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NJ Man Said Wife Was Just Napping But Prosecutors Claim It Was More Permanent
A 40-year-old man from South Jersey called police after killing his wife, but when they found her body at the scene, he said she was taking a nap, authorities said. Babu Natarajan is believed to have strangled Angammal Babu, 41, in their Medford Township home on Tuesday, March 21, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw alongside Medford Township Police Chief Arthur E. Waterman said. Natarajan called 911, and officers responding to reports of an unconscious and unresponsive woman found the woman's body on the bed in the upstairs master bedroom, authorities said. That's w…
Police & Fire
US Marshals Nab Philly Man In NJ Motel Strangling, Stabbing: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old Philadelphia man has been arrested for strangling and stabbing a woman inside a South Jersey motel, authorities said. Alexander Rivera, of the 6300 block of Cardiff Street in the Mayfair section of the city, was taken into custody without incident at his home on Friday Nov. 4 by the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force. An investigation began just before 11:30 a.m. on May 11, when officers from the Maple Shade Police Department were called to the Bel-Air Motor Lodge on Route 73 for a report of an unresponsive woman. Michelle L. Johnston…
Police & Fire
BF Of NJ Murder Victim Found Dead In PA: Police
The last person to see a New Jersey woman before she was beaten to death in her home was found dead in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Peter Lestician, 53 — a teacher at South Brunswick High School an area softball coach — had been a person of interest in the death of his girlfriend, Sheila Maguire, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. Lestician's body was found Friday, Sept. 2 in the front seat of a locked car near an abandoned barn near an ATV trail in Cooper Township in Clearfield County, by two men riding four-wheelers in the area, said Bradshaw alongside …
Police & Fire
Police ID Body Found In South Jersey, Cause Of Death Being Withheld
The death of a Florence woman whose body was found inside her home earlier this week has been ruled a homicide, authorities said. Police found Sheila Maguire, 54, late Monday afternoon after family members requested a wellness check at her residence in the 200 block of Birch Hollow Drive because they had been unable to reach her for a few days, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Florence Township Police Chief Brian Boldizar. An autopsy was performed Tuesday, Aug. 30 by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood. The exact cause of her death was being …
Police & Fire
Man Charged In South Jersey Standoff: Prosecutor
A 27-year-old man from Burlington Township has been charged with kidnapping and weapons offenses in connection with a standoff with police and SWAT teams, authorities said. No charges have been filed in connection with the earlier murder of a 34-year-old man from Highland Park, Middlesex County, at the same home in Beverly. An autopsy determined the victim had been bludgeoned to death, according to Burlington County Acting Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Beverly City Public Safety Director Rich Wolbert. The situation came to the attention of Beverly police at approximately 1:15 a.m.…
Police & Fire
Man Slain Inside Vehicle In South Jersey Shooting: Prosecutor
A 40-year-old man from Willingboro was shot and killed while sitting in a vehicle that was parked on a City of Burlington street, authorities said. City of Burlington police officers on overnight patrol heard gunfire just before 3 a.m. on Thursday, May 12 and responded to the 500 block of Linden Avenue to investigate, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and City of Burlington Police Chief John Fine. They found Dominick Santiago in the driver’s seat of an SUV suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Coffina and Fine said. Santiago was taken to Cooper University Hospital i…
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Murder
: Woman Found Dead In South Jersey Motel, Authorities Say
A woman was found dead in an apparent homicide at a South Jersey motel, authorities said. The unidentified victim's body was found inside a room at the Bel-Air Motor Lodge in Maple Shade, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. The investigation began just before 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 11, when police were called to the motel in the 2800 block of Route 73 for a report of an unresponsive female, Coffina said. An autopsy will be performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood to determine the cause and manner of death. No arrests have been made. No additional i…
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Musician Slain In 'Sickening' NJ Shooting That Left Roomie Critical Had Big Instagram Presence
Shock and sadness spread on Friday, April 15 following a double shooting that left a beloved 27-year-old musician dead. Maurice Kobassic —who went by Millah Mack as an artist — posted videos of himself partying to his Instagram story in the hours before he was shot and killed near the entrance of the Fox Meadow Apartment Complex off Route 73 in Maple Shade with a gunshot wound around 3:30 a.m. Kobassic was pronounced dead at the scene while his 26-year-old roommate was hospitalized in critical condition, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. An autopsy will be performed by Bur…
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Accused South Jersey Dealer Indicted For Selling Fatal Dose Of Fentanyl-Heroin: Prosecutor
A 39-year-old accused drug dealer from Willingboro has been indicted for the death of a man who overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin, authorities said. A grand jury indicted Antonio Hunte on charges of first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death and other drug possession and distribution charges, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. The fatal drug sale involved a 23-year-old customer in Mansfield Township three years ago, Coffina said. The indictment was returned on Tuesday, Feb. 1. An arraignment has been scheduled for March 1 in Superior Court in Mount Hol…
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South Jersey Woman Found Beaten To Death, Person Of Interest Nabbed In Philly: Prosecutor
A 38-year-old woman from Burlington County was found bludgeoned to death in her bed, authorities said. A "person of interest" has been arrested in Philadelphia in connection with thefts from the woman, but no homicide charges have been filed, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Melissa Malcolm, 38, was found dead after Mount Laurel police entered her home to conduct a wellness check at approximately 12:30 p.m. Wednesday because she did not show up for work, Coffina said. Coffina and Mount Laurel Township Police Chief Stephen Riedener said Thursday that Malcolm's d…
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Child Finds Man's Body Behind Mount Holly Store
UPDATE: Authorities have identified the body found in Mount Holly as a 31-year-old Brick Township man. ORIGINAL STORY: A man's body was found behind a convenience store in Mount Holly Tuesday afternoon. The body was found by a juvenile behind the Millerie's Market & Deli at the corner of Rancocas Road and King Street around 12:30 p.m., Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Holly Township Police Chief Richard Spitler said. He is described as a white male between the ages of 25 and 35, approximately 5 feet 6 inches in height with a very slender build. He was we…
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Prosecutor: NJ Drug Dealer Indicted In Woman's OD Death, Fentanyl In System Was 5X Lethal Dose
A Burlington County drug dealer was indicted on charges stemming from a woman's fatal overdose in 2019, authorities said. Antoine Crawley, 35, of Pemberton's Sunbury Village section, was charged by a grand jury in the death of 27-year-old Brittney Wallace, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. An autopsy found that the fentanyl level in Wallace's system was more than five times the lethal dose, authorities said. The indictment returned June 24 charges Crawley with strict liability for drug-induced death, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a controlled …
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Atlantic City Drug Dealer Sold Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To 37-Year-Old OD Victim, Prosecutor Says
An Atlantic City drug dealer was charged in a 2019 overdose death of a 37-year-old victim from Burlington County, authorities announced. Holly Morris met Kahlil Carpenter, 30, in Lumberton Township the day before her death to buy the drugs, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Officers on Dec. 14, 2019, found Morris dead in a bed inside her Inverness Circle home in Evesham Township, Coffina said. An autopsy performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood determined she died from fentanyl toxicity, with levels in her system…
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Willingboro High School Senior Gunned Down Outside His South Jersey Home
An 18-year-old high school student from Burlington County was fatally shot outside of his home late Thursday, authorities said. Yahsinn Robinson, who was a senior at Willingboro High School, was shot at about 11:30 p.m., according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon. Police from Willingboro Township were called to the first block of Barrington Lane. Robinson had been struck by gunfire multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene, Coffina and Lomon said. Authorities did not release any more details on …
Police & Fire
Drug Dealer Gets 8 Years For Burlington County College Student's Fentanyl-Heroin OD Death
A Burlington County man was sentenced to eight years in state prison for causing the death of a 21-year-old college student who overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin that she purchased from him, authorities said. Terrance D. Walker, 38, of the Browns Mills section of Pemberton, pleaded guilty last August to strict liability for the drug-induced death of Tessa McCullough. Walker must serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole, Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. The investigation began in May 2019, when McCullough overdosed in her Pemberton Township home. She w…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Suspect In Burlington Killing Commits Suicide
A suspect in the stabbing death a 61-year-old Burlington woman committed suicide late Thursday when detectives approached him outside a Travel Inn motel, authorities said. Kenneth Mackintosh, 51, was a transient handyman who occasionally did work for the victim in her Earl Street home, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and City of Burlington Police Chief John Fine said. Mackintosh fatally shot himself with a .38-caliber handgun outside the hotel on Route 38 in Lumberton, the prosecutor said. "We are grateful that none of the officers involved in the investigation was injured when …
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South Jersey Woman, 61, Stabbed To Death In Burlington Home
A 61-year-old woman was beaten and stabbed to death inside her South Jersey home, authorities said. The body of Carla Nesmith was found at about 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday by another resident who had retuned to the home in Burlington City, they said. Nesmith was pronounced dead at the home on the 400 block of Earl Street, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and City of Burlington Police Chief John Fine said. A preliminary investigation concluded that Nesmith had been bludgeoned and stabbed, Coffina and Fine said. An autopsy was planned on Thursday afternoon by Burlingto…
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