US man convicted of killing of woman who was selling him cellphone

Detectives said Coleman had made arrangements on March 6 through the marketplace app OfferUp to purchase a used cellphone from Lopez. But instead of buying the phone, Coleman executed Lopez by firing a shot through the partially opened driver’s side window around 11pm, officials said. — Photo by Selwyn van Haaren on Unsplash

A man accused of fatally shooting a woman he had agreed to meet in Willingboro so he could buy a used phone from her was convicted Wednesday, authorities said.

A Burlington County Superior Court jury deliberated Tuesday and Wednesday before returning guilty verdicts against 24-year-old Marvin A. Coleman, Jr., of Willingboro, on charges of felony murder, murder, robbery and weapons-related offenses, according to a statement from the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.