Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Lumberton woman whose young son died earlier this year after she became impaired and passed out on top of him was sentenced today to four years in New Jersey state prison. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Philip E. Haines, J.S.C., to Antoinette King, 34, …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced today that a Georgia man who convinced a New Jersey couple to send him $86,000 to buy a recreational vehicle that he never delivered has been extradited to stand charges in Superior Court. George M. Landry III, 67, of the first block of Tregoney Drive in Decatur, was charged …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that an Elizabeth man was sentenced today to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for driving impaired and causing the death of his daughter during a crash on Interstate 295 in Mount Laurel late last year. The sentence was handed down in Superior Court by the Hon. Gerard …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Maple Shade Police Chief Christopher Fletcher announced that a Camden drug dealer has been arrested on charges of causing the death of a customer to whom he sold fentanyl-laced cocaine earlier this year. Marquese Smith, 22, of the 2400 block of Baird Boulevard, was charged with one count of …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced that a drug dealer from the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township has been charged with causing the death of a customer by supplying the fentanyl-laced heroin that led to her fatal overdose earlier this year. Terrance D. Walker, 37, of …

PALMYRA BOROUGH – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Palmyra Borough Police Chief Scott Pearlman announced today that a 19-year-old Willingboro man was fatally shot last night at a house party. Police were called to the 500 block of West 5th Street at approximately 11:15 p.m. and discovered that the victim, Jonte Rice, had been …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 24-year-old Massachusetts man was sentenced today to five years in New Jersey state prison for attempting to transport a significant amount of fentanyl through the Garden State early last year. Walkyns Valentin-Cruz, of Lawrence, Mass., was sentenced to five years in New Jersey state prison after pleading …

  MAPLE SHADE – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Maple Shade Township Police Chief Christopher Fletcher announced that a 64-year-old township man has been charged with shooting a neighbor’s dog with an air rifle last week. William D. Stroemel, of the first block of Fifth Avenue, was charged with Unlawful Possession of a Weapon …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced that two people have been charged with shooting at the patrol vehicle of a Pemberton Township police officer five years ago in the Sunbury Village section of Pemberton Township. Tayron Brown, 23, who is presently incarcerated in New Jersey state prison …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon announced today that two men have been charged with murder for fatally shooting a 26-year-old Willingboro woman last week inside a parked car on Baldwin Lane in the Buckingham Park section of the township. Sam T. Gore, 25, of the first block …