Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Mansfield Township Police Chief Eric Campbell announced that a 6-year-old boy drowned yesterday while at Liberty Lakes Day Camp on Florence Columbus Road in Mansfield Township. The boy was found unresponsive in a swimming pool just before 2 p.m. and was pulled out by a lifeguard. Life-saving measures …

  Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced that a 24-year-old Bensalem, Pa., man was sentenced today to 30 years in state prison for fatally shooting a teenager at a Willingboro gas station during the summer of 2021. Tamir Phillips must serve all 30 years before becoming eligible for parole, according to the sentence handed …

Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced that a special education teacher at Chatsworth Elementary School, who was charged last year with sexually touching seven children while they were enrolled there, has been indicted on those offenses and charged with touching an additional seven students. A Burlington County grand jury returned a 28-count indictment against …

Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Willingboro Township Acting Public Safety Director Captain Ian Bucs announced that a 45-year-old Willingboro man was fatally shot last night outside a Willingboro establishment. The shooting occurred around 9:15 p.m. at the Diamond Dogz social club, which is located in the first block of John F. Kennedy Way. …

  Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Moorestown Township Public Safety Director Patrick J. Reilly Jr. announced that a 73-year-old Moorestown man was charged yesterday with killing his wife in their East Camden Avenue apartment. Gerard Slavin was charged with Murder (First Degree) and Aggravated Assault – Strangulation (Second Degree). He was lodged in …

Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Willingboro Director of Public Safety Captain Ian Bucs announced that criminal charges have been upgraded against a 35-year-old man who was arrested last week after striking a woman in the head with a baseball bat in the home they share in the Rittenhouse Park section of Willingboro Township. …

Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced that a 21-year-old Pemberton Township man was sentenced today to 28 years in state prison for fatally shooting a 17-year-old male and wounding a 17-year-old female in Browns Mills in October 2021. The sentence was the result of a plea agreement between the Prosecutor’s Office and Kai Johnson, …

Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced that a 29-year-old man has been convicted of murder in the fatal beating of a man inside a Beverly City residence two years ago. Larry Brown was also found guilty on additional charges related to barricading himself inside the home with a woman and four children following the …

Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced that a 27-year-old Mount Laurel woman has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison for fatally stabbing her mother four-and-a-half years ago in the residence they shared at the Ramblewood Village apartment complex. Marisa Rivera must serve the entire term before becoming eligible for parole under a …

Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced that a 50-year-old Riverton Borough man has been sentenced to 21 years in state prison for the sexual assault of juveniles. Ian Forrester pled guilty in August 2023 to Aggravated Sexual Assault (First Degree) and Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Second Degree). The sentence was handed down …