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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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Woman, 85, Killed In 2-Car Crash In South Jersey: Police Woman, 85, Killed In 2-Car Crash In South Jersey: Police
Woman, 85, Killed In 2-Car Crash In South Jersey: Police HOLD for Chief's callback An 85-year-old woman from South Jersey was killed in a two-car crash on Wednesday, May 1 in Mount Holly, authorities said. Vera Stockton of Southampton was pulling out of a parking lot near CVS on Route 541 when another vehicle collided with her vehicle, Mount Holly Police Chief Richard W. Spitler said. Stockton was trapped when Mount Holly police arrived at the scene at 9:23 a.m., the chief said. Westampton firefighters extricated Stockton from the car before she was airlifted to Cooper Hospital where she was pronounced dead, he said. The other driver was not h…

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by Jon Craig
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US Marshals Arrest 5th Suspect In Fatal Double Shooting In Burlington County US Marshals Arrest 5th Suspect In Fatal Double Shooting In Burlington County
US Marshals Arrest 5th Suspect In Fatal Double Shooting In Burlington County U.S. Marshals have arrested a fifth suspect in connection with the fatal double shooting of a father and his 17-year-old son last fall, authorities said. The father was wounded and the son was killed in a Walmart parking lot, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington Township Public Safety Director Bruce Painter. Tarik Jenkins, 25, of College Drive in Pemberton Township, was charged with first-degree felony murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, hindering, obstruction and several weapons offenses, Coffina and Painter said. Jenkins was taken into custod…

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by Jon Craig
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Teen Killed, Dad Hurt In Burlington Walmart Shooting Teen Killed, Dad Hurt In Burlington Walmart Shooting
Teen Killed, Dad Hurt In Burlington Walmart Shooting A 17-year-old boy died and his dad was injured after being shot in a Burlington Township Walmart parking lot Thursday, authorities said. Dione Williams Sr., 44 and his son, Albert, of Hammonton, were struck by gunfire around 10:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the Route 541 store, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington Township Acting Public Safety Director James Sullivan said. They were taken by ambulance to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where Albert was pronounced dead. Dione Williams Sr. was treated and released DEVELOPING: Two shot in this Walmart parking lo…

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by Cecilia Levine