Theodore “Teddy” Pohlig’s arrest at Atsion Lake

The arrest and charges

Pohlig, 26, of Diamond Street in Pine Hill, had been free on $7,500 bail during his Camden County trial for the kidnapping and killing of Glen Allen Renna of Collingswood. Judge Charles A. Rizzi issued a bench warrant after learning that Pohlig’s telephone claim that his father had suffered a heart attack appeared untrue. Acting on an anonymous tip, four Berlin-barracks troopers found Pohlig at the state historic area on Route 206. A friend had reportedly driven him there; he surrendered without resistance and was held without bail in Camden County Jail.

The article identified Pohlig as a Henchmen Motorcycle Club member. Co-defendants were Howard “Jay” Stiles, 25, of White Horse Pike in Somerdale; David A. Bevilacqua, 23, of the 1800 block of South 28th Street in Philadelphia; and reputed Henchmen leader Neal “Dutch” Hunterson, 24, of the 100 block of Diamond Street in Pine Hill. Stiles was described as a Warlocks member. All four had pleaded not guilty. Renna, a rival-club member, was found August 17, 1971, in a shallow grave behind the Henchmen’s Berlin headquarters. The clipping was published during deliberations and does not state the verdict.

What the appellate record adds—and leaves uncertain

Joseph Dissicini’s separate appeal identifies Renna as a 23-year-old Mongols member who wanted to join the Henchmen. The opinion recounts Hunterson’s January 7, 1971 stabbing of Renna, his subsequent removal and treatment, and the firing of shots into his grave. The previous version of this entry described Renna as alive or near death at burial. The opinion is more cautious: Dissicini testified that Renna was already dead, and the medical examiner could not determine whether he was alive at that point.

Dissicini was tried separately, acquitted of kidnapping, and convicted of second-degree murder. He argued that fear of Hunterson compelled his participation. The appeals court rejected that defense to the murder charge in its February 14, 1974 decision and affirmed his conviction. It records the Magalottis’ cooperation under immunity, which the trial jury knew about. These details explain the evidence and defense in Dissicini’s trial; they do not establish Pohlig’s own verdict. Read State v. Dissicini.

Pohlig’s final disposition remains a specific research question for the Camden County criminal docket and post-verdict newspaper coverage. This entry’s title describes his documented arrest rather than assigning him another defendant’s legal outcome.