Law & Justice Top Stories
By TAPINTO STAFF
June 3, 2026
TRENTON - The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) today announced a statewide Goal Zero enforcement initiative scheduled for Saturday, June 6, to honor New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc K. Castellano, killed in the line of duty on Interstate 195 in Howell. The all-day ...
TRENTON - The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) today announced a statewide Goal Zero enforcement initiative scheduled for Saturday, June 6, to honor New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc K. Castellano, killed in the line of duty on Interstate 195 in Howell. The all-day ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—In an update to charges brought against a landlord in Dublin this spring, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office has said that it has heard from more tenants who lived in “uninhabitable conditions” in a Dublin rental property.In late April, the office charged the owners of a ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ – The case of a Notre Dame High School guidance counselor charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated criminal sexual contact involving a 14-year-old student has been referred to a Mercer County Grand Jury, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ — After months of delays and numerous adjournments, longtime Montclair resident and community advocate David Herron finally got his day in court Tuesday as a Superior Court judge heard his challenge to Montclair’s March 10 school funding referendum in which voters approved a one-time ...
TRENTON - The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) today announced a statewide Goal Zero enforcement initiative scheduled for Saturday, June 6, to honor New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc K. Castellano, killed in the line of duty on Interstate 195 in Howell. The all-day ...
TRENTON - The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) today announced a statewide Goal Zero enforcement initiative scheduled for Saturday, June 6, to honor New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc K. Castellano, killed in the line of duty on Interstate 195 in Howell. The all-day ...
TRENTON - The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) today announced a statewide Goal Zero enforcement initiative scheduled for Saturday, June 6, to honor New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc K. Castellano, killed in the line of duty on Interstate 195 in Howell. The all-day ...
TRENTON - The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) today announced a statewide Goal Zero enforcement initiative scheduled for Saturday, June 6, to honor New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc K. Castellano, killed in the line of duty on Interstate 195 in Howell. The all-day ...
NEWARK, NJ - City officials threatened to expand their existing lawsuit against GEO Group – the company that owns and operates the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall immigration detention center – that would shut down the center until it can be inspected. “The reports of detainees suffering miscarriages, ...
NEWARK, NJ - City officials threatened to expand their existing lawsuit against GEO Group – the company that owns and operates the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall immigration detention center – that would shut down the center until it can be inspected. “The reports of detainees suffering miscarriages, ...
NEWARK - City officials threatened to expand its existing lawsuit against GEO Group – the company that owns and operates the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall immigration detention center – that would shut down the center until it can be inspected. “The reports of detainees suffering miscarriages, receiving ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - A federal indictment was unsealed on Thursday charging former School Business Administrator Aiman Mahmoud and independent contractor Kenneth Gratto in connection with an alleged financial kickback scheme. According to federal prosecutors, the illegal activity occurred between ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - A federal indictment was unsealed on Thursday charging former School Business Administrator Aiman Mahmoud and independent contractor Kenneth Gratto in connection with an alleged financial kickback scheme. According to federal prosecutors, the illegal activity occurred between ...
NEWARK - The Newark Police Division will exercise greater control outside the Delaney Hall detention area starting tonight, June 1. Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced Monday night that Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda will be “intricately involved in enforcement decision-making” to implement the ...
NEWARK, NJ - The Newark Police Division began exercising greater control outside the Delaney Hall detention area as of Monday, June 1. Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced Monday night that Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda will be “intricately involved in enforcement decision-making” to implement ...
NEWARK, NJ - The Newark Police Division began exercising greater control outside the Delaney Hall detention area as of Monday, June 1. Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced Monday night that Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda will be “intricately involved in enforcement decision-making” to implement ...
NEWARK - The Newark Police Division will exercise greater control outside the Delaney Hall detention area starting tonight, June 1. Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced Monday night that Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda will be “intricately involved in enforcement decision-making” to implement the ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - A federal indictment was unsealed on Thursday charging former School Business Administrator Aiman Mahmoud and independent contractor Kenneth Gratto in connection with an alleged financial kickback scheme. According to federal prosecutors, the illegal activity occurred between ...
NEWARK - The Newark Police Division will exercise greater control outside the Delaney Hall detention area starting tonight, June 1. Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced Monday night that Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda will be “intricately involved in enforcement decision-making” to implement the ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - A man who admitted to participating in a violent armed robbery at a Parsippany hotel has been sentenced to 13 years in New Jersey State Prison, Morris County officials announced.Louis M. Verdesoto, 35, formerly of West New York, was sentenced on May 29 in connection with the May ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - A man who admitted to participating in a violent armed robbery at a Parsippany hotel has been sentenced to 13 years in New Jersey State Prison, Morris County officials announced.Louis M. Verdesoto, 35, formerly of West New York, was sentenced on May 29 in connection with the May ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A nearly 30-year-old murder mystery appears to have been solved, Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello announced.According to Mello, Joseph Quiros-Soto, 62, a Georgia resident, has been charged with Murder in connection with a cold-case homicide that occurred in Bayonne in 1989. On ...
WAYNE, NJ — A Wayne man has been found guilty by a Passaic County jury in connection with a 2023 hit-and-run crash in Wayne that left a pedestrian with serious injuries, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office.Nicholas Perota, 23, of Wayne, was convicted after a jury trial before ...
MADISON, NJ - A 26-year-old Madison resident has been charged with assaulting federal officers and causing bodily injury during a demonstration outside an immigration detention facility in Newark, according to federal authorities.The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced ...
NEWARK - Delaney Hall detainees are demanding doctors evaluate those in a particular unit of the immigration detention center who were reportedly beaten and pepper-sprayed by guards Thursday during an ongoing strike, advocacy groups and family members say. An American Friends Service Committee ...
NEWARK - Delaney Hall detainees are demanding doctors evaluate those in a particular unit of the immigration detention center who were reportedly beaten and pepper-sprayed by guards Thursday during an ongoing strike, advocacy groups and family members say. An American Friends Service Committee ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ - Mercer County Sheriff Jack Kemler shared another warning to be on the lookout for online, phone, and other scams.“Please be aware of yet another scam to steal your money,” Kemler urged. In the latest incidents, according to the Hopewell Township Police Department, several ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – K-9 Kai, the nationally celebrated Morris County Sheriff’s Office police dog trained by Roxbury resident Detective Cpl. Michael McMahon, has died, ending the career of a canine that became known far beyond Morris County for his speed, discipline and partnership with his handler.Kai ...
Princeton, NJ - A man who killed his brother at his Princeton apartment was found dead in his jail cell on Friday, May 8. Mercer County prosecutors say Matthew Hertgen, 32, died by apparent suicide at the Mercer County Jail, according to a report at NJ.com. An autopsy report is pending."Growing up, ...