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Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor
Pennsylvania Pimp Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Of Drugged Women In NJ Motels: Prosecutor A 49-year-old man from Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for human trafficking and failing to register as a sex offender, authorities said. Michael Tedesco, of Reading, admitted transporting women to motels in South Jersey to engage in paid sexual encounters that he arranged and then keeping a portion of what they earned for himself, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Tedesco pleaded guilty in December to first-degree human trafficking as well as third-degree failure to register as a sex offender for an unrelated offense, Coffina sa…

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by Jon Craig
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Prosecutor: NJ Boy, 14, Driving Stolen Car Shot Dead By PA Man Prosecutor: NJ Boy, 14, Driving Stolen Car Shot Dead By PA Man
Prosecutor: NJ Boy, 14, Driving Stolen Car Shot Dead By PA Man Two people have been charged in the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy at a New Jersey gas station over the weekend. Tamir Phillips, 22, of Bensalem, PA, and Chelsea Holman, 29, of Willingboro, NJ, were arrested in the death of Jesse Everett on Aug. 21, the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office announced Tuesday. Phillips was charged with first degree murder and weapons offenses while Holman was slapped with hindering apprehension and obstruction of justice. Everett, 14, was apparently driving a 2014 Honda Civic reported stolen by the owner that day, according to Burlington Coun…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-Con, Teen Nabbed In Double Shooting That Killed Alleged South Jersey Drug Dealer Ex-Con, Teen Nabbed In Double Shooting That Killed Alleged South Jersey Drug Dealer
Ex-Con, Teen Nabbed In Double Shooting That Killed Alleged South Jersey Drug Dealer A South Jersey ex-con and teenager were captured by members of the U.S. Marshals and a regional task force for their roles in a home invasion robbery and shooting that left one woman dead last year, authorities said Wednesday. Semaj T. Pittman, 21, of Willingboro and a teenager from Evesham were charged with murder, robbery other related offenses in the February 2020 incident that killed 22-year-old Karla Winkler and injured her 24-year-old Philadelphia boyfriend, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. Police responding to The Arbors apartments in Maple Shade on reports of a …

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by Jon Craig
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Philadelphia Drug Dealer Charged In Overdose Death of South Jersey Man, Prosecutor Says Philadelphia Drug Dealer Charged In Overdose Death of South Jersey Man, Prosecutor Says
Philadelphia Drug Dealer Charged In Overdose Death of South Jersey Man, Prosecutor Says A 41-year-old man from Philadelphia has been charged with causing the death of a South Jersey man who died of a heroin/fentanyl drug overdose, authorities said. Robert Quintua, of the 2500 block of Lefevre Street, was charged with first-degree strict liability for drug-Induced death, according to  Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Laurel Township Police Chief Stephen Riedener . Raymond Stutzer III, 44, of Marlton fatally overdosed last year in a Mount Laurel hotel, Coffina and Riedener said. Quintua was taken into custody in January, and extradited on…

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by Jon Craig