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Bucks County, PA, Man Convicted Of Killing South Jersey Teenager In Stolen Car: Prosecutor Bucks County, PA, Man Convicted Of Killing South Jersey Teenager In Stolen Car: Prosecutor
Bucks County, PA, Man Convicted Of Killing South Jersey Teenager In Stolen Car: Prosecutor A 24-year-old Bucks County, PA, man was convicted of murder for fatally shooting a teenager at a gas station in South Jersey, authorities said. Tamir Phillips of Bensalem was found guilty of murder and weapons offenses after a jury trial, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. The investigation began the afternoon of August 21, 2021, when Willingboro Township police officers were called to the Phillips 66 gas station in the first block of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they learned that the victim, 14-year-old J…

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Boy Killed In Apartment Fire, 22 Families Displaced In Burlington County Boy Killed In Apartment Fire, 22 Families Displaced In Burlington County
Boy Killed In Apartment Fire, 22 Families Displaced In Burlington County A 12-year-old boy was killed and his mother and sister are in critical condition after a  fire in Maple Shade that displaced 22 families, authorities said. This GoFundMe page has been organized to raise money for Shannon Dupell and her family. The son was identified as AJ on the GoFundMe page. The fire broke out at Fox Meadows apartments on Adams Drive at 10:26 p.m. Sunday, May 7, police said. Three other people were injured. Firefighters from Maple Shade and numerous adjoining towns brought the fire under control in about an hour. The Red Cross New Jersey Disaster Team provided fo…

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South Jersey Man Indicted For Attacking Elderly Neighbors, Stealing Their Car South Jersey Man Indicted For Attacking Elderly Neighbors, Stealing Their Car
South Jersey Man Indicted For Attacking Elderly Neighbors, Stealing Their Car A South Jersey man has been indicted for attacking his elderly neighbors and then stealing their car, authorities said. A grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday charging Rhys R. Lershe, 44, of Westampton Township with first-degree attempted murder, first-degree robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, burglary, theft, terroristic threats and endangering another person, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Lershe remains in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly. An investigation began on Aug. 4, 2021, when the couple called police at approximately 12:30 a.m…

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Staten Island Man Goes To Fed Pen For Bilking NJ Businesses, Robbing Essex Merchant At Gunpoint Staten Island Man Goes To Fed Pen For Bilking NJ Businesses, Robbing Essex Merchant At Gunpoint
Staten Island Man Goes To Fed Pen For Bilking NJ Businesses, Robbing Essex Merchant At Gunpoint A Staten Island man must spend the next eight years in federal prison for a crime spree in which he defrauded several businesses, stole the identities of three women and robbed a merchant at gunpoint. Raymond Scura, 31, lived the high life at the expense of others, including a Mount Laurel country club and two Marlton merchants who were left with worthless checks and account information stolen from unwitting victims, federal authorities said. He also splurged on limo services, luxury hotels and “exotic” car rentals, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Things got violent when Scura forced …

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Jailed Medford Man Charged With Fatally Shooting Pemberton Victim, 64, In Head Jailed Medford Man Charged With Fatally Shooting Pemberton Victim, 64, In Head
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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