Law & Justice Top Stories
By JEANNE WALL
February 25, 2026
HAZLET, NJ — A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 30 years in New Jersey state prison for a fatal shooting that occurred in Hazlet in 2024, authorities announced last week.Raymond S. Santiago said Gaetano S. Scannavino, 26, was sentenced before Henry P. Butehorn in Monmouth County Superior Court.
SOMERSET, N.J. — The Franklin Township Council passed a resolution Tuesday night formally barring federal immigration authorities from using municipal property, equipment, or resources for civil immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant.The measure, Resolution 26-112, aligns the township ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Alexis Lawler, a former labor and delivery nurse at Boca Raton Regional Hospital whose nursing license was suspended by the state, has filed a petition for review in Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal challenging an emergency suspension issued by the Florida Department of ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A lawsuit accusing a massage therapist at The Boca Raton resort of sexually assaulting a guest during a spa treatment filed late last year continues to move forward in Palm Beach County Circuit Court.The lawsuit, filed in November 2025 by a plaintiff identified as Jane Doe, names ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ – A Monmouth County jury has found an Asbury Park man guilty in connection with a fatal shooting that shook the city in early 2023, bringing a significant development in a case that unfolded in broad daylight at one of the community’s busiest intersections.Following a month-long ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – A Bayonne woman faces forgery charges after an incident at TD Bank in Fairfield on Thursday.Fairfield Police Department announced the arrest of Chynna Simon-Hess, 30, after an incident that occurred on February 19. On that date at approximately 2:12 pm, Fairfield officers were ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - A Warren County jury has found a 39-year-old Phillipsburg man guilty of three charges dating back to 2018-2019 involving a minor child. Kevin J. Micucci was convicted on Friday, Feb. 20, of second-degree sexual assault by contact, second-degree endangering the welfare of a ...
TRENTON, NJ — An Airman with the United States Air Force faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to receiving child pornography on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Christian Keilberg, 34, pleaded guilty on February 10 in federal court in Trenton to an information charging him ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A 46-year-old Woodbridge man was arrested Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting a juvenile in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello announced.According to a statement, Tejas Patel faces charges of second-degree sexual assault and third-degree endangering the ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A Miami-Dade County man is suing The Boca Raton resort, alleging he suffered a head injury after striking an exposed wooden frame on a defective sofa at the property.Ronald David Krauss filed the lawsuit Feb. 16 in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, seeking damages of more than ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ – A Monmouth County jury has found an Asbury Park man guilty in connection with a fatal shooting that shook the city in early 2023, bringing a significant development in a case that unfolded in broad daylight at one of the community’s busiest intersections.Following a month-long ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ – A Monmouth County jury has found an Asbury Park man guilty in connection with a fatal shooting that shook the city in early 2023, bringing a significant development in a case that unfolded in broad daylight at one of the community’s busiest intersections.Following a month-long ...
TRENTON, NJ — An Airman with the United States Air Force faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to receiving child pornography on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Christian Keilberg, 34, pleaded guilty on February 10 in federal court in Trenton to an information charging him ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ – A Monmouth County jury has found an Asbury Park man guilty in connection with a fatal shooting that shook the city in early 2023, bringing a significant development in a case that unfolded in broad daylight at one of the community’s busiest intersections.Following a month-long ...
TRENTON, NJ — An Airman with the United States Air Force faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to receiving child pornography on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Christian Keilberg, 34, pleaded guilty on February 10 in federal court in Trenton to an information charging him ...
CAMDEN – The New Jersey Attorney General's case against George E. Norcross III and his associates over dealings in Camden development is officially over.In January, the state court Appellate Division upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss the criminal charges of alleged racketeering and other ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - A Superior Court judge has dismissed the indictment and a related contempt complaint against a former Warren County teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student in the late 1990s, citing what the court described as extensive prosecutorial misconduct.In a Feb. 12, 2026 ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - A Superior Court judge has dismissed the indictment and a related contempt complaint against a former Warren County teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student in the late 1990s, citing what the court described as extensive prosecutorial misconduct. In a Feb. 12, 2026 ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ – A Monmouth County jury has found an Asbury Park man guilty in connection with a fatal shooting that shook the city in early 2023, bringing a significant development in a case that unfolded in broad daylight at one of the community’s busiest intersections.Following a month-long ...
SOUTH AMBOY, NJ– Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) has announced that a South Amboy man was charged with weapons offenses and having illicit sexual conversations with someone he believed was a minor.Oskar Smieszek, 23, of South Amboy, is charged ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ - A “tense and hours-long” hostage situation was brought to an end with no injuries on Sunday, Mercer County Sheriff Jack Kemler reported, crediting members of Mercer County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team and Trenton Police Department negotiators for their professional ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Mikie Sherrill is restricting the US Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) from using state properties in its crackdowns on alleged illegal immigrants, and has launched a state online “portal” for New Jerseyans to post potentially “unconstitutional” ICE ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Mikie Sherrill is restricting the US Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) from using state properties in its crackdowns on alleged illegal immigrants, and has launched a state online “portal” for New Jerseyans to post potentially “unconstitutional” ICE ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Mikie Sherrill is restricting the US Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) from using state properties in its crackdowns on alleged illegal immigrants, and has launched a state online “portal” for New Jerseyans to post potentially “unconstitutional” ICE ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - A Superior Court judge has dismissed the indictment and a related contempt complaint against a former Warren County teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student in the late 1990s, citing what the court described as extensive prosecutorial misconduct. In a Feb. 12, 2026 ...
SOUTH AMBOY, NJ– Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) has announced that a South Amboy man was charged with weapons offenses and having illicit sexual conversations with someone he believed was a minor.Oskar Smieszek, 23, of South Amboy, is charged ...
TRENTON, NJ - Less than two weeks after ICE agents detained ten people outside a light rail station on the border of Hoboken and Jersey City, Assemblymembers Ravi Bhalla and Katie Brennan joined their colleagues in introducing a package of bills to strengthen New Jersey’s protections against ...
TRENTON, NJ - Less than two weeks after ICE agents detained ten people outside a light rail station on the border of Hoboken and Jersey City, Assemblymembers Ravi Bhalla and Katie Brennan joined their colleagues in introducing a package of bills to strengthen New Jersey’s protections against ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — A local man was sentenced to three decades behind bars after a jury convicted him in a dramatic 2023 police chase that saw him strike a law enforcement officer with a stolen vehicle and elude capture through residential streets.On Jan. 28, 2026, Somerset County Superior Court ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — A local man was sentenced to three decades behind bars after a jury convicted him in a dramatic 2023 police chase that saw him strike a law enforcement officer with a stolen vehicle and elude capture through residential streets.On Jan. 28, 2026, Somerset County Superior Court ...