Riverton Man Sentenced For Deadly Stabbing At Mount Laurel Motel, Prosecutors Say

A Riverton man will spend up to two decades in prison for stabbing a man to death at a Mount Laurel motel, authorities said.

Taylor Perkins, 30, of Riverton, NJ, was convicted of stabbing a man to death at the Rodeway Inn on Route 73 in Mount Laurel, NJ.
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Chris Spiker

10/28/2024 9:06 a.m.

Taylor Perkins, 30, was sentenced to 20 years in state prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said in a news release on Friday, Oct. 25. He was found guilty in the death of 36-year-old Michael Jefferies of Mount Laurel.

Mount Laurel police responded to a report of two men fighting at the Rodeway Inn on Route 73 at around 10 a.m. on Thursday, Apr. 20, 2023. Officers found Jefferies' body on the ground near a stairwell and outside of a second-floor room.

Investigators said after Perkins stabbed Jefferies, he ran to a nearby BMW dealership and drove off in an SUV. Perkins ditched the SUV in Evesham Township and stole an Xfinity employee's truck while he was working up on a ladder.

Perkins was eventually arrested at a home on Decatur Street in Camden. An autopsy confirmed Jefferies died from several stab wounds.

Perkins was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and eluding, two counts of third-degree theft by unlawful taking, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon.

The jury deliberated for about five hours in August before finding Perkins guilty.

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