Posts in category

Press Releases


Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that the former chief of the Delran Emergency Squad was arrested today on Insurance Fraud and related charges for working without an active Emergency Medical Technician certification and altering records to allow the agency to bill for their services. Donald Horner, 66, of the 2400 block of Beverly Road, …

In accordance with the Supplemental Law Enforcement Directive Amending Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2006-5 entitled Uniform Statewide Procedures and Best Practices for Conducting Police-Use-of-Force Investigations (effective July 28, 2015), the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office is releasing the following statement regarding a police-involved shooting incident that occurred in the City of Camden on January …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced that a 59-year-old man was charged today with causing a house fire that resulted in the deaths of his elderly mother and her companion earlier this week in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township. Kurt Smith, who lived at the …

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 was sentenced today to 15 years in New Jersey state prison for causing her death. Jacob T. Garrett, 25, who pled guilty in …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced that two people died last night in a fire that destroyed a house in the 500 block of Willow Boulevard in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze at approximately 8:45 p.m. Multiple fire departments …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Beverly City Public Safety Director Rich Wolbert announced that four people were arrested earlier this month in connection with drug activity following the execution of a search warrant at a home in the 200 block of Broad Street in Beverly City. During the investigation that preceded the search, it …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and City of Burlington Police Chief Alan Snow announced that a man was arrested yesterday for fatally shooting a fellow Burlington City resident early Saturday morning near the intersection of Barclay and York Streets. Thomas A. Thompson Jr., 39, was charged with Murder, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, and Possession …

BURLINGTON CITY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and City of Burlington Police Chief Alan Snow announced that a 37-year-old city man was fatally shot early this morning while riding in a car near the intersection of Barclay and York Streets. Hubert Moore Jr., of York Street, was pronounced dead at Lourdes Medical Center of …

MOUNT HOLLY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that two people were indicted today for the fatal shooting of a man earlier this year inside of an apartment in the 100 block of Elm Street in Edgewater Park. Shane Davis, 20, and Jada Coley, 20, were each indicted on one count of Murder (First …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that the driver of a stolen vehicle that crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer last year on Route 130 south in Cinnaminson has pled guilty to causing the death of his 15-year-old passenger. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Isaiah Buchanan, 18, of Cinnaminson, pled guilty yesterday …