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Burlco 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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Man Robbed Two 7-Eleven Stores In Evesham On Same Day, Police Say
A Mercer County man was accused of robbing two 7-Eleven convenience stores in the same township, authorities said. Bobbyjean Orak, 29, of Hamilton Township, was charged with second-degree robbery and criminal attempted robbery, and two counts of fourth-degree theft. The Evesham Township Police Department announced his arrest in a news release on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Officers responded to a robbery report at the 7-Eleven on East Main Street on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The suspect had already left by the time police arrived. While investigating the first case, officers were called to another r…
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Central Jersey Man Sextorted Boy He Met In Online Gaming Chatroom: Prosecutors
A Somerset man was accused of trying to get a boy to send him nude pictures and videos in a sextortion scheme, authorities said. Sebastian Romero, 27, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 2, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said in a news release. The investigation started after the boy's family contacted the Cinnaminson Township Police Department in July. Investigators said Romero met the boy online through an online gaming platform's chatroom and knew the boy was underage. He got personal information about the boy before offering to pay him with electronic gif…
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South Jersey Fugitive Wanted In Stabbing Arrested On Drug Dealing, Weapons Charges: Police
A 26-year-old fugitive from Burlington County has been arrested on drug-dealing and weapons offenses, authorities said. He also was wanted in connection with a stabbing, Evesham police said. On Sunday, Dec. 31, at approximately 11:30 p.m., an Evesham Police Officer stopped a vehicle on Route 73 in the area of Ardsley Drive for a hazardous moving violation. The officer made contact with the driver, identified as Shane McCullough, and immediately suspected that McCullough was operating his vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, police said. A drivin…
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Security Guard Stabbed 2X Trying To Break Up Bar Fight In South Jersey: Cops
A 28-year-old man has been arrested for stabbing a security guard at a South Jersey bar this weekend, authorities said. Marcus Brown, of Voorhees, is believed to have stabbed a the security guard who was trying to break up a fight between him and another man at the Chicken or the Egg on Route 70 in Marlton, around 1 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, Evesham police said. Arriving officers rendered aid to the security guard, who was taken to Cooper Hospital and in stable condition. Brown tried to flee after the stabbing, however, he was detained when police arrived. Brown was also tran…
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100 Dead Dogs Suspected At South Jersey Home, Child Turned Over To DCF, Parents Arrested: PD
More than 30 dead dogs were found at a home in Burlington County — and police say there could be 70 more on the property. Rebecca Halbach, 35, and Brandon Leconey, 32, have been arrested for endangering the welfare of a child and animal cruelty, after the harrowing discovery at their Evesham home on the 600 block of Main Street was made Monday, Aug. 28, police said. Janice Thompson, who runs Tender Mercies Pet Organization, tells Daily Voice three dogs rescued by her org in North Carolina were sent to a New Jersey rescue as her facilities were at capacity. Those dogs, along with puppies t…
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Mom Of NJ TikTok Cheer Coach Tampered With Son's Sex Assault Investigation: Police
A 25-year-old cheer coach accused of sexually assaulting the young athletes at his New Jersey gym apparently had help from mommy dearest amid the investigation, say police who recently arrested and charged the 51-year-old woman with infringing on the investigation. Angela Ryker, of Hammonton, faces charges of criminal attempt and witness tampering in the probe of her son and Rockstar Cheer coach, Jonathan Ryker, Medford Township police said. Ryker became the center of an investigation in August 2022, when authorities in Medford got a tip that he sent explicit content to a minor on social me…
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TikToking Cheer Coach Sexually Assaulted NJ Minor Athletes: State Police
A 25-year-old cheer coach who is a TikTok sensation has been arrested on accusations he sexually assaulted young athletes he coached in South Jersey, authorities said. Jonathan P. Ryker, a coach at Rockstar Cheer in Southampton, became the center of an investigation in August 2022, when authorities in Medford Township got a tip that he sent explicit content to a minor on social media, New Jersey State Police said. During the 8-month investigation, detectives were able to identify another one of Ryker's victims — also a student at Rockstar Cheer, police said. Ryker was charged with sexual a…
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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…
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! Hardcore Ex-Con Trio Robbed 80-Year-Old Shopper In Route 46 Costco Lot: Prosecutor
UPDATE: Authorities charged three hardcore criminals from Newark with robbing a defenseless 80-year-old shopper in the parking lot of a Costco off Route 46 in Teterboro. Ex-cons Alex Carroll, 35, David Fate, 38, and Tariq Kyam, 57, all have extensive, violent criminal histories, records show. Kyam and Fate were both charged with committing two robberies in 2009, one of which left a Verona gas station attendant shot dead. Kyam served nearly nine years behind bars after Fate testified against him. How much time Fate served in exchange for his testimony couldn't immediately be determined. Th…
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US Marshals Arrest Fugitive Who Fled South Jersey Police, Tossed Gun, Authorities Say
A fugitive from South Jersey has been arrested by US Marshals in connection with his allegedly fleeing police last week, authorities said. On Sunday, Sept. 4, at 2:36 a.m., an Evesham patrol officer observed a suspicious vehicle parked and occupied in the parking lot of the Richard Rice Elementary School, 50 Crown Royal Parkway. The vehicle refused to stop for the officer’s emergency lights and siren and the suspect initiated a motor vehicle pursuit, police said. The driver then began driving evasively, at which time the pursuit was terminated. The officer was able to …
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Guns Smuggled From Georgia By Central Jersey Felon: AG
A man from Central Jersey has been arrested for illegally smuggling guns into New Jersey from Georgia, authorities said. Barrett R. Griffin, III, 33, of North Brunswick, was indicted on multiple weapons charges, according to Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Plotkin. The guns were allegedly intended to be sold unlawfully, he said. The indictment, handed up by a State Grand Jury on Friday, May 6, alleges that between Feb. 5, and Feb. 7, Griffin illegally transported handguns from Georgia to New Jersey, for unlawful sale. “As gun violence continues to disrupt the peace of communities throug…
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Burlington County Man Arrested For Having Child Pornography: Prosecutor
A 44-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested for possessing child pornography, authorities said. Joshua Hudson, of Mount Laurel, was arrested on Wednesday, March 16 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, according to Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Township Police Chief Stephen Riedener. Hudson was taken into custody at his residence after a warranted search, Coffina and Riedener said. Multiple electronic devices were seized and will be examined by members of the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit, they said. The investigation began in November afte…
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PA Man Stabs 1 Person, Runs Over Another At NJ Wawa: Police
A 25-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested in connection with an assault on two men at a South Jersey Wawa, authorities said. Anthony Cordero of Levittown, PA, surrendered to police on Tuesday, March 1 in connection with the Feb. 20 incidents, Edgewater Park Township police said. Cordero is accused of stabbing one man and running over a second victim with his car at the Wawa Store, 4167 S. Route 130, police said. He was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, one count of assault by auto, four counts of making terroristic threats and weapons offenses, police said. Cordero was…
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Philadelphia Gunman Indicted In South Jersey Sandwich Shop Killing: Prosecutor
A 20-year-old Philadelphia man has been indicted on charges filed in connection with a deadly shooting in a South Jersey shopping center parking lot, authorities said. Lamar Johnson followed Nasir Phillips, 18, to Willingboro Town Center and opened fire while he was leaving a sandwich shop on Oct. 11, 2021, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Phillips, who was found in his car, was taken to Virtua Willingboro Hospital with gunshot wounds to his hand and abdomen, then flown to the trauma center at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. Johnson was arrested Nov. 15 in Sharon…
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South Jersey Shoplifting Suspect Busted With Fully Loaded Shotgun: Police
An alleged shoplifter was arrested over the weekend after police found him with multiple weapons, including a fully loaded shotgun in South Jersey, authorities said. Westampton Township police officers were dispatched to the Home Depot on Burlington Mount Holly Road around 5 p.m. Sunday, police said. Employees told responding officers that the suspect, Mark C. Payne, pointed a knife at a loss prevention officer and then fled the store, according to police. Officers were able to de-escalate the situation and took Payne into custody without further incident, police said. On him, they discov…
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Homeowner Chases Burglary Suspect On Foot Before His Arrest: Evesham PD
A South Jersey resident returned to his home and was surprised to find a burglary suspect, authorities said. On Tuesday, Evesham police officers responded to the 200 block of Tomlinson Mill Road for a burglary in progress. While en route to the location, officers were advised that the homeowner was chasing the burglary suspect on foot, according to Lt. Joseph Friel, a police department spokesman. Upon officer’s arrival to the area, they quickly located the suspect, Alejandro Bonilla-Camen of Blackwood, Camden County, Friel said. Bonilla-Camen, 30, was arrested an…
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Willingboro Man Indicted On Murder Charge In Home Invasion Robbery
A 22-year-old man was indicted by a Burlington County jury in a home invasion robbery and shooting that left one woman dead and injured her boyfriend last year, authorities said. Semaj T. Pittman of Willingboro was indicted on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon and certain persons not to possess a weapon, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. The indictment was returned Aug. 5 and signed by Prosecutor Coffina. Pittman was charged in May and served w…
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Philadelphia Drug Dealer Charged In Overdose Death of South Jersey Man, Prosecutor Says
A 41-year-old man from Philadelphia has been charged with causing the death of a South Jersey man who died of a heroin/fentanyl drug overdose, authorities said. Robert Quintua, of the 2500 block of Lefevre Street, was charged with first-degree strict liability for drug-Induced death, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Township Police Chief Stephen Riedener . Raymond Stutzer III, 44, of Marlton fatally overdosed last year in a Mount Laurel hotel, Coffina and Riedener said. Quintua was taken into custody in January, and extradited on…
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South Jersey Man Gets 8 Years In State Prison For Dumping Overdose Victim's Body
A 55-year-old man from Camden County has been sentenced to eight years in state prison for dumping a fatal overdose victim's body on a Burlington County roadside, authorities said. Daniel Waterfield of Lawnside was found guilty of desecrating human remains, during a March jury trial. He was sentenced on Monday. On Halloween night in 2018, Waterfield left the lifeless body of a Gloucester woman on the berm of Purgatory Road near its intersection with Route 70 in Southampton Township, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Kerri Ann Stetser, 36, of Paulsboro, who had fa…
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Philadelphia Man Faces 18 Years In State Prison For Sexual Assault Near NJ Highway Exit
A 54-year-old Philadelphia man who abducted a woman walking along a Mount Laurel highway last year, has admitted to sexually attacking her, authorities said. Donald Cramer, Jr., of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to a first-degree attempted sexual assault charge on Thursday in Superior Court, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. The victim was a woman in her 50s from Marlton, Coffina said. Cramer Jr. will be sentenced to 18 years in state prison under his plea agreement, Coffina said. Cramer's plea was entered before Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland in Mount Holly. …
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Evesham PD: South Jersey Man Filed False Report Claiming Police Officer 'Pointed A Gun At Him'
A 25-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested for making a false police report and misusing the 9-1-1 system, authorities said. The suspect had claimed an Evesham Township police officer pointed a gun at him, a police department spokesman said on Tuesday. The patrol officer was helping another motorist whose car broke down when the alleged incident occurred, according to Lt. Joseph Friel, the police department spokesman. Alec Ohlstein of Medford Lakes was charged Friday with two counts of filing a false police report and misuse of the 9-1-1 system after review…
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Jailed Medford Man Charged With Fatally Shooting Pemberton Victim, 64, In Head
A 50-year-old Medford man being held on weapons charges in the Burlington County Jail was charged in the fatal shooting of a Pemberton man, authorities said. Kenneth Ryan was shot in the head outside of his Apache Trail home in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township Jan. 20, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Acting Police Chief David King said. He was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton where he died two days later, Coffina and King said. On Sunday, Tristan Majeed was served a warrant for murder and weapons charges in…
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