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Predator Sting: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says
A Pennsylvania man who arranged what he thought was sex with a pre-teen in a New Jersey hotel was instead seized by federal agents when he showed up, authorities said Wednesday.
Louis Goldenberg, 41 of Philadelphia, "began interacting on a messaging application with an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent, who was posing as a middle-aged woman with a 12-year-old niece" last month, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said on Sept. 20.
Goldenberg messaged the purported aunt, "continuously expressing interest in having sexual contact," the U.S. att…
10,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized During South Jersey Arrest: Prosecutor
A joint investigation by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force, United States Homeland Security Investigations – Cherry Hill Office, and the Mount Laurel Police Department culminated in the seizure on Monday, Dec. 19 of 10,000 fentanyl pills – worth $40,000 on the street – and the arrest of a 33-year-old Florida man.
Shane Smith, of Daytona Beach, was charged with two counts of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.
He was being held in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly pending …
Mercy Killing? South Jersey Man May Have Killed Wife To End Suffering, Prosecutor Says
An 84-year-old South Jersey man who said his wife was suffering and "in poor health" stabbed her to death, authorities said.
Dan Mook, who is accused of fatally stabbing his 82-year-old wife, turned the knife on himself afterward, but survived, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Police Chief Stephen Riedener.
Authorities are calling it a possible "mercy killing."
Mook, 84, of Mount Laurel, was charged with murder and weapons offenses, Coffina and Riedener said.
He was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden after the incident, and remains t…
Repeat Jersey Shore Offender Admits Child Porn Possession: Feds
A 34-year-old repeat offender from the Jersey Shore has admitted to possessing thousands of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse, authorities said.
Andrew Ramey, 34, of Brick, pleaded guilty on Tuesday by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti to a possession of child pornography charge, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, between March 13, 2020, and June 8, 2020, Ramey allegedly downloaded and shared material containing images of child sexual abuse,…
Toms River Man Admits Robbing Local Bank
A Toms River man admitted robbing a local bank in 2019, authorities said Wednesday.
Patrick Callahan, 47, passed a note to the teller at the Chase Bank on Route 37 around 3:30 p.m. Dec. 31, 2019, saying he had a gun and then left with $1,000, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.
Callahan was arrested without incident on Jan. 2, 2021, by officers of the Mount Laurel Police Department in Burlington County.
He pleaded guilty to robbery before Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.
The State will be seeking a term of seven years New Jersey State…
Authorities: Trio Charged In Hotel Room Burglary, Suffocation Of South Jersey Man, 31
Two South Jersey men have been arrested in last month's killing of a Camden man who was lured into a hotel room to be robbed, authorities said. The victim's stolen debit card was used to buy pizza and items from Amazon, police said.
Jawaad Ali, 28, of Lindenwold, and Anthony Sermond-Guyton, 29, of Clayton, were charged with murder, kidnapping, burglary and credit card theft, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Police Chief Stephen Riedener said in a statement.
Ali also was charged with desecration of human remains and Sermond-Guyton was charged with identity theft an…
