MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Lumberton man was convicted today of killing an acquaintance in late 2016 and burying his body in the back yard of the home he shared with his father and brother. The jury found Christopher Costello, 29, guilty of Aggravated Manslaughter (First Degree) in …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced today that the public is invited to attend a forum later this month to discuss the opioid crisis that is creating devastation in New Jersey and across our nation. The event will feature recovery stories from those who battled the stranglehold of opioids and emerged victorious. The public will …

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 admitted today in Superior Court to causing her death. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Jacob T. Garrett, 25, pled guilty to …

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Willingboro woman was sentenced today to 24 years in New Jersey state prison for fatally beating her husband with a fire extinguisher inside their township residence early last year. Under the state’s No Early Release Act, Laciana Tinsley, 44, must serve 85 percent …

MOUNT HOLLY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Medford Township pastor was sentenced today to 18 years in New Jersey state prison for sexually assaulting four juveniles and having inappropriate interaction with a fifth one over a multi-year period ending in 2015. The sentence handed down by the Hon. Jeanne T. Covert, …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick J. Callahan announced today that the parents of a four-month-old boy who suffocated in February at the motel where the family was living have been charged with Murder in connection with his death. William Herring, 42 and Brianna Brochhausen, 22, whose residence at …

MOUNT HOLLY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Cherry Hill man was indicted today for abandoning a person who was experiencing a heroin overdose in Evesham last year. A Burlington County Grand Jury found that Peter Baron Jr., 35, “did recklessly engage in conduct which created a substantial risk or death to …