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- Charges for Hate Crimes on the Rise in New Jersey
Jan 21, 2019
Newly-released data from the FBI showed that the number of reported Bias Intimidation in Gloucester Township, NJ The section of the New Jersey Criminal Code that deals with hate crimes is Bias intimidation, if successfully pleaded and argued by a prosecutor, can lead to the underlying crime on which the bias intimidation charges were based carrying higher levels of possible punishment and imprisonment. Additionally, if an individual is convicted of bias intimidation, th...Read More - New Jersey Police Officer Cleared in Shooting Death
Jan 14, 2019
A New Jersey police officer who had been on administrative leave following an on-duty shooting has been cleared of any wrongdoing following a grand jury investigation. The officer was Sgt. Kevin Clements, a 19-year veteran of the Deptford Police Force. He shot and killed a 36-year-old woman named LaShonda Anderson following a Being Charged with Murder in Deptford, NJ Sgt. Clements’ situation was different than most However, in situations involving civilians, grand jurie...Read More - Rutgers Football Player Arrested For Alleged Murder Conspiracy in NJ
Dec 20, 2018
Izaia Bullock, a junior linebacker at Rutgers University, was arrested and charged in late October 2018 for his alleged connection to a Events Leading To Mr. Bullock’s Arrest Mr. Bullock, a 22-year-old from Piscataway, NJ, was arrested by the Rutgers University Police Department after an unnamed person came forward to police with a recording of Mr. Bullock describing the murder plan and attempting to recruit the unnamed person to be his getaway driver an...Read More - NJ Middle School Teacher Arrested And Accused of Sex Crimes Involving A Student
Dec 18, 2018
On October 27, 2018, Stephanie Carafa, a teacher at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Lodi, NJ, was arrested following an investigation conducted by the Lodi police department and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office of inappropriate activity occurring at a local high school. Police initiated this investigation after allegations were made that Prosecutor’s Theory Of The Case According to the details of the record in Ms. Carafa’s pretrial criminal proceedings, the prosecutor, Kristin DeMarco, intend...Read More - Hoboken Man Accused of Falsely Reporting Robbery of His Employer’s Messenger Bike
Nov 29, 2018
Hoboken Man Accused of Falsely Reporting Robbery of His Employer’s Messenger Bike Anyone who is thinking about stealing their boss’ messenger bike might want to think again. The Hoboken Police Department recently arrested a purported victim of a robbery just eight days after receiving a report of an assault and robbery of an expensive messenger bike. After reviewing video footage which revealed that the supposed victim was actually the last person to have possession o...Read More - 4 Men Charged in Death of Dad at Youth Football Practice in Millville, NJ
Nov 27, 2018
Authorities have charged four people with Homicide, Conspiracy to Commit Homicide, Hindering Apprehension, Obstruction, and False Reporting in connection with an August 9th shooting death of a parent at a youth football practice in Millville, New Jersey. Criminal Defense Attorney Jill R. Cohen keeps a keen eye on the kinds of police and prosecutorial mistakes that can ultimately serve as the basis for the criminal defense of accused individuals in cases like this. Joseph L...Read More - Atlantic Highlands Resident Busted for Child Porn
Oct 25, 2018
Recently, a resident of Atlantic Highlands who was serving on the borough’s environmental commission was caught possessing and distributing child pornography online. Man Charged with Possessing Child Pornography A 60-year-old resident of the Atlantic Highlands was just taken into police custody when it was discovered his was both in possession of and distributing Prior to these recent allegations, he was working as an alternate member of the Atlantic Highlands Environmental Commission. He was no...Read More - Kearny Bookkeeper Charged with Third-Degree Theft
Oct 23, 2018
A Kearny bookkeeper has confessed and pleaded guilty to stealing money from her school’s district, and she has agreed to pay back over $300,000 in damages as a result of her plea agreement. Former Bookkeeper Confesses to Theft Gina Neri, the 50-year-old bookkeeper, is a resident of North Arlington. Her duties as a bookkeeper required her to keep track of the school district’s spending. The district’s business office first began to realize there may b...Read More - Bank Robbing “Nuns” Confess to their Crimes
Sep 20, 2018
Habitual bank robbers who had a practice of dressing up in disguises before their crimes including dressing up as nuns have finally confessed to their crimes. The two young women had a three month period where they robbed or attempted to rob banks in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania, one time dressed as nuns while other times they wore hijab head coverings although twice they left the banks empty handed. Garfield Bank Held at Gunpoin...Read More - Fatal Drunk Driving Accident; Off-Duty Cop Gets Year in Jail
Sep 18, 2018
Fatal Drunk Driving Accident; Off-Duty Cop Gets Year in Jail An off-duty Long Branch police detective pleaded guilty to strict liability vehicular homicide and DWI for fatally striking a 66-year-old Stanhope woman with his jeep as she was crossing the street on Ocean Boulevard. He is now considered to be the first defendant in New Jersey to be sentenced under the strict liability vehicular homicide statute that is considered a third-degree offense under the ne...Read More
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