Year: 2014

According to a recent Asbury Park Press report, two individuals were arrested in the parking lot of a Jackson Township McDonald’s. Per the article, the arresting officer noticed “two suspicious individuals” in the parking lot. The officer’s observations led to the arrest of each person. One individual was charged with possession of heroin and hindering apprehension […]

Be careful who you hire! A Toms River working mom who hired a nanny off of the care.com website came home to find her 2-year-old child being “watched” by a drunk, passed out fifty-year-old nanny. According to a report from newyork.cbslocal.com, when the mother entered her home on a Friday afternoon last month, she received the […]

keys and alcohol

Cranford Police have been making an increasing amount of motor vehicle stops throughout the year, which has led to an increased amount of DWI arrests in 2014. The weekends consistently have the highest probability for DWI arrests because people are out on the town blowing off steam and cops are in full force. Cranford Police even arrested […]

NJ.com recently reported that Seaside Boardwalk workers were arrested after assaulting a Whippany man. According to police, the two young workers, aged 16 and 19 respectfully, exchanged heated words with the 21-year-old North Jersey man while working at their stand. After the young pair finished their shift they found and confronted the victim near Blaine Ave. […]

stealing out of purse

Two North Brunswick men were charged under suspicion of Receiving Stolen Property in New Brunswick, according to a July 30 report on nj.com. The New Brunswick officer was able to determine that the 2000 tan Lexus 300 was a stolen vehicle and apprehend the suspects because his patrol car is equipped with an automatic license plate […]

How much trouble can you get into nowadays if you grab a woman’s butt without her permission? Well according to a recent news article the answer is A LOT OF TROUBLE. In fact, according to this story, a man was charged with second degree sexual assault after groping a woman’s buttocks on the street. The […]

Numerous New Jersey residents including three men from Bayonne admitted on Wednesday to taking part in a criminal affiliated website that engaged in illegal online sports gambling, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The men pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi in federal court in Newark to one count of racketeering conspiracy, according to the […]

Superior Court Judge Mark Ciarocca ended a high profile political lawsuit today when he ruled that the Berkeley Heights Police Chief, Mike Mathis would not get reinstated. The lawsuit had claimed that Mathis was forced out of office by Mayor Joe Bruno earlier this month, after he emailed the mayor announcing his intention to retire and […]

Today the Union County Prosecutor’s Office announced that they had their first successful juvenile prosecution involving New Jersey’s newly enacted cyber bullying law. The juvenile defendant, a 15 year old Hillside teenager, was sentenced to a year of probation as a result of pleading guilty to a single count of 4th degree cyber harassment. As part of the […]

dwi

A recent article posted to NJ.com describes a recent dismissal of a DWI in Bayonne Municipal Court on July 15, 2014. The defendant, a Jersey City man, had been charged and arrested for DUI on Feb. 19 at around 2:45 p.m. at the corner of East 10th Street and Broadway. According to police, they found the […]