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Pair Charged In Death Of South Jersey Man Who Overdosed On Fentanyl Laced With Animal Sedative
Two accused South Jersey drug dealers have been charged with causing the death of a customer who fatally overdosed on fentanyl laced with an animal tranquilizer, authorities said. Rajik Morphis, 39, of Wrightstown, and Ozell Sutton, 39, also of Wrightstown, were charged with strict liability for a drug-Induced death and other drug charges, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Sutton was arrested during a warranted search of his residence on May 17 by members of the BCPO Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force and the New Jersey State Police, Coffina said. Morphis was ta…
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Ex-BF Who Killed Woman At South Jersey Car Wash Nabbed In Texas: Prosecutor
The man accused of gunning down his 28-year-old ex-girlfriend at a self-service car wash last week in Burlington County was tracked down in Texas, authorities said. Antonio Burke, 32, has been charged with murder in the death of Cinnaminson's Alicia Stilley in the parking lot of the car wash in the first block of Filmore Street in Palmyra, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Palmyra Police Chief Meghan Campbell. Burke, of Palmyra, was arrested Monday, April 25 during a traffic stop in Dallas, Texas, where he will face a court appearance Tuesday. An in…
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Trenton Bicyclist Convicted Of Robbing South Jersey Bank: Prosecutor
A 58-year-old man from Trenton has been convicted in a jury trial of robbing a Bordentown City bank of nearly $7,000, authorities said. George T. Rodgers was found guilty on Tuesday, March 29 of one count of second-degree robbery, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland, scheduled sentencing for May 27. Rodgers has been held in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly since being taken into custody just hours after holding up the bank. An investigation began around noon on Jan. 14, 2020, after Bordentown police officers were dispatched to t…
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NJ Woman Hoarding 44 Dog Carcasses Admits To Killing 6, Gets Prison Time: Prosecutor
A woman originally linked to dozens of dead dogs reached a plea-bargained agreement admitting to killing six dogs, authorities said. Donna Roberts' guilty plea calls for 90 days in Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Roberts, 68, of Shamong, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty for causing the death of six dogs that were being kept at her property by failing to provide them with proper care, Coffina said. Additionally, Roberts must serve five years of probation, during which time she cannot own, raise, or otherwise care for any …
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NJ Man Says He Wants To 'Take Girl's Virginity' — Turns Out Girl Was Federal Agent: Prosecutor
Richard J. Kostrub traveled from his Somerdale home to the Walmart on Route 70 in Evesham Township believing he would be having sex with a 13-year-old girl he met through a chat app, authorities said. He had been texting with the "girl" for about a month, and was hoping to finally meet her, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. But when he arrived, he was met by investigators and law enforcement officials. As it turns out, the "girl" Kostrub had been chatting with was actually a ederal agent the whole time. was unaware that the young girl he had arranged…
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Fatal Overdose In South Jersey Blamed On Fake Prescription Drug, 1,000 Pills Seized: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old man from South Jersey has been arrested in connection with selling counterfeit prescription drugs (CPDs) that contained fentanyl, authorities said. Marques A. Palmer, of Burlington Township, was charged with first-degree strict liability for a drug-induced death and the possession and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Florence Township Police Chief Brian Boldizar. An investigation began in April 2021, when Florence Township police were dispatched to the 200 block of Fifth Avenue in the Roebling s…
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DWI Driver Was Going 90 MPH Before Crash That Killed NJ Teen Coming Home From Work: Prosecutor
A South Jersey woman was drunk and had her headlights off when she was leaving a local bar and struck another vehicle, killing the teenage driver last month, authorities said. Wanda Sprague, 54, of Pemberton, was behind the wheel of a Chrysler 300 when he hit a Nissan Sentra driven by 17-year-old Kayla Bowen at Lakehurst Road and Rancocas Lane around 9:15 p.m. on Dec. 16, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Prior to the crash, Sprague had been drinking at a nearby bar and reached a speed of more than 90 mph, Coffina said. She suffered extensive injuries from whic…
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Heartbroken Cyclists Detail 'Reckless' Crash That Killed Beloved Rider In South Jersey
Cyclists have taken to social media to detail the horrific crash that killed their beloved friend and fellow rider over the weekend. Julie Galezniak, 62, of Stratford, was riding south Sykesville Road with a group of cyclists when she was struck by the truck heading in the same direction on Dec. 4, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Chesterfield Township Police Department Acting Officer-in-Charge Sgt. Mike Davison said. A fellow cyclist detailed the incident on social media. "This was a selfish and senseless act made by someone who maybe was trying to get someplace one minute s…
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South Jersey Man Gets Life Parole For Luring A Girl Who Was Actually A Homeland Security Agent
A South Jersey man who pleaded guilty to trying to meet an underage girl for sex was spared prison time, authorities said. The "girl" was actually a U.S. Homeland Security special agent. Jason McCann, 36, of Blackwood in Camden County, was sentenced to parole for life and will be placed on the New Jersey sex offender registry for trying to meet the girl at a Bordentown Township Park, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Under a plea-bargained agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office, McCann pleaded guilty in March to attempt to commit endangering the welfare of a ch…
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South Jersey Suspect Nabbed With Brick Of Heroin In His Butt, Police Say
A 25-year-old Trenton man was arrested with the equivalent of 50 doses of heroin wedged in his buttocks, authorities said. Johmir Harris, of the 100 block of Hancock Street, was charged with first-degree distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and several other offenses, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Bordentown Police Chief Brian Pesce Harris was charged with selling narcotics after an investigation led to the discovery of a brick of heroin wedged in his buttocks, Coffina and Pesce said. He was taken into custody on Nov. 4 in Bordentown To…
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Browns Mills Man Found Guilty Of Setting House Fire That Killed His Mother, 92; Her Companion
A 62-year-old man from South Jersey has been found guilty of igniting a house fire that claimed two lives, authorities said. Kurt Smith, who lived at the residence in the 500 block of Willow Boulevard in Browns Mills was convicted for causing the death of his elderly mother and her companion, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. The house fire happened in October 2018 in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township, he said. Smith was convicted of two counts of second-degree reckless manslaughter, Coffina said. Smith was accused of igniting flammabl…
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Confessed Drug Dealer, 24, Gets 8 Years State Prison In Fatal South Jersey Cocaine, Fentanyl OD
A 24-year-old man from Camden who admitted selling a toxic mix of drugs that resulted in a woman's fatal overdose has been sentenced to eight years in New Jersey state prison, authorities said. Marquese Smith pleaded guilty in May to the first-degree charge of strict liability for a drug-induced death for allegedly selling fentanyl-laced cocaine during the summer of 2019, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. An investigation began in June 2019 when Maple Shade police responded to the Ryan’s Run West Apartment Complex and found the body of a 33-year-o…
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NJ Man Hit With New Charge, 4 Neighbors Arrested In Viral Bias Intimidation Incident
The Mount Laurel man arrested in July for bias intimidation of his neighbors and other crimes has been charged with leaving a threatening note on one of his victim’s cars earlier this year, and also vandalizing the victim’s vehicle, authorities said. Edward C. Mathews, 45, of Gramercy Way, was charged Tuesday with bias intimidation and harassment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Four other rioters and neighbors were also charged with discharging pepper spray at police, throwing a brick through Mathews' home and more. Mathews was served with the new charges at the B…
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NJ Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Customer's Fentanyl/Heroin OD Death, Authorities Say
A Trenton drug dealer admit guilty to providing the fentanyl-laced heroin that caused a woman's fatal overdose in 2018, authorities announced Thursday. Daquan Marshall, 30, pleaded guilty to strict liability in the drug-induced death of the first-degree in exchange for a nine-year sentence in New Jersey State Prison on Sept. 14, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Marshall, who pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge John J. Burke III, will be sentenced on Oct. 19. Marshall has been lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly since his arrest in April 2019. He…
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Authorities ID Body Found By Child In Mount Holly As Brick Township Man
Authorities on Wednesday identified the man whose body was found behind a Mount Holly convenience store by a child as a 31-year-old Brick Township man. Sean Reynolds was found dead behind Millerie’s Market & Deli at the corner of Rancocas Road and King Street Tuesday around 12:30 p.m., Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Holly Township Police Chief Richard Spitler said. The investigation is continuing into the circumstances surrounding the death. An autopsy will be performed today by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood to determine the cause…
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14-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead At South Jersey Gas Station
A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed while in a car getting gas at a South Jersey service station Saturday, authorities said. Willingboro police were called to the Phillips 66 on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive around 3 p.m. on reports of a shooting, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon said. The victim, Jesse Everett, had been transported in a private vehicle to Virtua Willingboro Hospital, then airlifted to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, where he was pronounced dead at 5:24 p.m., authorities said. More th…
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South Jersey Widow Kept GoFundMe Money Raised For Disabled Husband's Funeral, Indictment Claims
A woman from South Jersey has been indicted for raising money for her dead husband's cremation, but then allegedly left his body in the morgue, authorities said. The widow then spent GoFundMe campaign donations on her own "living expenses," Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said on Monday. The indictment alleges that Patricia Clark, 49, of Pemberton Township, created the online GoFundMe page to raise money for her disabled husband’s funeral before spending the money on herself, Coffina said. A grand jury indicted Clark on one count of fheft by failure to make disposition…
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South Jersey Woman, 53, Caused Fentanyl Overdose Death, Prosecutor Says
A 53-year-old woman from South Jersey has been charged with several drug-related crimes in connection with a fatal overdose, authorities said. Linda Naulty of Mount Holly was charged Monday with first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Lumberton Township Police Chief Nicholas Peditto. The charges stem from a Lumberton man's deadly overdose on fentanyl earlier this year, they said. Naulty was served with the charges at the Atlantic County Justice Facility in Mays Landing. She was being held at the fac…
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9 More Men Busted In Massive South Jersey Child Porn Sting, Prosecutor Says
A multi-agency child porn sting in South Jersey led to the arrest of nine more child pornography suspects, authorities said. Operation Safe Quarantine took place during the COVD-19 pandemic when many children stayed indoors on cellphones and computers, Coffina said. The year-long sting included federal, state and local detectives. Investigators. They tracked down and arrested a total of 46 online predators including those possessing or sharing child pornography, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Newly charged with endangering the welfare of a c…
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Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Gets 7 Years State Prison For Possessing 1,000+ Child Porn Images
A 57-year-old man from Burlington County has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for possessing more than 1,000 child pornography images and sharing them on the internet, authorities said. Guy Valachovic of Pemberton Township was sentenced on Friday in Mount Holly by Superior Court Judge Christopher J. Garrenger, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Valachovic pleaded guilty in August 2020 to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Coffina said. An investigation began after the BCPO High-Tech Crimes Unit received information in 2019 regard…
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Bedridden Burlington Rehab Patient Dies, Roommate Charged After Violent Attack
A 51-year-old rehabilitation center patient has been charged with murder after his elderly roommate died of injuries suffered in a violent attack, authorities said. The older victim could not walk or talk. David P. Lake, 51, remains in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, where he was taken on Jan. 19 after being arrested for the brutal assault on Melvyn Waldo, 78, with whom he shared a room at The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center in Maple Shade, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Maple Shade Police Chief Christopher J. Fletcher. An inves…
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Accused Drug Dealer Caused Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Burlington Prosecutor Says
A 34-year-old man from Trenton has been arrested in connection with the overdose death of a South Jersey drug user, authorities said. A Browns Mills man fatally overdosed on fentanyl that the alleged drug dealer sold to him last year, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King. Marvin Montoya of Power Street in Trenton was charged with strict liability for drug-induced death, distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and conspiracy, Coffina and King said. Montoya was taken into custody on Monday in Trenton and was bein…
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South Jersey Man Admits Trying To Meet Teenager For Sex
A 36-year-old man from Camden County has admitted trying to meet a teenage girl for sex at a Burlington County park, authorities said. In a plea-bargained exchange for a three-year state prison sentence, Jason McCann of Blackwood pleaded guilty to attempt to commit endangering the welfare of a child - impairing or debauching the morals of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. McCann attempted to meet what he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex at a park in Bordentown Township, Coffina said. McCann will also be placed on the New Jersey sex offender r…
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Prosecutor: South Jersey Man Shot Cousin Dead, Drove Him To Hospital, Walked Home
A South Jersey man shot his cousin during an argument, then drove him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead over the weekend, authorities said. Antwian Warthen, 29, apparently shot Horace Warthen at his home on the 400 block of Garden Avenue in Pemberton on Friday around 9:15 p.m., Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King said. Antwian then drove Horace, of Brown Mills, to Capital Health at Deborah, where he was pronounced dead by a physician, authorities said. Police found Antwian walking in a nearby neighborhood …
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Pedophile Roundup: Feds Bust 15 NJ, PA Men With Child Porn, Trying To Have Sex With Teens
A youth pastor who manufactured child porn. A 35-year-old man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. A 40-year-old man who secretly recorded a naked girl, then send out the material. These are only three men of the 15 busted on child porn and other more serious charges, in the second phase of a massive quarantine-driven operation in South Jersey, authorities said (scroll down for a complete rundown of each individual charged). The 15 arrests come are part of "Operation Safe Quarantine II," which ran from August 2020 through January 2021, and fueled by an increase of in threate…
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NJ Man Known As 'Wild Willie' Sentenced For Shooting Neighbor's Dog In Head
A 65-year-old New Jersey man known as "Wild Willie" was sentenced to five years in state prison for shooting his neighbor's poodle in the head, ultimately killing the animal, authorities said. William D. Stroemel had his sentence handed down by Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland as the result of a negotiated plea deal, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Stroemel, a heavy equipment operator, in April pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and animal cruelty. The investigation began in September 2019, when the owners of a 9-year-old Pom…
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Paint Chips Lead To Couple's Arrest In Fatal Burlington Pedestrian Crash
A Burlington County couple has been arrested in connection with a collision that killed a 72-year-old man from Browns Mills two days after Christmas, authorities said. New Jersey State Police matched paint found on the victim's clothing with paint on the Nissan Pathfinder suspected of running the man over on Dec. 27, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King. Tonya Brown, 35, of Kinsley Road has been charged with striking and killing the pedestrian as he was crossing Lakehurst Road, they said. She did not have a driver's…
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Ex-Trenton Detective Gets 30 Years In State Prison For Sexually Assaulting Girls
A former Trenton police detective was sentenced to 30 years in state prison for sexually assaulting two girls over the course of several years, authorities said. William Sanchez-Monllor, 39, of Burlington Township, was sentenced on two counts of first-degree sexual assault Friday, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Sanchez-Monllor pleaded guilty to the sex crimes last November, Coffina said. The plea-bargained sentence was handed down in Superior Court in Mount Holly by Presiding Judge Terrence R. Cook who called the defendant’s actions extremely damaging. “He had a role and…
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South Jersey Man, 32, Fatally Shot
A 32-year-old man from Burlington County was fatally shot late Friday, authorities said. Beverly police officers were called to the Delacove Homes public complex about 10:15 p.m. on a report of a shooting, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Beverly City Public Safety Director Rich Wolbert. Patrol officers found a bystander performing CPR on Octavius Williams, who had been shot in the chest by gunfire, Coffina and Wolbert said. Williams was taken by EMS to Virtua Willingboro Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour after the shooting, Coffina and Wolbert…
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South Jersey Woman, 61, Stabbed To Death In Burlington Home
A 61-year-old woman was beaten and stabbed to death inside her South Jersey home, authorities said. The body of Carla Nesmith was found at about 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday by another resident who had retuned to the home in Burlington City, they said. Nesmith was pronounced dead at the home on the 400 block of Earl Street, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and City of Burlington Police Chief John Fine said. A preliminary investigation concluded that Nesmith had been bludgeoned and stabbed, Coffina and Fine said. An autopsy was planned on Thursday afternoon by Burlingto…
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