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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Eastampton Township Police Chief Joseph Iacovitti announced that the man whose body was found in Smithville Park on Saturday has been identified as one of the two men who went missing from a nearby Eastampton group home late last year. Joseph Brockington, 56, died from hypothermia, Burlington County Medical …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a death investigation was initiated this weekend after a man’s body was found early Saturday evening in Smithville Park in Eastampton Township. The body was found by a man who was hiking in a wooded area of the park. He notified the Eastampton Township Police Department after making …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mansfield Township Police Chief Ronald Mulhall announced that a Trenton drug dealer was charged Wednesday with causing the death of a customer by supplying the heroin that led to the Mansfield resident’s fatal overdose last summer. Darius Beckett, 29, of the 100 block of Academy Street, was charged with …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Eastampton Township Police Chief Joseph Iacovitti are seeking help from the public to locate two mentally handicapped men who walked away from an Eastampton group home late last year. Joseph Brockington, 56, and Juan Garcia, 58, left the group home on West Railroad Avenue on November 1, 2018 and …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Holly Police Chief Richard Spitler announced that a Rancocas Valley Regional High School Teacher was charged tonight with having sex late last year with a male student who attends the school. Alexandra Reiner, 30, of Eastampton, was charged with Sexual Assault (Second Degree) and Endangering the Welfare of …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 58-year-old Bordentown City man pled guilty today in Superior Court to having sexual contact with an underage male and possessing more than 1,000 images of child pornography. Alan J. Berman, of the 100 block of Lucas Drive, pled guilty to one count of Endangering the Welfare of …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Lumberton Township Police Chief Nicholas Peditto announced that a Lumberton Township man was arrested today and charged with possession of child pornography. Dino Fiabane, 73, of the 200 block of Woodside Drive, was charged with one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Third Degree). The case will …

  MOUNT HOLLY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Lawnside drug dealer was sentenced today to seven years in New Jersey state prison for causing the death of a customer to whom he sold heroin in 2017. Under terms of the sentence handed down by the Hon. Gerard H. Breland, J.S.C., Jimmy …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Lumberton Township man has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. John P. DeMerchant, 32, of the first block of Harrowgate Drive, was charged with two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Second Degree), including utilizing a file-sharing network to possess child pornography. …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced that a Pemberton Township drug dealer was charged with causing the death of a customer to whom he sold fentanyl-laced heroin in 2017. Bryant Taylor, 39, whose last official address was the first block of Scrapetown Road, was charged with one …