Mt. Laurel Police Credited for Role in Investigation Into Burglaries of Asian Business Owners

NEWARK, NJ — The Mount Laurel Police Department (MLPD) has been credited by the U.S. Attorney's Office for its role in a federal investigation that led to the guilty plea and subsequent sentencing of a New Jersey man for a conspiracy to target Asian and Asian-American small business owners for burglaries.

Kevin Jackson, 57, of Rahway, NJ previously pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property. He was sentenced on May 13 to 33 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

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In addition to prison time, U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin sentenced Jackson to three years of supervised release and ordered restitution of $294,586.

According to court documents, Jackson participated in a conspiracy to burglarize the residences of certain Asian small business owners living in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware between December 2, 2016 and March 20, 2019 and planned to steal large sums of money, valuable jewelry and other items and then transport the stolen goods in interstate commerce, including to residences in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

In addition to the Mount Laurel Police Department, the U.S. Attorney's Office thanked several other law enforcement agencies for their assistance in the investigation, including the South Plainfield Police Department, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, the New Jersey State Police, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of State, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Bernards Township, Bethlehem Township, Cherry Hill, Cinnaminson, Clark, Colonial Regional, Cranford, Delaware State Police-Troop 2, Delran, Edison, East Brunswick, East Hanover, Eatontown, Elizabeth, Essex County Sheriff’s Office-Bureau of Narcotics, Evesham Township, Exeter Township, Fair Lawn, Forks Township, Fort Lee, Franklin Township, Glassboro, Gloucester Township, Hackensack, Haverstraw, Hazlet, Highland Park, Hillside, Hillsborough Township, Howell Township, Jackson, Kenilworth, Lawrence Township, Linden, Lyndhurst, Mahwah, Marlboro Township, Maywood, Middletown, Montgomery County, Montville, Morris Township, Mountainside, New Castle County, New Providence, New York Police Department’s 105th Detective Squad, North Brunswick, North Plainfield, Old Bridge, Paramus, Parsippany, Phillipsburg, Piscataway, Pocono Mountain Regional, Pocono Township, Raritan, Roselle Park, Sayreville, Somerville, South Brunswick, South River, South Whitehall Township, Spotswood, Town of Tuxedo, Tinton Falls, Toms River, Township of Ocean, Union, Upper Macungie Township, Wall Township, Warren, Washington Township, Watchung, Westfield, Whitehall Township, and Woodbridge Township Police Departments.

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