Edward C. Mathews, 47, faces an eight-year prison sentence under a plea deal arranged with the prosecutor’s office.
File photo of Edward C. Mathews being escorted by police through a crowd of protesters in Mount Laurel on July 5, 2021.A Mount Laurel man whose racist 2021 rant against a Black neighbor was caught on a video that went viral has pleaded guilty to four counts of bias intimidation and a drug charge, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced Wednesday.
Edward C. Mathews, 47, faces an eight-year prison sentence under a plea deal arranged with the prosecutor’s office, Bradshaw said at a news release. His plea was entered Tuesday before Superior Court Judge Gerard H. Breland, who scheduled Mathews’ sentencing for Dec. 8. The bias counts involve Mathews’ harassment of former neighbors, and the drug charge — possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute — was filed after investigators searched his home and found numerous hallucinogenic mushrooms, Bradshaw said.The case drew national attention after a July 2021 video of Mathews showed him taunting a Black neighbor and using racial slurs. He gave out the address for his residence and told people “to come see me.
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