NJ Doctor Had Wife Killed When She Threatened to Expose His Drug Network: Prosecutors

In this May 25, 2016, photo, Kim Pack poses with a photo of her late mother, talk-show host April Kauffman, in Linwood, N.J. Pack's stepfather, Dr. James Kauffman, was charged in the murder of her mother April on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Kauffman, a New Jersey doctor running an illegal prescription opioid drug ring with a motorcycle gang had a member hire someone to kill his wife after she threatened to expose the scheme while trying to force him to agree to a divorce, authorities said Tuesday. Vernon Ogrodnek/The Press of Atlantic City via AP

A popular New Jersey doctor has been charged in an alleged murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of his wife.

Dr. James Kauffman is accused of having his wife killed after she threatened to expose his fraudulent drug network, prosecutors said this week.