Burlington County Sheriff Jean E. Stanfield has announced the results of a three-day child-support raid executed recently, a sweep that resulted in the arrest of 37 individuals who owed $507,139 in court-ordered child support.
“This was a cooperative effort involving law enforcement agencies both within and outside the county,” Stanfield said. “Enforcing child-support orders sends a clear message that the needs of our children must be met.
“This is a critical issue which, in the grand scheme of things, affects all taxpayers. When child support goes unpaid, the cost of care often falls on state and county social services and other agencies.”
The raid was executed by the sheriff’s department between Dec. 6 and 8, and involved the assistance of police departments in Burlington City, Pemberton Township, Riverside, Willingboro, Hamilton Township and East Greenwich, as well as Burlington County Central Communications.
The arrests involved individuals from 17 municipalities. Five of those arrested were on outstanding warrants unrelated to child support.
Those arrested and released included Ian Cartwright, 29, Southampton; Gary Thomas, 43, Burlington City; Christopher Zuckowich, 37, Roebling; Walter Cunnane, 46, Marlton; Lance Smith, 22, Willingboro; Jonathan Pokoe, 53, Burlington Township; Raymond Felcon, 22, Willingboro; Fernando Colon, 61, Browns Mills; Bruce Martell, 20, Paulsboro; and, Kenneth Gadsden, 29, Wrightstown.
Those arrested and last reported as still being held in the Burlington County Detention Center included Daniel Fontaine, 47, Browns Mills; Leonard Fairell, 29, Florence; George Potts, 28, Browns Mills; Kasim Tate, 46, Mount Holly; Lisa Goldsmid, 33, Maple Shade; Donte Morris, 19, Willingboro; Richard Doyle, 51, Burlington City; Eugene Shafer, 38, Willingboro; Thomas Edgecomb, 48, Delran; Brandon Sims, 24, Pemberton; Christian Soler, 25, Delran; Stanley Fijalkowski, 30, Browns Mills; Jajuan Henderson, 19, Burlington City; Sidney Griffin, 52, Mount Laurel; Bradford Karp, 36, Delanco; and, Angelo Velazquez, 18, Trenton.
The following individuals surrendered to authorities: Michael McCarty, 31, Florence; Jason Clark, 37, Riverside; Lisa Sabo, 35, Riverside; Lester Verasammy, 32, Cookstown; Keith Walls, 24, Willingboro; and Dwayne Chambers, 24, Mount Holly.
Others arrested were Barbara Asay, 28, Riverside, on a Palmyra warrant for harassment/offensive touching; Nancy Morris, 49, Burlington Township, for traffic warrants out of Burlington City; Brandy Evans, 25, Southampton, for a traffic warrant out of Burlington Township; Andre Heard, 26, Willingboro, for traffic warrants out of Willingboro and Burlington Township; and, Joseph Simmons, 46, Willingboro, on violation of probation related to an underlying charge of possession of controlled-dangerous substances.
