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Covers news, information, and events about criminal defense law in the state of New Jersey including shoplifting, drunken driving and theft.
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Last Entry: March 24, 2011 at 10:36:36

Bergen County Police Round Up ?Bloods?

Posted on August 18, 2009
According to recent reports from the New Jersey Crime Examiner, law enforcement officials in the state?s Bergen County recently rounded up over a dozen suspected gang members in an effort to curb New Jersey gang crime in the densely populated community...

Karate Instructor, Former Cop Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Students

Posted on August 13, 2009
A 41-year-old New Jersey martial arts teacher pleaded guilty to having sex with two of his underage female students, according to a report. The teacher was also a New York City police officer who was suspended from the department following his arrest...

National DNA Initiative Shines Light on New Jersey Crime Prevention

Posted on August 11, 2009
A national coalition of government partners researching the effects of DNA testing on crime solving has demonstrated the power of this scientific method with a series of case studies on criminal activity in New Jersey. Partners in the DNA Initiative include the National Institute of Justice, the Office on Violence against Women, the Office on Community Oriented Policing Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

Comedian Artie Lange Arrested for DUI

Posted on August 06, 2009
Stand-up comedian Artie Lange has pleaded not guilty in court to one charge of New Jersey DUI, according to this UPI news report. Lange, who gained celebrity with "The Howard Stern Show" and "MADtv" was arrested after he was involved in a rear-end car accident...

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New Jersey Legislation Aims to Curtail Sexting

Posted on August 04, 2009
New Jersey Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt has introduced legislation aimed at curtailing "sexting" that involves young girls and boys sending racy and often, nude pictures of themselves online including sending explicit photos over their phone. According to this Associated Press report, the actions of these teens technically amount to distribution of child pornography, a New Jersey sex crime charge that could carry severe, lifelong penalties for these young people...

NJ State Police Bag Fireworks, Step up Holiday Patrols

Posted on July 30, 2009
Special New Jersey police patrols were out in force over this Independence Day weekend to make sure that all of the pyrotechnics set off by state residents were within the regulations of New Jersey state fireworks laws. According to a press release from the New Jersey State Police website, patrols have been putting more effort into confiscating illegal fireworks over the 4th of July holiday...

New Jersey Sexual Assault Charges Against Man

Posted on July 28, 2009
New Jersey sex crimes carry extremely serious consequences. If you are convicted of a New Jersey sex crime, you not only face the possibility of a lengthy incarceration, but also the stigma attached to a convicted sex offender and the requirement to register for life as a sex offender on a state and national sex offender database...

New Jersey DWI and Assault Charges

Posted on July 23, 2009
New Jersey DWI charges can have serious consequences on our lives. New Jersey DWI defense attorneys know and understand the penalties and expenses that DWI charges bring. When driving under the influence involves accidents, injuries or death, the charges can be even more severe...

New Jersey Teen Faces Child Pornography Charges

Posted on July 21, 2009
Juveniles around the country are now facing the risk of acquiring sex offender status for posting naked pictures of themselves on MySpace. This may sound hard to believe, but it happened to a 14-year-old New Jersey girl earlier this year when she was accused of child pornography for posting 30 explicit nude pictures of herself on MySpace...

Stiffer Penalties for New Jersey Repeat DUI Offenders Proposed

Posted on July 16, 2009
New Jersey State Senate President Richard J. Codey has proposed imposing stiffer penalties on repeat drunk driving offenders. According to this news report in the Daily Record, Codey filed a package of bills in the Legislature recently including one bill that would make it a fourth-degree crime to drive under the influence while already suspended for a DUI conviction...

Man with Pending DWI Charge Arrested Again for Driving While Intoxicated

Posted on July 14, 2009
A 33-year-old New Jersey man, who was already wanted on a driving while intoxicated charge (DWI), was arrested for another drunk driving charge, this time charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol level above 0.18 percent and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, according to this news report...

New Jersey Bus Driver Accused of Sexually Assaulting Girl

Posted on July 09, 2009
A recent WABC-TV New York article reports that a New Jersey school bus driver has been accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. Law enforcement officials from Morris County, New Jersey claim that Edward M. Comperchio, 74, of Hopatcong, was arrested at his home on Wednesday, May 27, 2009...

New Jersey DWI ? Translation Requirement

Posted on July 07, 2009
A New Jersey Appellate Division panel of Judges ruled on July 1, 2009 that in New Jersey there is no requirement that the standard DWI statement be translated into Spanish or any other foreign language for the benefit of defendants. However, the Court?s ruling contained a recommendation that New Jersey?s Motor Vehicle Commission consider, prospectively, having the standard New Jersey DWI statement ?translated into Spanish and perhaps other prevalent foreign languages...

PHILIPSBURG TEACHER, ASSOCIATE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, ARRESTED

Posted on July 06, 2009
A Phillipsburg math teacher and associate head football coach is among the latest to be arrested for his alleged involvement in an Oxycontin distribution ring in Pohatcong Township. Kevin M.Kane, 38, has been charged with conspiring to distribute Oxycontin, attempt to distribute Oxycontin and drug possession, according to court paperwork...

While Other States Relax Drug Sentencing, New Jersey Remains Strict

Posted on July 02, 2009
This recent report in NJ.com claims that twenty percent of New Jersey?s total prison population, around 5,596 state prison inmates, consists of inmates serving a mandatory minimum sentence for a drug offense in New Jersey of some kind. While other states have relaxed sentencing for drug crimes to save money on incarceration and alleviate some of the overcrowding in prisons across the country from imprisoning minor drug offenders, New Jersey lawmakers have resisted similar legislation...

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING CRACKDOWN

Posted on July 02, 2009
The New Jersey Director of Division of Highway Traffic Safety announced in Trenton on June 30, 2009 that the State of New Jersey has handed out grants to 75 law enforcement agencies in the state to be used during the month of July to crackdown on aggressive driving throughout the state...

New Jersey Murder Charges Filed in Casino Killing

Posted on June 30, 2009
This recent article in the Pottstown Mercury claims that a man accused of murdering a casino worker appeared in New Jersey Superior Court to face charges in connection with the murder. The New Jersey murder charges allege that Mark E. Magee, 55, of Norristown, fatally shot 55-year-old Raymond Kot three times while Kot was working in card and dice room at the Taj Mahal Casino...

New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Suspension Hearing

Posted on June 26, 2009
A New Jersey Appellate Division Court affirmed a New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) decision to suspend an individual?s license for 730 days without even allowing this individual a hearing in New Jersey. The Court?s decision was decided on June 16, 2009...

New Jersey Robbery Charges Against Man

Posted on June 25, 2009
An Orange, New Jersey man is being charged with robbing the TD Banknorth branch on South Street in Middleton. According to this news report, police suspect that the 37-year-old Eddie Young may be responsible for an earlier robbery at the same bank. Young was apparently identified by a downtown bike officer and pursued into a gym on North Street...

Columbia, New Jersey Marijuana Cultivation Arrest

Posted on June 23, 2009
Police arrested two men for New Jersey marijuana cultivation and operating a marijuana growing facility in Columbia. According to a Pocono Record article, authorities seized 124 marijuana plants and five pounds of processed marijuana, all with a street value of about $258,000...

New Jersey Man Arrested for DUI and Assault

Posted on June 18, 2009
A New Jersey man has been arrested on aggravated assault and DUI charges after he reportedly hit a woman in the face during an argument in Phoenixville, the Phoenixville News reports in an article. Kyle Logan Deturk, 29, of Crambury, New Jersey, is being charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct, driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance, higher rate of alcohol (...

New Jersey Child Pornography Distribution Charges Against Grandfather

Posted on June 16, 2009
A New Jersey grandfather is being held without bail on child pornography charges, according to this CBS news report. Officials say 66-year-old Thomas Elgert spent months preying on children, collecting naked pictures of them and trading them with sex offenders on the Internet...

Gloucester Township Juvenile Crime: BB Gun Assault

Posted on June 11, 2009
Police have arrested three people in connection with a BB gun assault in Gloucester Township. According to a news report in Gloucester County Times, an unidentified victim was hit by pellets while jogging in Veterans Park. The gun was fired from a passing vehicle, police said...

New Jersey Crime Up in 2008 According to Uniform Crime Report

Posted on June 09, 2009
The Attorney General?s Office issued its annual Uniform Crime Report recently which claims that overall, crime was up 5 percent in the first six months of 2008 over the same period of time the previous year. According to an article from nj.com, the report indicated that from January through June 2008, murder in New Jersey was up 9 percent, rape increased 15 percent, and burglaries and thefts increased 7 percent...

NEW JERSEY CONSIDERS MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Posted on June 08, 2009
Three years after it was introduced in the Legislature, the proposal to legalize marijuana fro medical use in New Jersey gets its first test in a Senate Committee. If it passes, New Jersey would become the 14th state to create a sanctioned medical marijuana program...

New Jersey Lewdness Charges

Posted on June 05, 2009
In New Jersey, lewdness is codified under 2C:14-4 and states as follows: A person commits a disorderly persons offense if he does any flagrantly lewd and offensive act which he knows or reasonably expects is likely to be observed by other nonconsenting persons who would be affronted or alarmed...

Theft of $1.2M of Medical Equipment by New Jersey Men, Enter Guilty Plea

Posted on June 04, 2009
Two New Jersey men have pleaded guilty to stealing $1.2 million in medical equipment from a hospital in New York City. A recent article claims that Joseph Stamm, 24, of Jersey City and David Schwartz, 44, of Livingston stole medical equipment from New York Presbyterian Hospital and then sold the equipment on the Internet...

New Jersey Federal Wire Fraud Charges against Financial Advisor

Posted on June 02, 2009
A Fair Haven financial adviser is facing charges for federal wire fraud in New Jersey for allegedly cheating his clients out of more than $7 million according to this report. Prosecutors investigating the case claim that Maxwell Smith promised his investors returns of up to 9 percent on investments in health care facilities...

Intent To Drive Required for DWI in New Jersey

Posted on June 02, 2009
A recent New Jersey Appellate Division Court ruled in the case of Sate v. Putz, that the State has to prove a defendant?s intent to drive in order to prove the elements of a DWI. Merely sitting in the driver?s seat with the engine idling and the parking brake off is not enough...

Alcotest Recalibration Ordered by New Jersey Courts

Posted on May 28, 2009
On March 17, 2008 the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in a case entitled State v. Chun. This long awaited ruling addresses many issues related to driving while under the influence of alcohol charges in the state of New Jersey. Specifically, the case addressed the reliability of the Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C machine...

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