Philadelphia man guilty of plotting to kill NJ prosecutor and other officials Jen Ursillo Published: August 28, 2025 Stephen Smink (NJ Dept. of Corrections/Google Street View)

šŸ”“ A Philadelphia man is convicted in a revenge-murder plot; faces life in prison

šŸ”“ He planned to kill a NJ prosecutor and other government officials

šŸ”“ The officials had a hand in putting him behind bars for a separate crime

A Philadelphia man has been convicted for plotting to kill a New Jersey prosecutor and other government officials.

Stephen Smink, 62, was found guilty on Aug. 15 of conspiring with others to kill Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae , First Assistant Prosecutor Harold Shapiro, two Superior Court judges, and an assistant prosecutor who were involved in his 2014 arson ch

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