Law & Justice Top Stories
By TAPINTO ELIZABETH STAFF
June 14, 2025
ELIZABETH, NJ - Three Elizabeth men have been sentenced in connection with a deadly shooting on New Year’s Day 2023. The sentencing was handed down on June 6. Vladimir Martinez was killed near 4th Street in Elizabeth on January 1, 2023.26-year-old Albenys Soto-Fernandez received a 25-year sentence ...
NEWARK - Four detainees who broke through a wall and escaped from the immigrant detention center are still unaccounted for on Friday, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), following reports of disorder breaking out and what the city’s mayor called an “uprising” at the facility.The ...
NEWARK - Four detainees who broke through a wall and escaped from the immigrant detention center are still unaccounted for on Friday, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), following reports of disorder breaking out and what the city’s mayor called an “uprising” at the facility.The ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - An Elizabeth man was sentenced for his role in a 2023 fatal shooting. Joel Argueta was sentenced to 23 years in State Prison on June 6 for aggravated manslaughter.On June 23, 2023, Elizabeth police officers responded to the area of Spring Street and 3rd Avenue, where they found a ...
TRENTON, NJ — A Philadelphia man has been charged with human trafficking and attempted sex crimes after he allegedly arranged to sexually assault who he thought was a 12-year-old girl at a Burlington County hotel.Bruce Drelich, 60, was charged with conspiracy to commit human trafficking (1st ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – UPDATE as of 2:00 p.m. - The following is a statement from Mayor John Pallone: “I sincerely regret the loss of life that occurred last night on Chelsea Beach. I want to extend my sincere gratitude to the Long Branch Police Department and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office for ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A 17-year-old Woodbridge High School student has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge for bringing a “ghost gun” into his school in March, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and police Director Joseph Nisky.The 17-year-old – unnamed because he is underage – ...
TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy (“Board”) has permanently revoked the license of a Monmouth County massage therapist amid allegations he engaged in inappropriate and unwanted ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ - Graduation parties can be a tempting time for teenagers to drink. That drinking, Mercer County Sheriff Jack Kemler warned, can become deadly if combined with driving. “Teenage drunk driving is never a good thing, and graduation season can quickly become deadly as inexperienced ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ - A Brooklyn man has been arrested and $100,000 worth of cocaine seized as a result of a two-month investigation into the distribution of cocaine in the city of Trenton. The investigation, announced in a statement Wednesday, was conducted by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force ...
SAYREVILLE and NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rashid Ali Bynum, the man accused of killing Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, outside her La Mer apartment in Sayreville on Feb. 1, 2023, was found guilty by the jury at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick.Members of Eunice Dwumfour's family were on hand ...
NEWARK - 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 and ...
NEWARK - 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 and ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - Two Jersey men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on N. Willow Street in Montclair on June 1.Wesley A. Garcia, 18, and Kirvin De La Rosa, 19, are each charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree conspiracy to commit armed robbery, second-degree ...
TRENTON, NJ — A Philadelphia man has been charged with human trafficking and attempted sex crimes after he allegedly arranged to sexually assault who he thought was a 12-year-old girl at a Bordentown hotel.Bruce Drelich, 60, was charged with conspiracy to commit human trafficking (1st degree), ...
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 ...
SAYREVILLE and NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rashid Ali Bynum, the man accused of killing Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, outside her La Mer apartment in Sayreville on Feb. 1, 2023, was found guilty by the jury at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick.Members of Eunice Dwumfour's family were on hand ...
Leer en españolCAMDEN – Delia Montanez had stopped at a Camden convenience store on the way to drop her children off at school last week when her sense of security was shattered.Her Families First Electronic Benefits Transfer (or EBT) card was declined, and the Camden single mother discovered that ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – A resident of Grand St. reported falling victim to fraud on May 20, when an unknown person accessed his computer remotely and locked it under the guise of Microsoft Security. The resident was instructed to deposit a specific amount into a bitcoin account in order to unlock the ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A Middlesex County jury has convicted Rashid Ali Bynum in the Feb. 1, 2023 murder of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour outside her La Mer apartment. Members of Eunice Dwumfour's family were in the courtroom as the guilty verdict was read. The jury – comprised of nine men ...
SAYREVILLE and NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rashid Ali Bynum, the man accused of killing Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, outside her La Mer apartment in Sayreville on Feb. 1, 2023, was found guilty by the jury at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick.Members of Eunice Dwumfour's family were on hand ...
SAYREVILLE and NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rashid Ali Bynum, the man accused of killing Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, outside her La Mer apartment in Sayreville on Feb. 1, 2023, was found guilty by the jury at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick.Members of Eunice Dwumfour's family were on hand ...
SAYREVILLE and NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rashid Ali Bynum, the man accused of killing Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, outside her La Mer apartment in Sayreville on Feb. 1, 2023, was found guilty by the jury at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick.Members of Eunice Dwumfour's family were on hand ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—In a move that was expected, the ACLU of Pennsylvania has sued Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran for its decision to enter a 287(g) agreement with ICE to work with the agency to identify and apprehend undocumented immigrants.The decision, which Harran announced earlier this year, has ...
West Long Branch, N.J. — A New Jersey man pleaded guilty on Wednesday, June 4, to federal tax evasion charges stemming from a scheme in which he concealed his ownership of multiple properties and used real estate transactions to avoid paying millions in taxes.According to court documents and ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ — An Asbury Park man has been arrested and charged in connection with a bank robbery that took place Monday morning in West Long Branch, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced.Michael Miranda, 48, faces one count of second-degree robbery after allegedly entering ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ, NJ — A city man has been arrested and charged in connection with a bank robbery that took place Monday morning in West Long Branch, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced.Michael Miranda, 48, faces one count of second-degree robbery after allegedly entering the TD ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The jury is deliberating in the trial of Rashid Bynum, the man charged with murder and weapons offenses in connection with the Feb. 1, 2023, death of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour.Both the prosecution and defense rested their cases last week. The prosecution presented ...
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka filed a lawsuit Tuesday morning against Alina Habba, interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, and Ricky Patel, special agent in charge at Homeland Security Investigations, charging they subjected him to false arrest and malicious prosecution on May 9 outside the ...
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka filed a lawsuit Tuesday morning against Alina Habba, interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, and Ricky Patel, special agent in charge at Homeland Security Investigations, charging they subjected him to false arrest and malicious prosecution on May 9 outside the ...