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LOTTERY LOSERS: South Jersey Scammer Admits Laundering $4M From Innocent Victims LOTTERY LOSERS: South Jersey Scammer Admits Laundering $4M From Innocent Victims
Lottery Losers: South Jersey Scammer Admits Laundering $4M From Innocent Victims A South Jersey man admitted laundering more than $4 million from victims who were tricked into thinking they'd won the lottery. Pablo Estrada, 26, of Florence, received the proceeds through various scams over the course of 2½ years, including one in which victims received an unexpected notification that they'd won a large sum in a lottery, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. They were required to pay fees and expenses, however, before their winnings could be released, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey said. Many fell for the scheme, Sellinger said. Estrada dumped the money into va…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds
South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds A Trenton-area ex-con who served time for drug and weapons convictions is headed to federal prison for 25 years. Timothy “Young Money” Wimbush, 33, will have to serve out just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Wimbush rejected a plea offer from the government after he was caught armed and dealing during a gun war in Trenton. Taking his chances with a jury, he was convicted in October 2021 of selling and conspiring to sell heroin and possessing a firearm and ammo as a convicted felon. That led to a 300-month prison sentence handed down by…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
DUI Driver Sentenced For Crash That Killed Popular NJ Restaurant Owner DUI Driver Sentenced For Crash That Killed Popular NJ Restaurant Owner
DUI Driver Sentenced For Crash That Killed Popular NJ Restaurant Owner A repeat drunk-driving offender was sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey State Prison for a crash that killed a popular restaurant owner last September. Desmond Newberry, 45, of Marlton, was sentenced on Monday, June 19  for causing the death of Mount Laurel's Glenn Keen in the parking lot of Cucina Carini, the restaurant he owned, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. Newberry pleaded guilty earlier this year to aggravated manslaughter. The investigation began on Sept. 3, 2022, when officers from the Mount Laurel Police Department were dispatched to t…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Girl, 7, Succumbs To Injuries Suffered In NJ Apartment Fire That Killed Brother Girl, 7, Succumbs To Injuries Suffered In NJ Apartment Fire That Killed Brother
Girl, 7, Succumbs To Injuries Suffered In NJ Apartment Fire That Killed Brother A 7-year-old girl has died nearly two weeks after an apartment fire that also claimed the life of her 12-year-old brother, authorities said. Hope Marles had been critically injured in the May 7 blaze at the Fox Meadow apartments that left her brother AJ dead, according to a GoFundMe page launched for the family. The siblings' 35-year-old mother remains in an area hospital and is in stable condition, Maple Shade police said. The children’s organs and tissues were donated to the “Gift of Life” donor program, police said, "giving others the opportunity to live." The fire broke out …

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by Jon Craig
Schools
Burlington County Man Sold Gun To Student Later Caught By Staff At Morris Knolls HS: Prosecutor Burlington County Man Sold Gun To Student Later Caught By Staff At Morris Knolls HS: Prosecutor
Burlington County Man Sold Gun To Student Later Caught By Staff At Morris Knolls HS: Prosecutor A Burlington County man has been accused of selling a handgun to a juvenile after two students were found with the weapon at Morris Knolls High School in March. Dwayne E. Allen, 21, of Palmyra, was charged with second-degree unlawful sale of a firearm to a juvenile, unlawful sale of a firearm, unlawful possession of a high-capacity magazine, and several other weapons offenses, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said Wednesday, May 17. Allen’s charges are the result of an investigation into the discovery of two students with the weapon by staff members at Morris Knolls High School on…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
NEW CHARGES: Out-Of-State Woman Held Captive For Year By NJ Man Was Raped, Grand Jury Finds NEW CHARGES: Out-Of-State Woman Held Captive For Year By NJ Man Was Raped, Grand Jury Finds
NEW Charges: Out-Of-State Woman Held Captive For Year By NJ Man Was Raped, Grand Jury Finds UPDATE: A South Jersey man repeatedly raped a woman he'd kidnapped and held hostage during a nearly year-long cross-country trip, state authorities said an ongoing investigation has found. James W. Parrillo Jr., 57, was captured and has remained jailed ever since the woman escaped from a residence in Bass Township and fled to safety at a nearby gas station three months ago, ending a terrifying year in captivity. Parillo originally was charged with first-degree kidnapping, criminal restraint, aggravated assault and strangulation, as well as hindering apprehension, obstruction and refusing to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Death Investigated At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutor Death Investigated At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutor
Death Investigated At South Jersey Hotel: Prosecutor Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at a Rodeway Inn in Burlington County. A person of interest has been taken into custody, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. The investigation began Thursday, April 20 after officers from the Mount Laurel Police Department were called to the hotel on Route 73 in Mount Laurel.just before 10 a.m., Bradshaw said. Police found the decedent, whose name is being withheld at this time, outside of a room near a stairwell, the prosecutor said. An autopsy will be performed by Burlington County Medic…

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by Jon Craig
News
11-Year-Old Who Died By Suicide In School Bathroom Recorded Chilling Voice Note Years Before 11-Year-Old Who Died By Suicide In School Bathroom Recorded Chilling Voice Note Years Before
11-Year-Old Who Died By Suicide In School Bathroom Recorded Chilling Voice Note Years Before An 11-year-old New Jersey middle school student who died by suicide in her school bathroom — just days after losing her dad, an NJ Transit police detective, to cancer — recorded a chilling voice note years before her death. "Unless you're me, well you're listening to this from the future," Felicia LoAlbo-Melendez can be heard saying in the 2021 voice note, shared by her mom Elaina LoAlbo, to Facebook.  "Say hello to future mom, future dad... future everyone. Never, never never be bad, never give up on your friends, never, ever... be a bully." Since her daughter's death, LoAlbo has been vo…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Woman, 74, Killed In South Jersey House Fire Woman, 74, Killed In South Jersey House Fire
Woman, 74, Killed In South Jersey House Fire A 74-year-old woman was killed in a house fire early Wednesday, March 8 in Burlington County, authorities said. The fire broke out at about 5:54 a.m. on the second floor of a home at 2 Whitlow Drive, Westampton Police Chief Stephen Ent said.  Maria Green died in the fire, the chief said. The incident is being investigated by the Westampton Twp. Fire Marshal's Office, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and the Westampton Twp. Police Department.  The fire is not suspicious at this time, Ent said. Once on location, firefighters were able to extinguish the fire in&…

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by Jon Craig
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Corrections Officer Guilty In Medical Office Killing In Burlington County Corrections Officer Guilty In Medical Office Killing In Burlington County
Corrections Officer Guilty In Medical Office Killing In Burlington County A Burlington Township man has been found guilty of fatally shooting an employee and wounding a patient at a Mount Laurel medical office, authorities said. After deliberating for approximately five hours over three days, a Superior Court jury returned a guilty verdict Tuesday, Feb. 7 against Bruce Gomola Jr., 54, on charges of aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assault.  Jurors declined to convict Gomola of the more serious charge of murder, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. Sentencing is set for April 14. Gomola was employed as a corrections offic…

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by Jon Craig
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Man, 23, Admits Setting Fatal Fire In Burlington County, Faces 22 Years In Prison: Prosecutor Man, 23, Admits Setting Fatal Fire In Burlington County, Faces 22 Years In Prison: Prosecutor
Man, 23, Admits Setting Fatal Fire In Burlington County, Faces 22 Years In Prison: Prosecutor A 23-year-old Burlington Township man has admitted to starting a fire at a Pemberton Borough apartment that killed a 22-year-old resident. Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, Newlin Evans IV entered a guilty plea in Superior Court in Mount Holly to aggravated manslaughter in exchange for a 22-year sentence in state prison, of which 85 percent must be served before he becomes eligible for parole. Sentencing is on March 24. The investigation began after emergency officials were dispatched to a fire at the Tara Hall Apartment Complex in the first block of Egbert Street during the …

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by Jon Craig
News
Man Ran Into His Abuser At South Jersey Walmart: Report Man Ran Into His Abuser At South Jersey Walmart: Report
Man Ran Into His Abuser At South Jersey Walmart: Report A New Jersey man who was sexually assaulted as a young boy in the 1980s went to police in 2017 after he came across his alleged abuser at a Walmart in Camden County, NJ Advance Media reports. Katherine Clements, now 61, of Medford Township, pleaded guilty on Friday, Jan. 20 to sexual assault and faces up to 10 years in prison when she’s sentenced in May, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. The victim, now 43, filed a civil lawsuit against Clements in 2019 alleging the woman molested him when he was between the ages of four and 12, the outlet said. The abuse included gro…

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by Jon Craig