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Special Education Teacher Sexually Touched 14 Students In South Jersey: Prosecutor
A special education teacher who was charged last year with sexually touching seven children has been charged with touching an additional seven students, authorities said. Vincent Root, 59, of Philadelphia, a teacher at Chatsworth Elementary School, has been charged with 14 counts of sexual assault and 14 counts of child endangerment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw The investigation began in September 2023 after a student accused Root of touching him inappropriately during previous school years, the prosecutor said. The investigation revealed that the victi…
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Philly Man Gets 25 Years For Motel Strangling In Burlington County
A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 25 years in New Jersey State Prison for killing a woman inside a Maple Shade motel, authorities said. Alexander Rivera, 27, pleaded guilty in July to aggravated manslaughter, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. His sentencing was on Friday, Oct. 13. The investigation began May 11, 2022, after officers from the Maple Shade Police Department were called to the Bel-Air Motor Lodge on Route 73 for a report of an unresponsive female. Michelle Johnston, 36, who had previously lived in multiple locations in the Burlington and Ca…
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South Jersey Teacher Charged With Sexually Touching Multiple Students: Prosecutor
A special education teacher at an elementary school in Burlington County has been charged with sexually touching seven students, authorities said. Vincent Root, 58, of Philadelphia, was charged with seven counts of sexual assault and seven counts of child endangerment at Chatsworth Elementary School, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw Root was taken into custody Thursday, Oct. 12 at the Prosecutor’s Office in Mount Holly and held in Burlington County Jail pending a detention hearing in Superior Court. District officials said Root has been placed on admi…
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BF Of NJ Murder Victim Found Dead In PA: Police
The last person to see a New Jersey woman before she was beaten to death in her home was found dead in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Peter Lestician, 53 — a teacher at South Brunswick High School an area softball coach — had been a person of interest in the death of his girlfriend, Sheila Maguire, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. Lestician's body was found Friday, Sept. 2 in the front seat of a locked car near an abandoned barn near an ATV trail in Cooper Township in Clearfield County, by two men riding four-wheelers in the area, said Bradshaw alongside …
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Gunman, Getaway Driver Charged In Deadly South Jersey Shooting: Prosecutor
Two people have been charged in connection with a shooting that left a 19-year-old man dead in the parking lot of a Willingboro shopping center earlier this month, authorities announced. The victim, Adam Janson, 19, had gotten into a car with Knowah Crowderparham, 21, and Alexa Hess, 19 — who was driving — when an argument broke out in the car the evening of Feb. 10, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Crowderparham, of Beverly City, shot Janson as he tried getting out of the car at Kennedy Plaza on JFK Way around 7:30 p.m., Coffina said alongside local police. Janson…
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NJ Vet Nurse's Accused Killer Captured When Stranger Locks Him In Garage, Calls Police
A South Jersey accused of killing a veterinary nurse was taken into custody after a man he demanded a ride from at gunpoint convinced him to go into a garage in Philadelphia, while he called police, authorities said. Andrew Kramer, 31, was initially charged with stealing 38-year-old Melissa Malcolm's car and debit card, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Kramer was living with Malcolm in Mount Laurel, until she asked him to move out, Coffina said. Malcolm -- a vet nurse at Blue Pearl in Levittown, PA -- failed to show up to work Wednesday, and was found dead in her bed by…
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NJ Supermarket, Veterinary Office Robber Armed With Butcher Knife Gets 13 Years: Prosecutor
A South Jersey robber who armed himself with a butcher knife has been sentenced to 13 years in a New Jersey state prison, authorities said. The 49-year-old man was convicted at trial of robbing a Maple Shade veterinary office with the knife and later entering an Acme Market -- unarmed -- and grabbing nearly $500 from a cash register, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Craig Greene of the first block of South Boulevard Avenue, must serve 85 percent of the term before becoming eligible for parole, the prosecutor said. A jury in September found Green guilty of first…
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Suspended NJ Jail Officer Indicted In Shooting That Killed Medical Worker, Wounded Patient
A suspended New Jersey corrections officer who opened fire in a doctor's office when he couldn't book an appointment has been indicted for murder, authorities said. Bruce Gomola Jr., 52, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Gomola, from Burlington Township, worked at Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly at the time of last summer's fatal shooting at a medical office, Coffina said. He has been suspended without pay and is being held in a detention facility in northern New Jersey, Coffin…
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NJ Man Who Went On Racial Tirade Newly Charged With Stalking, Damaging Neighbors' Vehicles
A 45-year-old South Jersey man captured in a viral video harassing his black neighbors has been newly charged with damaging their vehicles, stalking and drug-dealing offenses, authorities said. Edward C. Mathews, of Mount Laurel, was charged Thursday with multiple counts of criminal mischief, multiple drug-related offenses including dealing drugs, stalking and several weapons offenses, the Burlington County prosecutor said. Mathews, who was being held in Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, was initially charged on July 2, and again on Monday, with several counts of harassment, bias…
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South Jersey Man Videotaped Sexual Assaults On Underage Girls, Prosecutor Says
A 27-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested for making videos of himself sexually assaulting underage girls, authorities said. Cody Rodriguez of Clubhouse Road in Browns Mills was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Township Police Chief David King. Rodriguez is accused of taking pictures and making videos of himself sexually assaulting an underage girl last year on multiple occasions, Co…
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