EVESHAM MAN CONVICTED FOR THE 2022 STABBING DEATH OF HIS FRIEND AND HIS FRIENDS DOG
" Donovan G. Hollingsworth Has Been Convicted On Murder, Weapons, & Cruelty To Animal Charges."
Monday, September 4, 2023, 7:45 A.M. ET. By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
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MOUNT HOLLY, NJ.- Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw reported that on Thursday, August 31, 2023, a Jury sitting in Burlington County, New Jersey Returned Guilty Verdicts against a 26-Year-Old Evesham, New Jersey Man in the 2022 Fatal Stabbing of His Friend and his Friends Dog, while Robbing him.
Last Thursday after Deliberating for just over an hour, a Burlington County Jury Returned Guilty Verdicts against Donovan G. Hollingsworth on Charges of First Degree Murder; First Degree Robbery; Third Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose; Third Degree Cruelty to Animals; and Fourth Degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon. The Honorable Christopher J. Garrenger, J.S.C. has Scheduled Sentencing in the matter for October 27, 2023, at which time, Mr. Hollingsworth will be Sentenced to Life in New Jersey State Prison.
The Conviction stems from an investigation that began in the morning hours of February 5, 2023, when Members of The Evesham Township Police Department responded to The Olympus Apartments located on Baker Boulevard in The Township on a report of a Dog Attack. Upon arrival, Police Officers discovered Thomas Pierson, III, 26, deceased inside his Apartment from Multiple Stab Wounds.
Mr. Pierson's Dog, a Cane Corso named Django, was found Dead from Multiple Stab Wounds on a Stairwell Landing. The investigation quickly determined that Mr. Hollingsworth went to Mr. Pierson's Apartment with the purpose of Robbing him. An Altercation between Hollingsworth and Pierson ensued, at which time Mr. Hollingsworth Stabbed Mr. Pierson and Django Multiple Times Each.
Hollingsworth then Fled the scene and was later Taken into Custody by Evesham Township Police Officers at The Emergency Room of Virtua Voorhees Hospital, where he had gone for treatment of minor injuries.
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