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Shooting Victim, 26, Drives Short Distance, Crashes Before Dying In South Jersey: Prosecutor Shooting Victim, 26, Drives Short Distance, Crashes Before Dying In South Jersey: Prosecutor
Shooting Victim, 26, Drives Short Distance, Crashes Before Dying In South Jersey: Prosecutor A 26-year-old Willingboro man who was shot at an apartment complex then got behind the wheel of a car, which he crashed, and died 30 minutes later, authorities said. Christian Kurtz was found having suffered a gunshot wound in a vehicle around 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, when police were called to the scene of a car crash at  the intersection of Hedding-Jacksonville Road and Welsford Way, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Eastampton Township Police Chief Joseph Iacovitti said. An investigation found he'd been shot at the Eastampton Gardens apartment complex…

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by Cecilia Levine
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South Jersey Man Admits 3 Killings, Faces 60 Years State Prison: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Admits 3 Killings, Faces 60 Years State Prison: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Admits 3 Killings, Faces 60 Years State Prison: Prosecutor A Burlington County man admitted to killing three people in 2019, authorities said. Terrance J. Matthews, 26, of Willingboro pleaded guilty on Tuesday, June 7 to the murders in two separate incidents, according to Burlington County Acting Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw. The murder victims included Matthews' ex-girlfriend’s grandmother and brother and a.man sitting inside a parked car on a residential street, Bradshaw said. Under a plea agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Matthews will be sentenced to 60 years in New Jersey state prison for each homicide, to run concurrently. …

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by Jon Craig
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Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor
Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor A 49-year-old man from Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for human trafficking and failing to register as a sex offender, authorities said. Michael Tedesco, of Reading, admitted transporting women to motels in South Jersey to engage in paid sexual encounters that he arranged and then keeping a portion of what they earned for himself, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Tedesco pleaded guilty in December to first-degree human trafficking as well as third-degree failure to register as a sex offender for an unrelated offense, Coffina sa…

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by Jon Craig
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Burlington County Parolee Charged With Possession, Sharing Child Porn: Prosecutor Burlington County Parolee Charged With Possession, Sharing Child Porn: Prosecutor
Burlington County Parolee Charged With Possession, Sharing Child Porn: Prosecutor A 35-year-old parolee from Burlington County has been charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material, authorities said. Myles T. Doyle, of the first block of Fieldcrest Drive in Westampton Township, was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Westampton Township Police Chief Stephen Ent. Doyle had been under parole supervision for life due to an unrelated conviction last year arising from the Prosecutors Office’s Operation Safe Quarantine initiative. In that case, he received a su…

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by Jon Craig
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KNOW ANYTHING? Authorities Seek Suspects In Pair Of Burlington County Shootings KNOW ANYTHING? Authorities Seek Suspects In Pair Of Burlington County Shootings
Know Anything? Authorities Seek Suspects In Pair Of Burlington County Shootings Authorities in Burlington County are seeking the public's help locating suspects in connection with a pair of Thursday morning shootings. No arrests have been made. A man was shot multiple times after answering a knock at his door on Spindletop Lane in Willingboro at 1:30 a.m., Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said in a statement with Williingboro Director of Public Safety Kinamo Lomon.  He was flown to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, where he was listed in critical but stable condition, they said. An hour later, multiple shots were fired into a home on the…

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by Jon Craig