File photo of Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae on Sept. 20, 2019. Stephen Smink, of Philadelphia, was convicted this month of plotting the murder of Webb-McRae and other officials. Read more MIGUEL MARTINEZ / Staff Photographer

by Robert Moran Published Aug. 27, 2025, 7:03 p.m. ET

A 62-year-old Philadelphia man has been convicted of plotting the murder of a South Jersey prosecutor and other officials who were involved in sending him to prison for orchestrating an arson that destroyed a bowling alley, state prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Stephen Smink was convicted Aug. 15 before Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Levin on one count of conspiracy to commit murder and five counts of attempted murder, and conspiracy to transport weapons and transpor

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