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The Landscape of Violent Crimes in New Jersey: What You Need to Know
Violent crimes are offenses that understandably capture public attention and concern. These crimes involve physical harm or the threat of harm to others and can carry substantial legal repercussions. As a criminal defense attorney in New Jersey, I’ve represented numerous clients who have found themselves entangled in allegations of violent...
Continue ReadingStabbing Incident Leaves One Man Dead in Union County
Murder is one of the most serious crimes people can receive a conviction for in New Jersey. Often, legal repercussions for such an accusation include a lengthy prison sentence. Defending one’s actions in a murder often requires a careful presentation of the facts. Claims of self-defense may sometimes persuade the...
Continue ReadingArrest Made After Body Found In A Plastic Container
For a week or two now, local news has been covering the discovery of a body in a plastic container in just about every news cast. It has captured our state’s attention. And, there has been an arrest in the case. The original incident According to the Ridgefield Police Department,...
Continue ReadingLocal Arrested In Weequahic Park After Alleged Knife Incident
A day that ends in handcuffs is always someone’s worst day. Especially, if it is after a family event in a park. But, this is unfortunately what one Newark resident is now facing after a community movie night. The incident Incident occurred during a recent Weequahic Park during a community...
Continue ReadingAlleged Shooter Arrested In Deptford
In a mental health crisis or domestic squabble between family or friends, we can make decisions that are detrimental to our own lives. Unfortunately, when guns are involved, those decisions can spiral into one ending up in jail. This appears to be the case for one local man who was...
Continue ReadingBoardwalk Merchant Dies After Juvenile Robbery
An Atlantic City boardwalk shop owner has died after a 12-year-old boy allegedly held him at knifepoint while others ransacked his shop. Although the boy and a 14-year old girl were apprehended after the armed robbery, police are searching for other juveniles who may have been involved in the attack....
Continue ReadingPolice Officer Arrested For Assault, Other Charges
Members of a New Jersey police department arrested one of their own recently after responding to an alleged domestic violence incident. Prosecutors said that the officer was charged with harassment, aggravated assault and stalking. He is now suspended from his position without pay, but the department will wait for the...
Continue ReadingWhat constitutes assault in New Jersey?
Sometimes arguments between people in New Jersey can be heated, to the point where a person might threaten to physically hurt the other or may actually physically hurt the other. While some states differentiate assault (the threat of harm) from the separate crime of battery (actual harm), New Jersey simply...
Continue ReadingVineland man charged after Atlantic City shooting
Andre Alexander has been charged for an Atlantic City shooting that left a Philadelphia man wounded earlier this year. This August a man walked into AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound. The man stated he was shot after an altercation on the 3100 block of Pacific Avenue. After...
Continue ReadingCamden Man Facing Double Murder Charges
We all know that New Jersey can be a rough place. Just turning on the news every night, we see stories of shootings. But, what we often do not hear is context or the other side of the story. Often, we only hear the police point of view or the...
Continue ReadingCourt Overturns Search For Shooting Suspect
Privacy protections govern the investigation of the most serious crimes. Earlier this month, the New Jersey state Supreme Court threw out evidence sized in a shooting investigation that was seized in a warrantless search of a rooming house. Appeals courts’ decisions led to the release of the person imprisoned for...
Continue ReadingWhat are the Fines and Prison Terms for Aggravated Assault in New Jersey?
If you ever watch or read the news, you will often hear about cases of aggravated assault all throughout New Jersey. Aggravated assault is not a new charge, but the state has gotten stricter in its fines and prison terms over the years. Understanding the legal charges that you face...
Continue ReadingTrenton Citizen Arrested For Murdering Two-Year-Old Child
Details Come to Light After Toddler’s Murder Back in August, the city of Trenton mourned after learning about the death of a two-year-old child. As the weeks passed, that mourning turned into horror as an autopsy revealed the horrific circumstances surrounding the child’s death. Now, a suspect has been apprehended....
Continue ReadingMan Gets Fifteen Years in Prison for Shooting Camden Officer
Lindenwold Resident Sentenced to Prison Delronn Mahan, age 21, of Lindenwold, New Jersey was sentenced Friday, March 22, 2019 to a total of fifteen years in prison for shooting a police officer in November 2017. Mahan had been previously sentenced to eight years in prison related to this incident for...
Continue ReadingDouble Homicide in Camden, New Jersey
The police in New Jersey are investigating a tragic crime after they discovered two homicide victims in an idling vehicle on February 27th. Read on to learn the details of this crime, the penalties of murder in the state of New Jersey and the potential criminal defenses available to murder...
Continue ReadingSelf-Defense, Murder, or Manslaughter? A Brief Guide to NJ Law
Murder, self-defense, and manslaughter are often closely tied together. The differentiation between the three is sometimes hard to discern because of the principles that separate self-defense from an unlawful criminal assault or killing. So when is a killing justified, and when is it criminal? Here’s a brief run-down of how...
Continue ReadingPennsylvania Man Charged With First-Degree Attempted Murder After Stabbing In North Cape May
On November 29, 2018, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Lower Township Police Department Chief William Mastriana announced, in a joint press release, that 57-year-old Joseph T. Schroeder of Bristol, Pennsylvania had been arrested the previous day in connection to a stabbing that occurred in North Cape May,...
Continue ReadingNew Jersey Police Officer Cleared in Shooting Death
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...
Continue ReadingRutgers Football Player Arrested For Alleged Murder Conspiracy in NJ
Izaia Bullock, a junior linebacker at Rutgers University, was arrested and charged in late October 2018 for his alleged connection to a murder plot. According to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, Mr. Bullock was engaged in a plan to kill “the family members of an acquaintance.” The targets of this...
Continue Reading4 Men Charged in Death of Dad at Youth Football Practice in Millville, NJ
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...
Continue ReadingNot Guilty Plea Entered by Pagan Gang Leader in Death of Radio Host
Pagan motorcycle gang leader Ferdinand Augello has entered a not-guilty plea for the 2012 shooting death of radio host April Kauffman before a Superior Court Judge in an Atlantic County courtroom. The 61-year-old suspect has been accused of hiring a hitman to murder Kauffman after it was learned that she...
Continue ReadingNo New Trial for “Making a Murderer” Subject Brendan Dassey
Netflix’s documentary series “Making a Murderer” became a subject of popular speculation in the months after its release. Many people were convinced that Brendan Dassey, who confessed to assisting his uncle Steven Avery in the 2005 rape and murder of Teresa Halbach, was actually innocent. Dassey, who was just 16...
Continue ReadingLindenwold NJ Teen Wanted to Assassinate the Pope
Lindenwold Teenager Accused of Planning to Assassinate Pope During Visit to Philadelphia A teenager from Lindenwold NJ recently pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges stemming from an alleged plot to assassinate Pope Francis. Investigators determined that the suspect was inspired by ISIS to commit the act of terrorism. The suspect,...
Continue ReadingMurder Conviction Documented in 'Making a Murderer' Overturned by Federal Judge
Subject of “Making a Murderer” Documentary on Netflix May Be Exonerated “Making a Murderer,” the true crime series released online through Netflix last year, captivated the nation with its documentary story about a Wisconsin man convicted of murder. The Netflix series caused many viewers to express outrage at the fact...
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