A Philadelphia man was found guilty in a plot to kill multiple New Jersey government officials who were involved in his 2014 arson conviction, according to Attorney General Matthew Platkin.

Stephen Smink, 62, of Philadelphia, was convicted of conspiring to murder Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae, First Assistant Prosecutor Harold Shapiro, two Superior Court judges and an assistant prosecutor between January 2018 and December 2020, according to Platkin's office.

Smink, a former South Jersey bowling alley owner, was previously sentenced to 15 years in state prison for orchestrating the plan to burn down a rival bowling alley with the help of two Philadelphia accomplices who pleaded guilty to starting that fire.

While serving his sentence at Northern State Prison in Newark

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