Burlington County Man Sentenced for Camden County Crime Spree

A Burlington County man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a series of robberies and carjackings, Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo announced.

Zedrick T. Johnson, 36, of Willingboro, pleaded guilty in July to two counts of robbery and three counts of carjacking.

He will be required to serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.

He also previously pleaded guilty to murder in the killing of a gas station attendant in Burlington County. The victim, 46-year-old Bal Krishna Karki, was fatally beaten during a robbery at the Lukoil gas station at Route 130 and Charleston Road in Willingboro Feb. 11, 2013.

In November, he was sentenced to 42.5 years in prison for the killing, and must serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.

According to authorities:

The Camden County spree began when Johnson robbed the Gulf gas station on the 700 block of Route 130 in Collingwood around 5:45 p.m. Feb. 15, 2013. During the robbery, he stabbed a gas station attendant in the hand with a knife.

Next, Johnson robbed the Betsey Ross Truck Stop on the 9300 block of Route 130 in Pennsauken around 2:40 p.m. Feb.17, 2013. In that incident, he held sharp object believed to be a box knife to the back of a truck stop employee’s neck.

Johnson later committed a carjacking on the 7100 block of Airport Highway in Pennsauken shortly before 3:50 p.m. Feb. 18, 2013. During the carjacking, he forced the victim out of her SUV while the vehicle was moving.

Finally, Johnson carried out a series of crimes in the same day beginning in the parking lot at Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden around 5 p.m. Feb. 20, 2013. There, Johnson approached a hospital employee who had finished her shift and demanded the keys to her vehicle, but she refused.

At that time, a hospital bus pulled up and Johnson walked away from the woman. The bus driver radioed hospital security to ask for assistance and a security vehicle began to follow Johnson.

Shortly thereafter, Johnson got into a woman’s van stopped at light at the intersection of the White Horse Pike and Haddon Avenue. He was armed with a knife and demanded she drive away.

The victim turned right onto Haddon Avenue, drove into Collingswood then made a left onto Pacific Avenue. Johnson told the driver to stop, exited the van, approached the security vehicle and began slashing one of the rear tires.

Johnson then walked along the 100 block of Pacific Avenue where two adults were removing a child from their running SUV. The defendant got into their vehicle and fled the area.

He was arrested in Camden Feb. 21, 2013.

The attached image of Zedrick Johnson is a Patch file photo.