged with four counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (three are Second Degree, one is …
Pemberton Twp. Man Receives 27 Years for Fatally Stabbing Wife
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Pemberton Township man was sentenced today to 27 years in New Jersey state prison for fatally attacking his wife last spring with a hammer and knife at their home in the Browns Mills section of the township. Kenneth D. Arsenault, 60, of the first block of Cochita …
Man Charged for February Fatal Shooting in Willingboro
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon announced that a 23-year Willingboro resident has been charged with the fatal shooting of a man inside a parked vehicle earlier this year on Millbrook Drive. Terrance J. Matthews, of the 100 block of Eastbrook Lane, was charged with one count of …
Two NYC High School Students Sentenced for Hazing Fellow JROTC Cadets During Trip to Joint Base MDL
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that two members of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program at a New York City high school have been sentenced to two years of incarceration at a New Jersey state facility for assaulting and hazing fellow cadets in a Westampton Township hotel during an overnight trip early last …