Murder During Robbery Gone Wrong In BurlCo Lands Man In Prison: Officials

MAPLE SHADE, NJ — A Clementon man was sentenced to 30 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of killing a man outside of the victim's Burlington County home, officials said Tuesday.

Teon Macklin-Goodwine, 25, is the second suspect convicted in the slaying the victim during a robbery gone wrong three years ago in Maple Shade.

Macklin-Goodwine and his co-conspirator, Gregory Berry, went to the Fox Meadow apartment complex intending to commit a robbery in January 2022, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

A resident of the complex — Ezekiel Sanders Jr., 32 — was shot in the arm and chest during the encounter. An ambulance took Sanders to Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after.

After a lengthy investigation, Macklin-Goodwine was charged and arrested in June 2022. Berry, 24, of Glassboro, was charged 15 months after the incident.

Berry took a plea deal last year, admitting to first-degree aggravated manslaughter for a recommended 17-year prison term. He is awaiting sentencing.

Macklin-Goodwine's case went to trial at Burlington County Superior Court in Mount Holly. In July, a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, second-degree conspiracy to commit robbery, and several second-degree weapons counts.

Judge Mark P. Tarantino sentenced him Aug. 29 to 30 years in prison for murder. Macklin-Goodwine won't be parole-eligible during the term.

He will serve sentences for the other convictions at the same time.