Law & Justice Top Stories
By TAPINTO NEW BRUNSWICK
June 28, 2024
TRENTON – A New Brunswick man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in a robbery attempt in 2020 during which the victim was shot 14 times. Jonathan Rosales, 23, had previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch to an indictment charging him with conspiracy ...
NEWARK, NJ -- A Roseland man faces up to 20 years in prison after he admitted on Thursday to engaging in multiyear schemes to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) by providing military equipment parts that were not authorized under the governing contracts and agreeing with another ...
TOMS RIVER - Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, Barnegat Township Police Chief Jason D. Carroll, and Stafford Township Police Chief James Haldenwang, have announced that on June 19, 2024, Kani Peng, 53, of Egg Harbor Township, was charged with Promoting Prostitution, Maintaining a ...
TOMS RIVER - Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, Barnegat Township Police Chief Jason D. Carroll, and Stafford Township Police Chief James Haldenwang, have announced that on June 19, 2024, Kani Peng, 53, of Egg Harbor Township, was charged with Promoting Prostitution, Maintaining a ...
MOUNT HOLLY, NJ — A jury has convicted a 32-year-old Lindenwold man for killing a man in a Mount Laurel hotel room in 2020, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw has announced. Jawaad Ali was found guilty on Wednesday of Murder (First Degree), Robbery (First Degree), Kidnapping (First ...
NEWARK, N.J. – Carmelo G. Garcia, former Executive Director of the Hoboken Housing Authority and a high-ranking official in Newark, admitted to conspiracy charges involving corrupt payments intended to influence his actions in favor of private business interests. Garcia, 49, of Hoboken, pleaded ...
NEWARK, NJ — A Paterson man faces federal charges, as well as a lifetime behind bars, for his involvement in a series of armed pharmacy robberies across Passaic County. Onijee Burgess, 26, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Burgess ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A Jersey City police officer faces charges after he reportedly submitted six records to the Jersey City Police Department requesting medical leave that were forged/altered. According to the investigation, Justin Rivera, 31, was granted more than eight weeks of additional ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A 20-year-old Jersey City man wanted in connection with a triple shooting that occurred in Jersey City on Sunday, April 7, 2024 was arrested on Sunday in Orlando, Florida. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Darren Estevez, is charged with Murder Conspiracy to ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ – Mercer County Sheriff Jack Kemler is once again warning area residents to guard against becoming victim to scammers posing as Mercer County Sheriff's Officers. Over the past several days, Kemler said in a statement, the Mercer County Sheriff's Office has received numerous ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A 20-year-old driver was recently arrested on DUI charges following a crash in Coconut Creek that caused $20,000 in damage to two vehicles, according to a police report. Police were called to the intersection of Lyons Road and Atlantic Boulevard close to midnight on June 11 ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - A former Flemington Borough tax collector has filed a lawsuit against the borough, alleging, among other things, discrimination due to requested time off for counseling sessions. According to the suit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court June 18, Rebecca Newman was hired in 2010 ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Amitoj Oberoi, 30, of Somerset, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree vehicular homicide on June 18, according to a news release. The pleas were entered before Judge Jonathan W. Romankow, J.S.C. Oberoi faces a potential prison term of 15 years, with 85 percent to be ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ __ The pending simple assault charge against Frank Sanchez will move to Maplewood Municipal Court, weeks after an Essex County grand jury declined to indict the former Columbia High School principal on a more serious felony charge. The Essex County Prosecutor’s office made the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Join the East Brunswick Public Library for a discussion of Blood and Ink: The Hall-Mills Murder 100 Years Later with author Joe Pompeo at 2:00 pm on Saturday, June 29 as the EBPL begins its summer reading program with a tale of local intrigue. One hundred years ago on the ...
NEWARK - The Newark schools superintendent’s lawsuit to get a school building “unsold” was dismissed, potentially putting an end to a four-year court case that paid lawyers more than the building was sold for in the first place. The judge in the case called the lawsuit a "shameful" use of tax ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — A major eight-month investigation into a widespread illegal narcotics distribution throughout Monmouth County has resulted in 17 arrests and the seizure of drugs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on the street, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - In November, Jennifer Montes walked into the El Dorado Furniture store at 5855 Lyons Road in Coconut Creek and purchased thousands of dollars’ worth of items, a police report said. The problem was that Montes, 36, of suburban Boca Raton, was using someone else’s ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Chalfont pizza shop owner who admitted killing her business partner and boyfriend in their Hilltown house two years ago will spend up to 40 years in prison. Anna Maria Tolomello was sentenced on Tuesday after entering a surprise guilty plea to the crime in April just as her ...
ROXBURY, NJ – A Belleville man was driving at about 90 mph on Howard Boulevard when his pickup truck, containing many containers of alcohol, smashed into a car driven by a Mount Olive teenager who was killed, authorities said today. The man, Gerald Veneziano, 41, faces a reckless vehicular ...
ROXBURY, NJ – A Belleville man was driving at about 90 mph on Howard Boulevard when his pickup truck, containing many containers of alcohol, smashed into a car driven by a Mount Olive teenager who was killed, authorities said today. The man, Gerald Veneziano, 41, faces a reckless vehicular ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY –It was a thorough and intense eight-month investigation into widespread illegal narcotics distribution throughout Monmouth County. Monday brought the announcement that the massive effort has resulted in 17 arrests and the seizure of drugs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY –It was a thorough and intense eight-month investigation into widespread illegal narcotics distribution throughout Monmouth County. Monday brought the announcement that the massive effort has resulted in 17 arrests and the seizure of drugs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY –It was a thorough and intense eight-month investigation into widespread illegal narcotics distribution throughout Monmouth County. Monday brought the announcement that the massive effort has resulted in 17 arrests and the seizure of drugs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - Shawn Cohen, a 1988 Mahopac High School grad, didn’t set out to be a writer. As a teen, he thought he might become an actor or even a chef. Cohen, who went to Lakeview Elementary while growing up on Mahopac Point, eventually attended Northeastern University in Boston as a ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - The Hoboken Police Department hosted a gun buyback on Saturday, an effort to remove firearms from local neighborhoods and reduce the potential for gun violence in and around the city. Funded by the City of Hoboken, the buyback took place at Hoboken Police Headquarters beginning at ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 32-year-old school teacher was arrested for driving with a suspended license in Coconut Creek earlier this month, according to a police report. Alethia James, of Pompano Beach, was taken into custody on June 13 after a police officer determined she was driving her Nissan ...
East Orange, NJ - Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced that 23-year-old John P. Davis, of East Orange, has been found guilty of two counts of aggravated assault. As a result of an incident on April 10, 2023, in an apartment on South Harrison Street in East Orange. The ...
PARKLAND, FL- The City of Parkland's "Parkland Night Out" will be held once again the night before the "National Night Out in America." The Parkland Night Out is a local event that gives local families and students the opportunity to meet their School Resource Officers for the upcoming school year ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Three new officers have joined the New Brunswick Police Department after 21 weeks of extensive physical and academic training. Officers Juan Flores, Ariel Hernandez and Carlos Santos-Balbuena were sworn in during a ceremony at City Hall last week. Mayor Jim Cahill administered ...