Camden man pleads to Deptford burglary

November 18, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO
Phone: (856) 384-5617; Pager (856) 251-4736

Mark Fersner (DOB 12/22/82) of 713 N. 25th St., Camden, faces four years in New Jersey state prison after pleading guilty to second-degree burglary in connection with a break-in at a Deptford home coupled with a threat to harm the homeowner’s son on Dec. 19, 2008.

Fersner, who lived in Lindenwold when the crime occurred, entered a guilty plea Tuesday (11/17) as jury selection was to begin for his trial. In a negotiated plea, the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office will recommend sentencing as a third-degree offender to four years in state prison and a requirement that he serve 85 percent of his term before parole is possible. Deputy Trial Chief Michael S. Curwin prosecuted.

Fersner was charged with breaking into an unoccupied house at 716 Highland Ave. through a back door. He was accused to threatening the homeowner’s 25-year-old son, who arrived from work while the burglary was taking place. The son spotted Fersner dragging a safe from the house across the lawn on a blanket and called police from a neighbor’s home. Deptford Township police officers arrested Fersner in a shed two blocks from the victim’s home.