Law & Justice Top Stories

March 23, 2025

SAYREVILLE, NJ — Rashid Ali Bynum, the man charged with the murder of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour on Feb. 1, 2023, is scheduled to go on trial next month.Councilwoman Dwumfour, a first-term Sayreville councilwoman, was also pastor of a Nigerian-based evangelical church called Champion ...

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SAYREVILLE, NJ – Rashid Ali Bynum, the man charged with the murder of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour on Feb. 1, 2023, is scheduled to go on trial next month.Councilwoman Dwumfour, a first-term Sayreville councilwoman, was also pastor of a Nigerian-based evangelical church called Champion ...

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HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The death of a Jersey City man being held as an inmate at the Hudson County Correctional Facility is under investigation, a statement said on Saturday.According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, members of Hudson County Correctional Facility located an unresponsive male ...

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EDISON, NJ — A former Edison middle school teacher is suing the district, claiming she was fired for taking medical leave after an accident. Casey Chrapuch Gaetani was let go from her position at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in 2023.A spokesperson for the Edison School District declined to comment ...

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ELIZABETH, NJ - An Elizabeth man was sentenced on Thursday to 60 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm. Stanley Claiborne, 28, of Elizabeth previously pleaded guilty before a U.S. District judge to an indictment charging him with possession of a ...

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MONMOUTH COUNTY – A Millstone Township man has been charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal accident after allegedly striking and killing a 19-year-old in February. The suspect, 23-year-old Dominic Allen, was recently extradited from Florida back to New Jersey, Monmouth ...

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MONMOUTH COUNTY – A Millstone Township man has been charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal accident after allegedly striking and killing a 19-year-old in February. The suspect, 23-year-old Dominic Allen, was recently extradited from Florida back to New Jersey, Monmouth ...

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MONMOUTH COUNTY – A Millstone Township man has been charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal accident after allegedly striking and killing a 19-year-old in February. The suspect, 23-year-old Dominic Allen, was recently extradited from Florida back to New Jersey, Monmouth ...

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MORRISTOWN, NJ - Richard Ferrarie Loffredo of Dover has been sentenced for distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material, announced Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally,  and Town of Dover Chief of Police Jonathan Delaney.According to authorities, ...

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MORRISTOWN, NJ - Richard Ferrarie Loffredo of Dover has been sentenced for distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material, announced Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally,  and Town of Dover Chief of Police Jonathan Delaney.According to authorities, ...

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SAYREVILLE, NJ – Bruce A. Cymanski of Barnegat was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years on March 17, for the 1999 murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault of 17-year-old Nancy Noga of Sayreville. Noga was a high school senior reported missing after she did not return home from work ...

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SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has admitted her role in embezzling more than approximately $350,000 from Congregation Beth Israel (CBI), U.S. Attorney John Giordano announced.Stacy Margaritondo, 52, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court where ...

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TRENTON, NJ - A suspended Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Lieutenant was indicted on Wednesday for allegedly removing and tampering with drug evidence, including cocaine and fentanyl, and financial facilitation of criminal activity for deposits of approximately $600,000 in cash to multiple bank ...

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PATERSON, NJ - A state grand jury has voted not to file criminal charges in the fatal police-involved shooting of Najee Seabrooks, a 31-year-old Paterson community leader and violence interventionist. Seabrooks’ tragic death on March 3, 2023 spurred major changes to policing in Paterson, as well as ...

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TRENTON, N.J. — Star Laboratory, a Piscataway-based clinical lab, must repay $3.3 million to New Jersey’s Medicaid program after an audit found the company routinely billed for urine drug testing services without proper authorization, the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) announced ...

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LUMBERTON, NJ – The Mayor of Lumberton Township in Burlington County is pledging to keep her post following an arrest on Monday, March 17 that includes charges of driving under the influence, child endangerment, and others.  According to a complaint obtained by TAPinto filed by the Lumberton ...

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EAST ORANGE, N.J. — A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 65 years in state prison for the fatal shooting of an East Orange resident outside a ShopRite supermarket in 2022, prosecutors announced Tuesday.Darienne Murray, 37, of Orange Township, was convicted in October of first-degree murder and ...

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SAYREVILLE, NJ – Bruce A. Cymanski of Barnegat was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years on March 17, for the 1999 murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault of 17-year-old Nancy Noga of Sayreville. Noga was a high school senior reported missing after she did not return home from work ...

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COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 32-year-old homeless man was arrested in Coconut Creek after police found that he allegedly violated a previous trespass warning by sleeping inside a stairwell of an office complex at 5350 West Hillsboro Boulevard, according to a police report. Caron Jackson was first warned ...

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MONMOUTH COUNTY– A 43-year-old man from Keyport, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to serious charges related to sexual misconduct involving a juvenile family member, including the creation and distribution of explicit material. Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced the plea on ...

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COCONUT CREEK, FL — A 49-year-old man at Duffy’s Sports Grill in Coconut Creek, wanting to prove he was stronger than another man, punched him in the chest, sending him against a bar and knocking him unconscious. An employee of the restaurant at 4800 Hillsboro Boulevard called police around 10:30 ...

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 NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ– A Green Brook woman has been arrested for an attempted murder that occurred on Route 22 West in North Plainfield on the evening of Sunday, February 2, 2025, stemming from a road rage incident, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office ...

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SAYREVILLE, NJ – Bruce A. Cymanski of Barnegat was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years on March 17, for the 1999 murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault of 17-year-old Nancy Noga of Sayreville. Noga was a high school senior reported missing after she did not return home from work ...

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SAYREVILLE, NJ – Bruce A. Cymanski of Barnegat was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years on March 17, for the 1999 murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault of 17-year-old Nancy Noga of Sayreville. Noga was a high school senior reported missing after she did not return home from work ...

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SAYREVILLE, NJ – Bruce A. Cymanski of Barnegat was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years on March 17, for the 1999 murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault of 17-year-old Nancy Noga of Sayreville. Noga was a high school senior reported missing after she did not return home from work ...

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COCONUT CREEK, FL – In the morning hours earlier this month, a Coconut Creek SWAT team arrived at a house in South Creek to serve a search warrant, according to a police report. With emergency lights and sirens on, officers came to 4130 NW 9th Court on March 5 and ordered everyone inside to walk ...

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MONMOUTH COUNTY– A 43-year-old man from Keyport, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to serious charges related to sexual misconduct involving a juvenile family member, including the creation and distribution of explicit material. Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced the plea on ...

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MONMOUTH COUNTY– A 43-year-old man from Keyport, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to serious charges related to sexual misconduct involving a juvenile family member, including the creation and distribution of explicit material. Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced the plea on ...

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MONMOUTH COUNTY– A 43-year-old man from Keyport, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to serious charges related to sexual misconduct involving a juvenile family member, including the creation and distribution of explicit material. Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced the plea on ...

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PARSIPPANY, NJ – A Parsippany High School teacher has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child following allegations of inappropriate online conversations with a student, according to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll.James Wiegand, 43, of Sparta, was charged on March 13 with one ...

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