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A 45-year-old South Jersey man, allegedly captured in a viral video harassing his black neighbors, has been newly charged with damaging their vehicles, stalking and drug-dealing offenses, authorities said.
Edward C. Mathews, of Mount Laurel, was charged Thursday with multiple counts of criminal mischief, multiple drug-related offenses including dealing drugs, stalking and several weapons offenses, the Burlington County prosecutor said.
Mathews, who was being held in Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly, was initially charged on July 2, and again on Monday, with several counts of harassment, bias crimes and trespassing, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Those charges came in connection with two confrontations with neighbors involving racial slurs, using threatening language and gestures, Coffina said.
Mathews is also accused of stalking one of the vehicle owners, the prosecutor s office said.
Police also seized psilocybin mushrooms known for their hallucinogenic effect, along with packaging materials, the prosecutor s office alleged in a statement.
That led to charges of possessing a controlled dangerous substance and possession with the intent to distribute.
The search came after police obtained an extreme risk protection order against Mathews. The order, which prohibits its subject from possessing guns, was issued based on the implied threat of the use of weapons Mathews made to neighbors, the statement said.
The new charges against Mathews, 45, include possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and two counts of certain persons not to have a weapon, the prosecutor s office said.
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