Tag: Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office
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Burlington County drug assistance program expands into court system
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced on Feb. 12 that the county-sponsored “Operation Helping Hand” program expanded its services into two municipal court systems with potential to reach into other townships. Coffina said that the municipal court that serves Burlington City and Burlington Township now offers outreach and treatment options being offered to defendants charged…
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County corrections department receives grant aimed to benefit medication assisted treatment
The Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders recently passed a legislation to accept state grant monies aimed to benefit a county assisted treatment program. The Burlington County Freeholder Board released an announcement on Nov. 27 that the board unanimously passed a resolution accepting a grant from the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction…
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Prosecutor: Third defendant pleads guilty in GoFundMe scam; agrees to repay restitution to victims
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that the remaining defendant behind the fictitious GoFundMe campaign pled guilty to participating in the fraudulent scheme that misled donors into contributing more than $402,000 to a fabricated cause. In a statement released on Dec. 6, Coffina announced that 40-year-old Mark D’Amico, of Florence, pled guilty in Superior Court…
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Prosecutor: Former Bordentown physician charged for narcotics distribution and fraud
Charges for narcotics distribution and fraud have been filed against a Bordentown Township physician by Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Coffina released a statement on Dec. 4, in which a former physician, Morris Starkman, of Yellowstone Road in Cinnaminson, was accused of illegally prescribing thousands of highly-addictive opioid pills out of his Bordentown Township practice…
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Mansfield resident charged for alleged participation in drug trafficking
A Mansfield resident has been charged along with 30 more individuals for alleged participation in drug-trafficking throughout the Burlington County area. U.S. Attorney Craig Carpentio announced on Sept. 26 that federal criminal charges have been filed against 31 individuals for their roles as members, associates and suppliers of multiple drug-trafficking conspiracies that distributed cocaine, crack…
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Trenton drug dealer pleads guilty to death of Mansfield Township man
A Trenton man recently pled guilty to causing the death of a Mansfield Township man. Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced on July 30 that a Trenton drug dealer pled guilty in superior court to initiating the death of a customer by supplying the heroin that led to the Mansfield resident’s fatal overdose in the…
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North Carolina man found guilty of attempted murder at Bordentown truck stop
A North Carolina man was recently convicted for the attempted murder in 2018 of an employee at a Bordentown Township truck stop. Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced on Aug. 1 that a truck driver from North Carolina has been convicted in superior court for attempted murder and he was reported to have stabbed a…
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Third defedant charged in GoFundMe scam
The remaining defendant who had not pled guilty in connection to the fictitious GoFundMe campaign was indicted on May 7 for his role in the scam that misled donors into contributing more than $402,000 to a fabricated cause. The announcement came from Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina that Mark D’Amico, 39, of Florence, was indicted…
