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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Westampton Township Police Chief Stephen Ent announced that two members of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program at a New York high school have been charged with multiple counts of assault and other offenses stemming from hazing incidents that occurred in a Westampton Township hotel during an overnight …

  Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that the second of three defendants charged in the fictitious GoFundMe campaign that misled donors into contributing more than $402,000 to a fabricated cause pled guilty today in Superior Court. Under the terms of an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Katelyn McClure of Bordentown, 29, will serve a …

  Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that one of three defendants charged in the GoFundMe campaign that misled donors with a fictitious story received a sentence today that will allow him to avoid incarceration if he successfully completes a New Jersey Superior Court-sponsored drug treatment program. Under the terms of the sentence, Johnny Bobbitt …

 Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Moorestown Township Police Chief Lee R. Lieber announced that a 36-year-old Moorestown man has been arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. Jonathan K. Ninsin, of the 100 block of Kings Highway, was charged with two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Second Degree, Third …

 Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Medford Township Police Chief Richard J. Meder announced that a 23-year-old Atco resident has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography and weapons offenses. Alex T. DeFrancisco, 23, of the 200 block of White Horse Pike, was charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Third Degree), …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …