A Burlington County man has been indicted on charges he killed his former employer. Meanwhile, a Bergen County woman is accused of stealing her mother’s death benefits.
The people involved in those incidents are among a group of people either charged with, indicted for, convicted of or sentenced in a wide array of crimes that made news across New Jersey in the past week.
Click through the gallery above to catch up on any law and order news you might have missed. Here’s some of what’s there:
- A 42-year-old Pemberton man has been indicted for allegedly shooting and killing his former employer in what cops say was supposed to be a robbery. The 49-year-old man was found shot to death in his Tabernacle home by his father.
- A 46-year-old Moonachie woman was arrested after investigators determined she misappropriated and spent $75,000 in death benefits left by her mother for two other heirs, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said.
- A brother and sister have been charged with attempted murder, carjacking and robbery in an incident which seriously injured a Paulsboro man. The victim was shot in the chest and robbed of a wristwatch, cell phones and cash, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office.
- The 62-year-old former track and field coach at Essex County College was sentenced to three years in prison for using his school-issued debit card to steal more than $75,000 intended to be spent on the track program.
- A Georgia man could receive a life sentence after being convicted of stabbing an Irvington go-go dancer to death. The 32-year-old was convicted of murder. His 43-year-old co-conspirator previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
- A 32-year-old man attacked a pastor on a Newark street, police said. The Irvington resident asked the pastor about religious beliefs before striking him, according to authorities.
- The owner of a Lyndhurst diner is facing theft charges for allegedly buying restaurant supplies on his credit cards and then later reporting the cards stolen. The 46-year-old Paramus man owns Schuyler Diner.
- A Berardsville man who authorities said assaulted a woman and then tried to use another man as a human shield during a standoff with police was convicted of multiple offenses. The 47-year-old pleaded guilty to making terroristic threats, criminal restraint, aggravated assault and weapons offenses.
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