Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Delanco Township Police Chief Jesse DeSanto announced that the volunteer chief of the Delanco Fire Department has been charged with touching the breasts of a woman from another local emergency services agency who had come to the fire house for work purposes. Todd R. Johnsen, 45, of Center Avenue, …

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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 19-year-old Pemberton Township resident has been indicted for trying to fatally stab a man at a Westampton hotel earlier this year. A grand jury indicted Michael Warder, of Salvia Street, on one count of Attempted Murder (First Degree), Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon (Third Degree), Possession …

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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 51-year-old man has been indicted for fatally beating his roommate earlier this year at the care facility where they resided in Maple Shade. Dave Lake was indicted on one count of Murder (First Degree). The indictment was returned October 22 and signed by Prosecutor Coffina. An arraignment …

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  Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington Township Public Safety Director James Sullivan announced that four Willingboro residents have been charged 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 earlier this month. Those charged include: …

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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Pemberton Township drug dealer was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in New Jersey state prison for causing the death of a customer who bought fentanyl-laced heroin from him in 2017. The sentence was handed down to Bryant Taylor, 42, by the Hon. Gerard H. Breland, J.S.C. Taylor …

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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King announced that an 18-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old male and wounding a 17-year-old female last week in the 100 block of Snow Avenue in Browns Mills. Kai Johnson, of Kinsley Road in Pemberton, was charged with Murder (First Degree), …

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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington Township Acting Public Safety Director James Sullivan announced that a 17-year-old male was fatally shot last night in the parking lot of the Walmart on Route 541 in Burlington Township. The victim’s father was also struck by gunfire. The preliminary investigation indicated this was not a random shooting. …

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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 24-year-old Camden drug dealer has been sentenced to eight years in New Jersey state prison for causing the death of a customer to whom he sold fentanyl-laced cocaine during the summer of 2019. Marquese Smith will not become eligible for parole until 85 percent of the term …

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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced today that the Mount Laurel man arrested in July for bias intimidation of his neighbors and other crimes has been charged with leaving a threatening note on one of his victim’s cars earlier this year, and also vandalizing the victim’s vehicle. Edward Mathews, 45, of Gramercy Way, was charged …

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Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 33-year-old Willingboro man has been indicted on charges of fatally shooting two men who were inside a vehicle in the parking lot of a Woodlane Road apartment complex earlier this year in Edgewater Park Township. A grand jury indicted Andre Price with two counts of Murder (First …

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