Sheriff: Child Support Raid Nets 37

A three-day child support raid netted 37 local men and women who owed more than $500,000 in court-ordered support.

The Burlington County Sheriff's Department—along with other police departments—conducted the raid from Dec. 6 to Dec. 8. Those who helped include 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, totaling $507,139 of child support. 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 CDS.