Man Slain in Parking Lot of Maple Shade Apartment Complex
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Maple Shade Police Chief Christopher J. Fletcher announced that a 32-year-old resident of the Fox Meadow apartments in Maple Shade was fatally shot last night in the parking lot of the complex. The investigation began after officers from the Maple Shade Police Department were called to the apartment complex …
Westampton Man Charged with Possession, Distribution of Child Pornography
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Westampton Township Police Chief Stephen Ent announced that a 35-year-old Westampton Township man has been charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material. Myles T. Doyle, of the first block of Fieldcrest Drive, was charged with three counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child (two Second Degree …
Westampton Man Indicted for Attacking Elderly Neighbors, Stealing Car
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 44-year-old Westampton Township man has been indicted for breaking into the home of his elderly next-door neighbors last summer, attacking them in their bedroom and then driving off in their vehicle. A grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Rhys R. Lershe with Attempted Murder (First Degree), …
Fifth Person Arrested in 2021 Burlington Township Fatal Double Shooting
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington Township Public Safety Director Bruce Painter announced that a fifth person has been apprehended in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old male and the wounding of his father in the Walmart parking lot on Route 541 in Burlington Township in October 2021. Tarik Jenkins, 25, of …
Mount Holly Motorist Charged in Death of Pedestrian
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Holly Township Police Chief Richard Spitler announced that a 41-year-old Mount Holly resident has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failing to seek medical treatment for an injured person after fatally striking a woman with his pickup truck in October 2020. Angel Carrion, …
Six Members of Pemberton Street Gang Charged with Racketeering; Also accused, with others, of orchestrating PPP loan scam
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King announced that six members of a Sunbury Village-based street gang have been charged with operating a criminal enterprise that is accused of carrying out multiple shootings – including two homicides – along with committing burglary, intimidating witnesses, possessing numerous firearms and fraudulently obtaining …
Statement from Prosecutor Coffina concerning the discovery of swastikas and related hate speech in Marlton Middle School
Today, the second incident of anti-Semitic vandalism in the past three weeks was reported, this time with a swastika and “Hitler was right” written on a bathroom wall on consecutive days at Marlton Middle School. The Evesham Township Police Department is investigating and the perpetrator, when identified, will face consequences for this vile act of …
Man Receives 13 Years for Robbing Maple Shade Vet, Supermarket Hours Apart
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a man who was convicted at trial of robbing a Maple Shade veterinary office with a butcher’s knife and then entering a supermarket and grabbing nearly $500 from a cash register has been sentenced to 13 years in New Jersey state prison. Craig Greene, 49, of the first …
Former Bordentown Physician Indicted for Narcotics Distribution and Fraud
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a former physician has been indicted on 21 counts of narcotics distribution and fraud charges for illegally prescribing thousands of highly-addictive opioid pills out of his Bordentown Township practice while simultaneously engaging in an unlawful medical billing scheme over a three-year period. Morris “Moishe” Starkman, 62, of Yellowstone …
Trenton Drug Dealer Charged in Death of Eastampton Customer
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Eastampton Township Police Chief Joseph Iacovitti announced that a 35-year-old Trenton drug dealer has been charged with causing the death of an Eastampton man who fatally overdosed on fentanyl last year at his residence. Robert Rentas, of the 100 block of Calhoun Street in Trenton, was charged …