Trenton Drug Dealer Charged with Causing the Death of Burl. Twp. Customer Who Fatally Overdosed
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington Township Public Safety Director Bruce Painter announced that a Trenton drug dealer was arrested yesterday on charges of causing the death of a customer by supplying the fentanyl-laced heroin that led to her fatal overdose late last year. Daquan Marshall, 28, of the Kingsbury Twin Towers Apartments, was …
Willingboro Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Causing Death of Teenage Customer
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 22-year-old Willingboro drug dealer accused of causing the death of a teenage Evesham girl who fatally overdosed in late 2017 on heroin that he delivered to her Marlton home pled guilty today in Superior Court. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Austin F. Cooper pled guilty …
Body of Second Missing Man Discovered in Smithville Park
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Eastampton Township Police Chief Joseph Iacovitti announced that the body of the second man who went missing from an Eastampton Township group home late last year has been found in Smithville Park. The body of Juan Garcia, 58, was discovered yesterday morning during an active search of the park. …
Mt. Laurel Woman Pleads Guilty in Crash that Killed Husband
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Mount Laurel woman has pled guilty to causing the death of her husband in late 2017 after the car she was driving left the roadway, struck a utility pole and overturned in a wooded area in Delran. Tameka Lawson, 38, entered a guilty plea Monday to one …
Mount Laurel Man Charged with Vehicular Homicide in Death of Son
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Gregory Rucker announced that a 27-year-old Mount Laurel man was charged today with causing the death of his 4-year-old son and injuring the boy’s twin brother during an automobile crash in Willingboro earlier this year. Ossie Thomas was charged with one count of Vehicular …
Delran Woman Sentenced for Accidentally Smothering Infant Son
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Delran woman who fatally smothered her infant son after consuming a large amount of alcohol was sentenced today to four years in New Jersey state prison. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Melissa Johnson, 39, pled guilty to Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Second Degree) …
Evesham Man Arrested for Possessing Child Pornography
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Evesham Township Police Chief Christopher Chew announced that a 61-year-old township man has been charged with possession of child pornography. Scott J. Lucas, of the first block of Sheffield Drive in the Marlton section of the township, was charged March 8 with one count of Endangering the Welfare of …
GoFundMe Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, is Accepted into Burlington County Drug Court
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that one of three defendants charged in the GoFundMe campaign that misled donors with a fictitious story pled guilty today in Superior Court and was accepted into the Burlington County vicinage’s drug court program. Johnny Bobbitt Jr., 36, of Philadelphia, entered the plea before the Hon. Christopher J. Garrenger …
Medford Man Charged with Exposing Himself to Kids, Possession of Child Pornography
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Medford Township Police Chief Richard J. Meder announced today that a 32-year-old township man has been charged with possession of child pornography and also with exposing himself on multiple occasions to children passing by his residence. Christopher J. Atkins, 32, of the first block of Friar Tuck Drive, was …
Willingboro Man Charged with Manufacturing, Possessing Child Pornography
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Gregory Rucker announced today that a 19-year-old township man has been charged with manufacturing and distributing child pornography. Nathanial T. Coles, 19, of Norwood Lane, was charged with Manufacturing Child Pornography, Possession of Child Pornography, Distribution of Child Pornography, Possession of Child Pornography with …