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Man Kills Cellmate In Burlington County Jail: Prosecutor Man Kills Cellmate In Burlington County Jail: Prosecutor
Man Kills Cellmate In Burlington County Jail: Prosecutor A Burlington Township man has been charged with killing his cellmate inside the Burlington County Jail, authorities said. Rondale Holloman, 37, killed Kenneth Bulle, 74, of Mount Holly, in the early morning hours of Nov. 14, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced. Corrections officers discovered that Holloman had attacked Bulle, who was pronounced dead at the facility, Bradshaw said. An autopsy determined that Bulle died from manual strangulation, according to Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood. Holloman, who has been jailed since September on second-degree …

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Corrections Officer Arrested On Child Porn Charges: Prosecutor NJ Corrections Officer Arrested On Child Porn Charges: Prosecutor
NJ Corrections Officer Arrested On Child Porn Charges: Prosecutor A New Jersey corrections officer has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said. Austin Metivier, 34, of Mount Holly, was taken into custody at the Burlington County Jail, where he works, and lodged at the Camden County Jail,  Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Pemberton Township Police Chief Jonathan Glass said. The investigation began last month after Pemberton Township police were informed that a hard drive belonging to Metivier contained child sex abuse material. A forensic examination of the hard drive later revealed that it contained multip…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trio Pleads Guilty To Killing Teen During South Jersey Drug Deal, Prosecutors Say Trio Pleads Guilty To Killing Teen During South Jersey Drug Deal, Prosecutors Say
Trio Pleads Guilty To Killing Teen During South Jersey Drug Deal, Prosecutors Say Three men admitted to shooting a teen to death during a drug deal in Burlington Township more than three years ago, authorities said. Jayviyohn Earley of Willingboro, Tarik Jenkins of Pemberton Township, and Kayhree Simmons of Willingboro pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Oct. 29 to aggravated manslaughter, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said in a news release.  Investigators said the men went to the Walmart parking lot on Route 541 for a drug deal on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. The three confessed to firing guns, killing 17-year-old Albert Williams of Hammo…

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by Chris Spiker
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Man Sentenced To 90 Years For 2020 Killing, Robbery At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutors Man Sentenced To 90 Years For 2020 Killing, Robbery At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutors
Man Sentenced To 90 Years For 2020 Killing, Robbery At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutors A Lindenwold man will spend up to nine decades in prison after helping lure another man into a Mount Laurel hotel room and killing him, authorities said. Jawaad Ali, 33, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 27 to 90 years in state prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said in a news release. He was convicted of murder in the killing of 31-year-old Samer Alhalayqa of Camden on Friday, May 8, 2020. Investigators said Ali, Anthony Sermond-Guyton of Clayton, and Asia Boone of Camden lured Alhalayqa to the Fairfield Inn on Century Parkway to rob him.&n…

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by Chris Spiker
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Willingboro Man With 1,000 Child Porn Files Released From Jail After One Day: Prosecutor Willingboro Man With 1,000 Child Porn Files Released From Jail After One Day: Prosecutor
Willingboro Man With 1,000 Child Porn Files Released From Jail After One Day: Prosecutor A Burlington County man has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said. Arthur Pitt, 55, of Willingboro, became the center of an investigation after the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit received a tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children concerning Pitt’s online activities, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said.  The investigation revealed that Pitt had more than 1,000 child sex abuse images and videos, and utilized an online cloud storage application to store the material. He was arrested Tuesday, July 16 at home in Willingboro and …

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by Cecilia Levine
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South Jersey Man Found Guilty Of Suffocating Robbery Victim In Hotel Room: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Found Guilty Of Suffocating Robbery Victim In Hotel Room: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Found Guilty Of Suffocating Robbery Victim In Hotel Room: Prosecutor A 32-year-old man from Lindenwold was found guilty of suffocating a Camden man in a Mount Laurel motel room after luring him there to be robbed in 2020, authorities said. The jury deliberated for two hours on Wednesday, June 26 before returning multiple guilty verdicts against Jawaad Ali in Superior Court in Mount Holly, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. Ali, who represented himself at trial, was convicted on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, second-degree conspiracy to commit robbery, second-degree desecration of human remains, wrongf…

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by Jon Craig
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Special Education Teacher Sexually Touched 14 Students In South Jersey: Prosecutor Special Education Teacher Sexually Touched 14 Students In South Jersey: Prosecutor
Special Education Teacher Sexually Touched 14 Students In South Jersey: Prosecutor A special education teacher who was charged last year with sexually touching seven children has been charged with touching an additional seven students, authorities said. Vincent Root, 59, of Philadelphia, a teacher at Chatsworth Elementary School, has been charged with 14 counts of sexual assault and 14 counts of child endangerment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw The investigation began in September 2023 after a student accused Root of touching him inappropriately during previous school years, the prosecutor said. The investigation revealed that the victi…

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by Jon Craig