Press Releases
Trenton Drug Dealer Indicted for Causing 2018 Death of Customer Who Fatally Overdosed in Burlington Township
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Trenton drug dealer has been indicted 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 indicted by a Burlington County Grand Jury on …
Man Charged with Murders of Willingboro Grandmother and Grandson
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon announced that a 23-year-old Willingboro man has been charged with killing his ex-girlfriend’s grandmother and brother inside of their Eastbrook Lane home late Wednesday evening. Terrance J. Matthews, who also resided at the home, was charged with two counts of Murder (First Degree), …
Man Pleads Guilty to Being Impaired During Crash that Killed his Son
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 27-year-old Mount Laurel man pled guilty today in Superior Court to driving impaired when causing a crash in Willingboro earlier this year that killed his 4-year-old son and injured the boy’s twin brother. Ossie Thomas pled guilty to one count of Vehicular Homicide (Second Degree), one count …
Former Delran Emergency Squad Chief Sentenced on Charges of Insurance Fraud, Tampering with Public Records
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that the former chief of the Delran Emergency Squad was sentenced today to 30 days in the Burlington County Jail for falsifying patient care reports and then submitting the fabricated records to insurance providers as part of a scheme to collect money for services that were not billable. Don …
Woman Charged in 2018 Willingboro Fatal Hit-and-Run on Route 130
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon announced that a 35-year-old Willingboro Township woman was charged yesterday with causing the death of a man she struck while driving on Route 130 late last year. Nekeya Grady, of the first block of Meadowlark Lane, did not stop after the collision or …
Marlton Man Charged with Having Sex with Underage Girl in His Home
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Evesham Township Police Chief Christopher Chew announced that a Marlton man has been charged with having sex in his home with an underage girl he met through a messaging app. Charles E. Torrence, 49, of the 300 block of Summer Lane, was charged with Sexual Assault (Second Degree) and …
Willingboro Drug Dealer Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Causing Death of Teenage Marlton Customer
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 22-year-old Willingboro drug dealer who delivered heroin to the Marlton home of a teenage girl who fatally overdosed in late 2017 was sentenced in Superior Court today to eight years in New Jersey state prison. Under the No Early Release Act, Austin F. Cooper must serve 85 …
Pemberton Man Arrested for Stabbing Brother, Setting House Afire
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David Jantas announced that a Pemberton Township man has been charged with stabbing his brother in the home that they share after his brother tried to prevent him from setting the residence on fire following an argument. Thomas E. Pearson, 55, of the 400 block …
Mt. Laurel Woman Sentenced to 5 Years for Crash that Killed Husband
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Mount Laurel woman was sentenced today to five years in New Jersey state prison for 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, …
“Operation Helping Hand” Offers Substance Abuse Treatment Immediately Following Narcan Revival
A new initiative that offers assistance to substance abusers in the moments after they have been revived from an overdose has resulted in dozens of Burlington County residents being connected to addiction treatment services under a grant-funded program dubbed Operation Helping Hand, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced today. “Our Office has made it a …