A white man captured on video yelling racist slurs at his Black neighbors in Mount Laurel and later arrested on harassment and more than a dozen other charges will remain in jail pending his trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Edward C. Mathews, 45, who stood silently from Burlington County jail during a remotely held detention hearing, poses a high risk of danger to the community, Superior Court Judge Terrence Cook said Wednesday.
Wednesday s hearing marked the first time Mathews appeared in court on charges that stemmed from early July interactions with his neighbors at their Mount Laurel housing complex.
He stood in an assembly room at the county jail during the proceedings, wearing orange and with his arms behind him.
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Mathews, 45, was in Burlington County Jail Tuesday.
But in another outburst Friday, Mathews allegedly targeted a Black neighbor on Gramercy Lane, according to a probable cause statement for his arrest.
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The neighbor, Verlyn H. Gibbons, went to Mount Laurel police Friday, reporting Mathews “was harassing her by approaching her front door, shouting offensive language and racial slurs at her.
Gibbons also said she suspected the white man was responsible for criminal mischief to her vehicle.
According to the statement, Gibbons answered her door later in the day, expecting a visit from a detective.
Instead, she encountered Mathews “cursing at her and denying being a suspect to the criminal mischief,” the statement says. Gibbons quickly shut her door and called police, who spoke to Mathews at the complex.
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