Law & Justice Top Stories
By STEVE LENOX
February 15, 2026
TRENTON, NJ - A recent warning by the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) for residents to be on guard against a phone scam in which callers falsely claim to be NJDOH employees extends a growing list of similar warnings by local and county law enforcement officials in the past.In this latest ...
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 ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - A New York man has been arrested and charged in connection with a bus crash near Niagara Falls resulting in the death of five passengers, including an East Brunswick resident. New York State Police have identified Pinki Changrani, age 60 of East Brunswick, as one of the ...
PATERSON, NJ - Nearly a year after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Paterson resident, remains in custody at the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas, despite suffering a seizure last week and two separate court orders calling for her ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A former student at Saint Andrew’s School recently filed a lawsuit against her alma mater, alleging she was injured last year when what the lawsuit describes as a defective soccer goal fell on her head.Harper Beck’s complaint, which was filed Feb. 6, accuses the private day and ...
COLTS NECK, NJ — A Monmouth County jury has found Paul J. Caneiro, 59, of Ocean Township, guilty on all counts in the murders of his brother, sister-in-law, and their two young children, bringing a seven-year prosecution to a close in one of the county’s most disturbing criminal cases.Following a ...
NEW JERSEY – As college students have recently headed back to campus for the spring semester, the Philadelphia Field Office of the FBI has issued a warning for students to be aware of scams involving foreign government impersonators. The FBI said that since 2022 they have seen an increase of ...
NEW JERSEY – As college students have recently headed back to campus for the spring semester, the Philadelphia Field Office of the FBI has issued a warning for students to be aware of scams involving foreign government impersonators. The FBI said that since 2022 they have seen an increase of ...
COLTS NECK, NJ — A Monmouth County jury has found Paul J. Caneiro, 59, of Ocean Township, guilty on all counts in the murders of his brother, sister-in-law, and their two young children, bringing a seven-year prosecution to a close in one of the county’s most disturbing criminal cases.Following a ...
COLTS NECK, NJ — A Monmouth County jury has found Paul J. Caneiro, 59, of Ocean Township, guilty on all counts in the murders of his brother, sister-in-law, and their two young children, bringing a seven-year prosecution to a close in one of the county’s most disturbing criminal cases.Following a ...
COLTS NECK, NJ — A Monmouth County jury has found Paul J. Caneiro, 59, of Ocean Township, guilty on all counts in the murders of his brother, sister-in-law, and their two young children, bringing a seven-year prosecution to a close in one of the county’s most disturbing criminal cases.Following a ...
COLTS NECK, NJ — A Monmouth County jury has found Paul J. Caneiro, 59, of Ocean Township, guilty on all counts in the murders of his brother, sister-in-law, and their two young children, bringing a seven-year prosecution to a close in one of the county’s most disturbing criminal cases.Following a ...
NEW JERSEY – As college students have recently headed back to campus for the spring semester, the Philadelphia Field Office of the FBI has issued a warning for students to be aware of scams involving foreign government impersonators. The FBI said that since 2022 they have seen an increase of ...
NEWARK, NJ — Earlier today we received a report from the office of Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II that an inspector of the housing department has been charged with second_degree theft by extortion.According the information provided, it is alleged that on September 23, 2025 Jaquan T. McGiver, ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - A handgun and two large capacity magazines, as well as various narcotics, were seized from an apartment on Jackson Street following an investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics and Gangs Task Force and the Hoboken Police Department.The investigation, Hudson ...
TRENTON, NJ — A working group aimed at providing recommendations to state officials regarding the re-purposing of two youth detention centers that are set to close has released its report. In July 2024, then-Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the formation of the Youth Justice Working ...
PATERSON, NJ - The City of Paterson has secured $108,750 in county and state grant funding to support two youth programs designed to help young people avoid incarceration and receive counseling and other services instead.The funding, awarded through the Passaic County Youth Services Commission, ...
NEWARK, NJ — A Jersey City man who was charged last year with possession of child pornography has pleaded guilty, according to federal authorities.The man, Matthew Ozol, 40, and a former Westfield High School math teacher, entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Court Judge Evelyn Padin, said ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A former Westfield High School math teacher who was charged last year with possession of child pornography has pleaded guilty, according to federal authorities.The man, Matthew Ozol, 40, of Jersey City, entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Court Judge Evelyn Padin, said U.S.
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Morris County government offices will be closed on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, according to a public service announcement shared by the Morris County Sheriff’s Office.The announcement notes that while all Morris County government offices will be closed that day, State of New Jersey ...
EAST ORANGE, NJ — An Essex County jury has convicted an Irvington man in the 2021 fatal shooting of a 35-year-old East Orange resident, a case that prosecutors say stemmed from mistaken identity and gang retaliation.Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced that David Parker, 23, of ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office will work with the Jersey City Police Department, as well as the Jersey City Medical Center, to implement $136,800 ARRIVE Together Critical Incident Model Grant from the New Jersey Department of Law & Safety.The funding will ensure that ...
PATERSON, NJ - A Paterson man wanted on a Passaic County Superior Court warrant for second-degree aggravated assault was arrested following a brief foot pursuit by county sheriff’s detectives, Passaic County Sherriff Thomas Adamo announced.According to a statement, Henry Jimenez, 50, was taken into ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY — A Freehold Borough man has been convicted following a jury trial in connection with an attempted sexual assault and armed robbery that occurred in Manalapan in 2023, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced. After a two-week trial before Monmouth County Superior ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY — A Freehold Borough man has been convicted following a jury trial in connection with an attempted sexual assault and armed robbery that occurred in Manalapan in 2023, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced. After a two-week trial before Monmouth County Superior ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY — A Freehold Borough man has been convicted following a jury trial in connection with an attempted sexual assault and armed robbery that occurred in Manalapan in 2023, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced. After a two-week trial before Monmouth County Superior ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A Jersey City man who was just 17 when he reportedly shot and killed another teenager in a Bayonne apartment will be tried as an adult, Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello has announced. Ramel Johnson, 19, is charged with Manslaughter, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A Jersey City man who was just 17 when he reportedly shot and killed another teenager in a Bayonne apartment will be tried as an adult, Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello has announced. Ramel Johnson, 19, is charged with Manslaughter, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ — A former employee of Goya has been arrested and charged after a months-long investigation by the Jersey City Police Department uncovered more than $274,000 in stolen company funds. According to a report, the investigation was launched in August 2025 after the Jersey City Police ...
RAHWAY, NJ — A few minutes past noon on Friday, February 6, in the middle of the school day, a small group of Rahway High School (RHS) students walked out of the front doors of the building, staging an anti-ICE protest. There was a notable police presence on Madison Avenue as the students emerged, ...