Law & Justice Top Stories

July 15, 2024

PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - After a series of events stirred up violence at family events, some New Jersey lawmakers are seeking to enact laws that would hold their parents accountable for their rowdy teenager’s disruptive actions. The bills were proposed by Assemblyman Dan Hutchison, D-Camden, as he and ...

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COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 57-year-old Coconut Creek resident faces charges for allegedly stealing more than $100,000 from a Fort Lauderdale company. According to an arrest warrant, Lynn Davila is charged with grand theft of more than $100,000, fraudulent use of personal identification information, ...

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PARAMUS, NJ - A 74-year-old man, who is a church pastor, was arrested on charges of aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual contact, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. The Paramus resident was charged with 21 counts of sexual offenses that included endangering the ...

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PARAMUS, NJ - A 74-year-old man, who is a church pastor, was arrested on charges of aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual contact, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. The Paramus resident was charged with 21 counts of sexual offenses that included endangering the ...

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PARAMUS, NJ - A 74-year-old man, who is a church pastor, was arrested on charges of aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual contact, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. The Paramus resident was charged with 21 counts of sexual offenses that included endangering the ...

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PATERSON, NJ - The Administration of Mayor Andre Sayegh is seeking to utilize a $168,000 grant to hire a Municipal Reintegration Service Coordinator. The funding, an official told TAPinto Paterson, would come from the 2024 New Jersey Department of Corrections' Local, Empowered, Accountable, and ...

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NEWARK/MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — An East Brunswick teenager faces federal charges, accused in a plot to destroy electric substations in Middlesex County. Andrew Takhistov, 18, was arrested Wednesday at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he was planning to travel to Paris, France on his ...

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NEWARK/MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — An East Brunswick teenager faces federal charges, accused in a plot to destroy electric substations in Middlesex County. Andrew Takhistov, 18, was arrested Wednesday at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he was planning to travel to Paris, France on ...

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NEWARK/MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — An East Brunswick teenager faces federal charges, accused in a plot to destroy electric substations in Middlesex County. Andrew Takhistov, 18, was arrested Wednesday at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he was planning to travel to Paris, France on ...

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TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today is sharing consumer protection reminders and raising awareness about the availability of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services following Change Healthcare’s unprecedented February data breach. The February cyberattack at ...

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TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today is sharing consumer protection reminders and raising awareness about the availability of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services following Change Healthcare’s unprecedented February data breach. The February cyberattack at ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — Alexander Liu said the manager at Walgreens on North Avenue apologized to him after a cashier there called him “ching chong ching” instead of his name last month. Liu, a 48-year-old Westfield resident who is of Chinese Cuban descent, said the cashier uttered the slur when he went ...

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NEWARK/MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — An East Brunswick teenager faces federal charges, accused in a plot to destroy electric substations in Middlesex County. Andrew Takhistov, 18, was arrested Wednesday at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he was planning to travel to Paris, France on ...

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CAMDEN – George E. Norcross III, pleading not guilty on Tuesday to a grand jury indictment by the New Jersey Attorney General, did what he did for the good of Camden and Cooper University Health Care, his attorney claimed in court. The South Jersey Democratic kingpin and several others were the ...

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NEWARK/MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — An East Brunswick teenager faces federal charges, accused in a plot to destroy electric substations in Middlesex County. Andrew Takhistov, 18, was arrested Wednesday at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he was planning to travel to Paris, France on ...

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NEWARK/MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — An East Brunswick teenager faces federal charges, accused in a plot to destroy electric substations in Middlesex County. Andrew Takhistov, 18, was arrested Wednesday at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he was planning to travel to Paris, France on ...

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NEWARK/MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — An East Brunswick teenager faces federal charges, accused in a plot to destroy electric substations in Middlesex County. Andrew Takhistov, 18, was arrested Wednesday at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he was planning to travel to Paris, France on ...

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NEWARK — Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said perception becomes reality during a Tuesday meeting updating the community on the U.S. Justice Department’s Consent Decree requiring improved quality of policing in New Jersey’s largest city. Fragé was answering questions concerning polling ...

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CAMDEN – George E. Norcross III, pleading not guilty on Tuesday to a grand jury indictment by the New Jersey Attorney General, did what he did for the good of Camden and Cooper University Health Care, his attorney claimed in court. The South Jersey Democratic kingpin and several others were the ...

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CAMDEN – George E. Norcross III, pleading not guilty on Tuesday to a grand jury indictment by the New Jersey Attorney General, did what he did for the good of Camden and Cooper University Health Care, his attorney claimed in court. The South Jersey Democratic kingpin and several others were the ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Not many tears were shed in East Brunswick when the notorious Hostways Hotel and the businesses surrounding it were torn down in 1993. Local lore is full of stories about the pyramid-shaped building, built in 1963 as the prototype for the Ivory Tower Hotel Group. Many of ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Not many tears were shed in East Brunswick when the notorious Hostways Hotel and the businesses surrounding it were torn down in 1993. Local lore is full of stories about the pyramid-shaped building, built in 1963 as the prototype for the Ivory Tower Hotel Group. Many of ...

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ELIZABETH, NJ - Elizabeth Police and Union County Prosecutors are looking for a killer. 47-year-old Jose Aranzamedi and a 51-year-old man were found shot on Sunday in the 400 block of Westminster Avenue. Aranzamedi later died at the hospital. The other man is currently in stable ...

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BORDENTOWN, NJ -- A Bordentown Township man was arrested at his home on Tuesday morning on charges linked to stealing almost $1 million from a customer's bank account while working at a Burlington County bank branch, according to County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw.  The prosecutor says ...

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BORDENTOWN, NJ -- A Bordentown Township man was arrested at his home on Tuesday morning on charges linked to stealing almost $1 million from a customer's bank account while working at a Burlington County bank branch, according to County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw.  The prosecutor says ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The stigma associated with drug addiction is an insidious obstacle keeping many from seeking help, and no one knows that better than the men and women in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. The Community Resource Fair organized through the Middlesex County ...

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Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced that detectives seized over a kilo of suspected cocaine in early morning raids in Newark and Bloomfield. With court authorized search warrants for four locations in Newark and an apartment in Bloomfield, detectives, with the help of various ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Not many tears were shed in East Brunswick when the notorious Hostways Hotel and the businesses surrounding it were torn down in 1993. Local lore is full of stories about the pyramid-shaped building, built in 1963 as the prototype for the Ivory Tower Hotel Group.  Many of ...

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CAMDEN – George E. Norcross III, pleading not guilty on Tuesday to a grand jury indictment by the New Jersey Attorney General, did what he did for the good of Camden and Cooper University Health Care, his attorney claimed in court. The South Jersey Democratic kingpin and several others were the ...

Read more »

CAMDEN – George E. Norcross III, pleading not guilty on Tuesday to a grand jury indictment by the New Jersey Attorney General, did what he did for the good of Camden and Cooper University Health Care, his attorney claimed in court. The South Jersey Democratic kingpin and several others were the ...

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