MOUNT HOLLY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Pemberton Township man was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in New Jersey state prison for fatally shooting his former employer in the victim’s Tabernacle Township home during the summer of 2016. David M. Stead, 44, of the 800 block of Pemberton-Browns Mills Road, must …

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Tabernacle man was sentenced to 30 years in New Jersey state prison for strangling a Lumberton Township woman inside her home in the summer of 2016. Under the sentence handed down by the Hon. Terrence R. Cook, Pr.J.Cr., William Gennett, 55, must serve …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced today that the drug treatment program that allows people to walk off the street and into a police station to seek help with addiction will expand to Pemberton Township later this month. The Straight … to Treatment program is scheduled to start on September 25, and will operate every …

 MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a former U.S. Air Force military police officer was sentenced in Superior Court today to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for causing an automobile accident in Bordentown Township in late 2015 that killed two people, including her estranged husband. Under the sentence …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David H. Jantas announced that a Pemberton Township man has been charged with fatally shooting a man in the Sunbury Village section of the township early last year. Douglas Lewis, 23, of Fort Dix Road, was charged with Murder (First Degree), Possession of a Weapon …

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Lumberton man was convicted today of killing an acquaintance in late 2016 and burying his body in the back yard of the home he shared with his father and brother. The jury found Christopher Costello, 29, guilty of Aggravated Manslaughter (First Degree) in …

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced today that the public is invited to attend a forum later this month to discuss the opioid crisis that is creating devastation in New Jersey and across our nation. The event will feature recovery stories from those who battled the stranglehold of opioids and emerged victorious. The public will …

MOUNT HOLLY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a man whose girlfriend died after the car he was driving plunged into the Delaware River in Burlington City earlier this year admitted today in Superior Court to causing her death. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Jacob T. Garrett, 25, pled guilty to …

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Willingboro woman was sentenced today to 24 years in New Jersey state prison for fatally beating her husband with a fire extinguisher inside their township residence early last year. Under the state’s No Early Release Act, Laciana Tinsley, 44, must serve 85 percent …

MOUNT HOLLY – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Medford Township pastor was sentenced today to 18 years in New Jersey state prison for sexually assaulting four juveniles and having inappropriate interaction with a fifth one over a multi-year period ending in 2015. The sentence handed down by the Hon. Jeanne T. Covert, …