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South Jersey Man Sentenced To 90 Years In Prison For Baseball Bat Killing, Prosecutors Say South Jersey Man Sentenced To 90 Years In Prison For Baseball Bat Killing, Prosecutors Say
South Jersey Man Sentenced To 90 Years In Prison For Baseball Bat Killing, Prosecutors Say A man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after beating a Highland Park man to death with a baseball bat in Burlington County, authorities said. Larry Brown, 29, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 20 to 90 years in prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said in a news release. A jury found him guilty in March of a dozen charges including first-degree murder. Brown was convicted of killing 34-year-old Cecilio Luciano inside a home on Bentley Avenue in Beverly City. Officers responded to the house at around 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 20…

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by Chris Spiker
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South Jersey Man In Police Standoff Charged With Killing Another Man With Baseball Bat South Jersey Man In Police Standoff Charged With Killing Another Man With Baseball Bat
South Jersey Man In Police Standoff Charged With Killing Another Man With Baseball Bat The man who barricaded himself inside a Beverly City residence last week has been charged with killing a man in the home prior to the ensuing standoff with law enforcement, authorities said. Larry Brown, 27, was charged Tuesday, June 21 with murder and weapons offenses, according to Burlington County Acting Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Beverly City Public Safety Director Rich Wolbert. Brown was served with the warrant at the Prosecutor’s Office. He has been held in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly on charges stemming from the June 14 incident at the Bentley Avenue residen…

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by Jon Craig
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Fatal Shooting Suspect Surrenders In SWAT Standoff, School Locked Down Fatal Shooting Suspect Surrenders In SWAT Standoff, School Locked Down
Fatal Shooting Suspect Surrenders In SWAT Standoff, School Locked Down A man was shot dead during a police standoff in Burlington County, authorities said. Acting Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Beverly City Public Safety Director Rich Wolbert announced that the shooting took place Tuesday, June 14 inside a Beverly City residence. A suspect is in custody.  The shooting, which was reported to police at approximately 1:15 a.m., precipitated a standoff with law enforcement officers that lasted several hours.  A woman and four children were released unharmed.  After negotiations with a SWAT team, the suspect surrendered just after 8:30 a.m., th…

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by Jon Craig
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Gunman, Getaway Driver Charged In Deadly South Jersey Shooting: Prosecutor Gunman, Getaway Driver Charged In Deadly South Jersey Shooting: Prosecutor
Gunman, Getaway Driver Charged In Deadly South Jersey Shooting: Prosecutor Two people have been charged in connection with a shooting that left a 19-year-old man dead in the parking lot of a Willingboro shopping center earlier this month, authorities announced. The victim, Adam Janson, 19, had gotten into a car with Knowah Crowderparham, 21, and Alexa Hess, 19 — who was driving — when an argument broke out in the car the evening of Feb. 10, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Crowderparham, of Beverly City, shot Janson as he tried getting out of the car at Kennedy Plaza on JFK Way around 7:30 p.m., Coffina said alongside local police. Janson…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ City Firefighter, Wife Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen NJ City Firefighter, Wife Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen
NJ City Firefighter, Wife Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen A New Jersey volunteer firefighter and his wife have been charged with the sexual assault of a teen, authorities said. Luis Morales-Sarmiento, 33, and Katherine Morales-Sarmiento, 22, are accused of sexually assaulting the teen at their home on the 500 block of Wheatley Avenue in Beverly City, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said in a joint release with other county officials. The alleged assault occurred after Luis, a volunteer firefighter in Beverly City, invited the victim to his home and to the couple’s bedroom, Coffina said. Luis was acquainted with the victim prior to…

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by Valerie Musson
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$5K Reward For Info On South Jersey Homicide $5K Reward For Info On South Jersey Homicide
$5K Reward For Info On South Jersey Homicide A $5,000 reward has been offered to gain the public’s help in solving the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old man in Beverly City two months ago, authorities said. The homicide was committed outside of the Delacove Homes public housing project shortly after 10 p.m. on Oct. 23, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said.  City resident Octavius Williams was shot in the chest, and pronounced dead an hour later after being transported to Virtua Willingboro Hospital, Coffina said. “There was a lot of activity in the area when Mr. Williams was shot, so I am quite certain there were w…

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by Jon Craig