Five members of a local family pleaded not guilty at their arraignments recently to witness tampering charges related to their alleged attempts to contact the complaining witness in a domestic violence case. The Cape May County Herald reports the five – John P. Linnington, of North Cape May, James J. Linnington, of Cape May, Christa N. Linnington, of Wildwood, Marianne N. Linnington, of Cape May, and Marie J. Britton, of Rio Grande – were given new dates to return to court by Judge J. Christopher Gibson. In the domestic violence case, John P. Linnington was charged with attempted murder, unlawful use of a weapon, aggravated assault and other counts in April 2022 connected to an incident in which he allegedly attacked a pregnant woman in a vehicle after she picked him up at a bar.