Prosecutor: Somerdale Teens Plead Guilty to January Robbery of Sicklerville Man

Two Somerdale teens have pleaded guilty in the brutal robbery of a Pizza Hut delivery driver from Sicklerville in Lawnside this past winter.

The 17-year-old defendants entered their guilty pleas in adult court, according to authorities. Both teens pleaded guilty to first-degree armed robbery and second-degree aggravated assault.

The robbery occurred on the 100 block of Ashland Avenue in Lawnside around 8 p.m. on Jan. 8.

Leon Foxworth and Ryan Coulson orderd a pizza from the Magnolia Pizza Hut to an abandoned home, where they ambushed the victim, attacked him with an aluminum baseball bat and robbed him of $80, according to a statement issued by Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk and Lawnside public safety director John Cunningham.

The attack left the victim with severe head and facial injuries and partially paralyzed. The victim continues to suffer from the effects of his injuries.

Fox pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Irvin Snyder on Monday. Coulson entered his guilty plea on May 25.

Both defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on July 27. It is expected Foxworth will be sentenced to 10 years and Coulson to six years in state prison. Both teens will have to serve 85 percent of their sentences before becoming eligible for parole.