Law & Justice Top Stories
By BRIAN D. AGNEW
June 18, 2025
EAST ORANGE, NJ – An East Orange man was sentenced Thursday to 125 years in state prison for the 2021 killing of a Newark man, alongside weapons charges and a conspiracy to tamper with witnesses while behind bars, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II.Isaiah J. Knight, 31, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK — Daniel’s Law — a state statute that protects the home addresses and phone numbers of public servants such as judges and police — prevents members of the media from publicly revealing that information, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.The high court on Tuesday upheld a lower ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Daniel’s Law – a state statute that protects the home addresses and phone numbers of public servants such as judges and police – prevents members of the media from publicly revealing that information, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.The high court on Tuesday upheld a lower ...
Community-based violence intervention initiatives – such as street outreach, counseling and trauma recovery services, and mentoring and career development – have long worked in conjunction with law enforcement to deescalate conflict, reduce homicides and non-fatal shootings, and promote safety in ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Daniel’s Law – a state statute that protects the home addresses and phone numbers of public servants such as judges and police – prevents members of the media from publically revealing that information, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.The high court on Tuesday upheld a lower ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Daniel’s Law – a state statute that protects the home addresses and phone numbers of public servants such as judges and police – prevents members of the media from publically revealing that information, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.The high court on Tuesday upheld a lower ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ - Chrystofer A. Whyte, 18, of North Brunswick, was identified as the victim of the June 12 shooting on the beach at Pier Village. Long Branch police responded at 8:58 p.m. to the beach area between the shoreline and the boardwalk for a report of shots fired. Officers discovered an ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - A 42-year-old Jersey City man was arrested by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Hudson County Regional S.W.A.T. on Tuesday in connection to sex crimes involving a female juvenile. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Daniel’s Law – a state statute that protects the home addresses and phone numbers of public servants such as judges and police – prevents members of the media from publically revealing that information, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.The high court on Tuesday upheld a lower ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Daniel’s Law – a state law that protects the home addresses and phone numbers of public officials such as judges and police – prevents the news media from publicly revealing that information, the New Jersey Supreme Court has affirmed.The state's high court on Tuesday upheld a ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ - A multi-state investigation led by the Mercer County Cyber Crimes Task Force has led to the arrest of two suspects in connection with the theft of $150,000 from a local small business owner, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta D. Marbrey announced on Tuesday.According to Marbrey, ...
SOMERSET, NJ - A Perth Amboy man is facing multiple charges after allegedly assaulting a husky dog in a Franklin Township parking lot and leading police on a pursuit that ended with a damaged patrol vehicle, according to a news release. Dennis Storey, 62, was charged with second-degree eluding and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Daniel’s Law – a state statute that protects the home addresses and phone numbers of public servants such as judges and police – prevents members of the media from publically revealing that information, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.The high court on Tuesday upheld a lower ...
ROXBURY, NJ – The state will recommend that a Dover police officer who lives in Ledgewood should be sentenced to seven years in prison for distributing material related to child sexual abuse.The man, Anthony Kelly, 37, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of second-degree Distribution of Child Sexual ...
ROXBURY, NJ – The state will recommend that a Dover police officer who lives in Ledgewood should be sentenced to seven years in prison for distributing material related to child sexual abuse.The man, Anthony Kelly, 37, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of second-degree Distribution of Child Sexual ...
CARMEL, N.Y. – County Executive Kevin Byrne and state Sen. Peter Harckham welcomed the naming of the James F. Reitz Memorial Courtroom at the Putnam County Supreme and County Court on Friday (June 13).A special ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the New York State Office of Court Administration, ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - The death of a 91-year-old Jersey City man is under investigation, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.According to Suarez, on Monday, June 9, members of the Jersey City Police Department were contacted to conduct a welfare check of an individual at 2554 Kennedy ...
NEW JERSEY — Nearly a thousand peaceful protesters showed up in Highland Park for Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ Day rally with a crowd gathering along Route 27 and Woodbridge Avenue near the borough’s Veteran’s Park. It was among the area's largest.Roughly 500 people attended “No Kings Day' rallies outside ...
PATERSON, NJ - A 25-year-old Paterson man has been sentenced to six years in New Jersey State Prison after being convicted of possessing and uploading child sexual abuse material (CSAM), officials announced.Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Passaic County Sheriff Thomas Adamo said that ...
NEWARK, NJ - Former Hoboken Director of Health and Human Services and Director of the Department of Environmental Services, Pantaleo “Leo” Pellegrini was sentenced to 24 months in prison for embezzling money from the City of Hoboken and filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced ...
ROXBURY, NJ – The state will recommend that a Dover police officer who lives in Ledgewood should be sentenced to seven years in prison for distributing material related to child sexual abuse.The man, Anthony Kelly, 37, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of second-degree Distribution of Child Sexual ...
SOUTH AMBOY, NJ — A Superior Court judge in Ocean County has sentenced Mark Carey, Jr., 21, of South Amboy, to six years in state prison after his April 3 guilty plea to knowingly leaving the scene of a hit-and-run collision that resulted in the death of Julia Sutton, 56, of Weehawken. The ...
BEDFORD, N.Y. - A recent report from personal security website Safewise has Bedford ranked as the safest city in New York. The annual report is compiled from FBI crime data and analyzed by a panel of experts in the fields of criminal justice, crime trends, and personal safety. For the second ...
SOUTH AMBOY, NJ – Mark Carey, Jr., 21, of South Amboy, was sentenced by the Honorable Kimarie Rahill, J.S.C., to six years New Jersey State Prison after his April 3 guilty plea to knowingly leaving the scene of a hit-and-run collision that resulted in the death of Julia Sutton, 56, of Weehawken.
LONG BRANCH, NJ - Chrystofer A. Whyte, 18, of North Brunswick, was identified as the victim of the June 12 shooting on the beach at Pier Village. Long Branch police responded at 8:58 p.m. to the beach area between the shoreline and the boardwalk for a report of shots fired. Officers discovered an ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ - Chrystofer A. Whyte, 18, of North Brunswick, was identified as the victim of the June 12 shooting on the beach at Pier Village. Long Branch police responded at 8:58 p.m. to the beach area between the shoreline and the boardwalk for a report of shots fired. Officers discovered an ...
DENVILLE, NJ - Alyssa Perry, 35, of Rockaway Township, has been charged with two counts of Sexual Assault and one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, announced the Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, Denville Police Chief Scott Welsch, and Rockaway ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ — A Long Branch man has been convicted in connection with a violent 2023 home invasion that ended in a deadly crash, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Friday.Altonia D. Williams, 47, was found guilty on 18 charges following a four-week trial before Monmouth ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - At the third annual Gun and Community Violence Prevention and Response Symposium, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced new statewide guidance to strengthen collaboration between law enforcement and Community-Based Violence Intervention (CBVI) providers. The guidance, ...
NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver was indicted on federal charges for forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers who were attempting to arrest Mayor Ras Baraka during a protest last month at an immigration detention facility in Newark.McIver, along with U.S. Reps. Robert Mendendez ...