US Marshals Arrest 5th Suspect In Fatal Double Shooting In Burlington County US Marshals Arrest 5th Suspect In Fatal Double Shooting In Burlington County
US Marshals Arrest 5th Suspect In Fatal Double Shooting In Burlington County U.S. Marshals have arrested a fifth suspect in connection with the fatal double shooting of a father and his 17-year-old son last fall, authorities said. The father was wounded and the son was killed in a Walmart parking lot, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington Township Public Safety Director Bruce Painter. Tarik Jenkins, 25, of College Drive in Pemberton Township, was charged with first-degree felony murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, hindering, obstruction and several weapons offenses, Coffina and Painter said. Jenkins was taken into custod…
South Jersey Man Left Scene Of Fatal Pedestrian Crash: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Left Scene Of Fatal Pedestrian Crash: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Left Scene Of Fatal Pedestrian Crash: Prosecutor A 41-year-old man from Burlington County has been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash that killed a mother of five, authorities said. Angel Carrion also failed to seek medical treatment for the woman he allegedly struck with his pickup truck, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Holly Township Police Chief Richard Spitler. Carrion, of Mount Holly, was taken into custody on Jan. 6 by Mount Holly police. The investigation, which utilized surveillance footage from multiple businesses, revealed that Carrion turned onto Route 38 west from Pine Stree…
South Jersey Teenager Charged In Separate Double-Shooting Of Woman, Toddler, Prosecutor Says South Jersey Teenager Charged In Separate Double-Shooting Of Woman, Toddler, Prosecutor Says
South Jersey Teenager Charged In Separate Double-Shooting Of Woman, Toddler, Prosecutor Says A 19-year-old man has been charged at Burlington County Jail in a double-shooting in which a woman and a toddler were injured, authorities said. Sylas Young, 19, of the Sunbury Village section of Pemberton Township, was charged with four counts of aggravated assault and weapons offenses, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Acting Public Safety Director Captain Ian Bucs  Young was served with the warrant charging him in connection with the Willingboro shooting inside the Burlington County Jail, Coffina and Bucs said. Young was&…
Home Depot Shoplifter In Bulletproof Vest Waved Knife, Carried Loaded Shotgun: South Jersey PD Home Depot Shoplifter In Bulletproof Vest Waved Knife, Carried Loaded Shotgun: South Jersey PD
Home Depot Shoplifter In Bulletproof Vest Waved Knife, Carried Loaded Shotgun: South Jersey PD A 37-year-old South Jersey man wearing a bulletproof vest was arrested after he allegedly waved a knife at a Home Depot employee, authorities said. Mark C. Payne was suspected of shoplifting and had brandished a knife at a loss prevention worker at 7:02 p.m. Sunday, according to Westampton Township police. The incident occurred at the Home Depot store at 2703 Burlington-Mt. Holly Road in Westampton. Arriving patrol officers were flagged down by a loss prevention worker and pointed in the direction of a suspect fleeing in the parking lot. Police reportedly took Payne into custody without inc…
Bucks County, PA, Man Indicted In South Jersey Teenager's Shooting Death Bucks County, PA, Man Indicted In South Jersey Teenager's Shooting Death
Bucks County, PA, Man Indicted In South Jersey Teenager's Shooting Death A 22-year-old man from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted for fatally shooting a teenager at a South Jersey gas station, authorities said.  A grand jury indicted Tamir Phillips of Bensalem, PA, on charges of first-degree murder and weapons offenses, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Willingboro Township police officers were called to the Phillips 66 gas station in the first block of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive about 3 p.m. Aug. 2 for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they learned that the victim, 14-year-old Jesse Everett of Willingboro,…
South Jersey Suspect Nabbed With Brick Of Heroin In His Butt, Police Say South Jersey Suspect Nabbed With Brick Of Heroin In His Butt, Police Say
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…
4 South Jersey Suspects Arrested In Fatal Double Shooting Outside Walmart 4 South Jersey Suspects Arrested In Fatal Double Shooting Outside Walmart
4 South Jersey Suspects Arrested In Fatal Double Shooting Outside Walmart Four residents of Willingboro have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old man and the wounding of his father in a Walmart parking lot, authorities said. The shooting occurred at 10:15 p.m. on Oct. 7 outside the Walmart off Route 541 in Burlington Township, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington Township Public Safety Director James Sullivan.  They said the following four suspects were  charged with first-degree murder, hindering, conspiracy to commit robbery, obstruction and various weapons or drug-related offenses…
South Jersey Man Indicted In Double Fatal Drive-By Shooting South Jersey Man Indicted In Double Fatal Drive-By Shooting
South Jersey Man Indicted In Double Fatal Drive-By Shooting A 33-year-old South Jersey man has been indicted in connection with a double shooting that left two men dead in their car while parked outside an Edgewater Park apartment house, authorities said. A grand jury indicted Andre Price of Willingboro on two counts of first-degree murder and several weapons offenses, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina  The indictment was returned Thursday. An arraignment is expected soon in Superior Court.  Price has been held at the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly since being extradited to New Jersey two months ago after…
NJ Man Found Dead Behind Convenience Store Was With His Killer Hours Before, Authorities Say NJ Man Found Dead Behind Convenience Store Was With His Killer Hours Before, Authorities Say
NJ Man Found Dead Behind Convenience Store Was With His Killer Hours Before, Authorities Say A man whose body was found earlier this week behind a Mount Holly convenience store had been stabbed to death by a local resident, authorities said Friday. Jimir Wynn, 29, stabbed Sean Reynolds, 31, of Brick Township, multiple times the night of Sept. 6, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Mount Holly Township Police Chief Richard Spitler said. Reynolds had been at Wynn's home earlier that evening, they said. The following day, a child found Reynolds' body behind Millerie’s Market & Deli at the corner of Rancocas Road and King Street. Wynn was charged with Murder …
Suspected Trenton Drug Dealer Indicted In Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Burlington Prosecutor Says Suspected Trenton Drug Dealer Indicted In Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Burlington Prosecutor Says
Suspected Trenton Drug Dealer Indicted In Fatal Fentanyl Overdose, Burlington Prosecutor Says A 34-year-old alleged drug dealer from Trenton has been indicted for causing the fatal overdose of a Pemberton Township man, authorities said. A Burlington County Grand Jury on Aug. 3 returned the indictment against Marvin Montoya, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Montoya was arrested for allegedly selling fentanyl last summer, Coffina said. An investigation began in August 2020 after a relative discovered the victim -- 23-year-old Michael Williams --- in their Brown Mills home the morning of Aug. 11, the prosecutor said. The relative told investigators Williams fai…
Prosecutor: NJ Drug Dealer Indicted In Woman's OD Death, Fentanyl In System Was 5X Lethal Dose Prosecutor: NJ Drug Dealer Indicted In Woman's OD Death, Fentanyl In System Was 5X Lethal Dose
Prosecutor: NJ Drug Dealer Indicted In Woman's OD Death, Fentanyl In System Was 5X Lethal Dose A Burlington County drug dealer was indicted on charges stemming from a woman's fatal overdose in 2019, authorities said. Antoine Crawley, 35, of Pemberton's Sunbury Village section, was charged by a grand jury in the death of 27-year-old Brittney Wallace, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. An autopsy found that the fentanyl level in Wallace's system was more than five times the lethal dose, authorities said. The indictment returned June 24 charges Crawley with strict liability for drug-induced death, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a controlled …
Atlantic City Drug Dealer Sold Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To 37-Year-Old OD Victim, Prosecutor Says Atlantic City Drug Dealer Sold Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To 37-Year-Old OD Victim, Prosecutor Says
Atlantic City Drug Dealer Sold Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To 37-Year-Old OD Victim, Prosecutor Says An Atlantic City drug dealer was charged in a 2019 overdose death of a 37-year-old victim from Burlington County, authorities announced. Holly Morris met Kahlil Carpenter, 30, in Lumberton Township the day before her death to buy the drugs, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Officers on Dec. 14, 2019, found Morris dead in a bed inside her Inverness Circle home in Evesham Township, Coffina said. An autopsy performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood determined she died from fentanyl toxicity, with levels in her system…