Law & Justice Top Stories
By LOUIE PASCULLI
January 24, 2025
MERCER COUNTY, NJ – Honor, responsibility, and duty filled the air as 46 men and women graduated from the Mercer County Police academy on January 24. The ceremony, held at Mercer County Community College, welcomed local law enforcement alongside the friends and family of the graduating officers.
TRENTON, NJ — A man from the Iselin section of Woodbridge admitted to defrauding 60 victims in South Korea with a phony investment scheme, the Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Vikas Khanna, announced in a prepared statement.Mohammed Rahman, 64, from Iselin, pleaded guilty in Trenton federal ...
HAZLET, NJ – A disbarred Hazlet real-estate attorney who stole more than $1.18 million from over 60 clients has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.The sentence for 49-year-old Steven H. Salami was handed down during a hearing ...
HAZLET, NJ – A disbarred Hazlet real-estate attorney who stole more than $1.18 million from over 60 clients has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.The sentence for 49-year-old Steven H. Salami was handed down during a hearing ...
FREEHOLD, NJ – A former Hazlet real-estate attorney who embezzled nearly $1.18 million from over 60 clients has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison. Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced the sentencing of 49-year-old Steven H. Salami on Tuesday, marking the conclusion of a ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — He was hired as a security guard at Coral Springs Macy’s, but then his bosses got suspicious when store items started to disappear. They set up a “covert operation,” adding security cameras that Franco Andre Cedeno didn’t know about. That’s when they recently caught the ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - The Hoboken City Council voted to enter a new three-year contract with Police Chief Steven Aguiar at their Wednesday meeting. As of January 1st 2025, under this contract, Chief Aguiar's salary is $300,000, and will increase by $15,000 each year, until 2027. Councilman Paul Presinzano ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs young adult’s attempt at a "Ding Dong Ditch" prank has turned into a burglary charge at the Marriott Coral Springs Heron Bay.Gianni Picasso-Moyano, 19, and his friends were taking part in the age-old prank of ringing doorbells and running away - commonly known as ...
SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — In a recent wave of burglaries across Somerset County, Gabriel Bay, a 56-year-old resident of Milltown, New Jersey, has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses following an extensive investigation by local law enforcement, including officers from Warren Township and ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ – A former Hazlet attorney convicted of stealing over $1.18 million from more than 60 clients has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday. Steven H. Salami, 49, a disbarred real estate attorney, appeared before ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ — An Asbury Park man has been found guilty of luring and kidnapping an 11-year-old girl in a disturbing case that unfolded in May 2023. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office announced the conviction of 30-year-old Raquan Folk, who was also charged with endangering the welfare of a ...
SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — In a recent wave of burglaries across Somerset County, Gabriel Bay, a 56-year-old resident of Milltown, New Jersey, has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses following an extensive investigation by local law enforcement, including officers from Warren Township and ...
SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — In a recent wave of burglaries across Somerset County, Gabriel Bay, a 56-year-old resident of Milltown, New Jersey, has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses following an extensive investigation by local law enforcement, including officers from Warren Township and ...
RAHWAY, NJ — On Tuesday, January 21, members of the Union County Prosecutor's Office (UCPO) held a seminar on fraud and elder scams at the Rahway Knights of Columbus Council 1146.Sergeant David Nechamkin and Detective Grace Proetta of the UCPO Special Prosecutions Unit were joined by UCPO Detective ...
NEWARK, NJ - lawStanding before the Martin Luther King statue, under the engraving “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” hundreds of New Jerseyans gathered in solidarity and held up signs reading “Martin Luther King, his struggle continues.”The People’s Organization For Progress ...
FREEHOLD, NJ – An Asbury Park man has been convicted of luring and kidnapping an 11-year-old girl off the street in 2023, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.After an eight-day trial before Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Paul X. Escandon, a jury found 30-year-old ...
HAZLET, NJ – A disbarred Hazlet real-estate attorney who stole more than $1.18 million from over 60 clients has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.The sentence for 49-year-old Steven H. Salami was handed down during a hearing ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – Two men, one from New York and the other local, have been charged in connection with a scheme to steal nearly $300,000 from a Holmdel-based company by creating a fictitious pest control business and exploiting the victim’s software platform to access stolen credit-card information, ...
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP - Neptune Township Police Department have announced that on Monday, 1/20/2025, at approximately 1:07 PM they responded to the area of 230 Jumping Brook Road for a report of a person lying in the snow in a retention basin behind the north side of the Residence Inn. Officers arrived ...
PATERSON, NJ - A wave of concern is sweeping through Paterson as advocacy groups, faith leaders, and residents unite to oppose a controversial ordinance that seeks to impose fines and jail sentences on unhoused individuals living in public spaces. The Paterson City Council is expected to vote on ...
PATERSON, NJ - A wave of concern is sweeping through Paterson as advocacy groups, faith leaders, and residents unite to oppose a controversial ordinance that seeks to impose fines and jail sentences on unhoused individuals living in public spaces. The Paterson City Council is expected to vote on ...
NEW JERSEY – As college students head 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 criminal actors ...
NEWARK – Newark Police Director Emanuel Miranda has high praise for the New Jersey State Association of Chief of Police’s Command & Leadership Academy, which has steadily developed into one of the nation’s premier law enforcement leadership development courses, attracting law enforcement ...
NEW JERSEY – As college students head 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 criminal actors ...
NEW JERSEY – As college students head 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 criminal actors ...
NEW JERSEY – As college students head 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 criminal actors ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs police arrested a suspect driving a stolen car with a loaded gun at the Broward Health Coral Springs parking lot earlier this month, a police report said.On Jan. 8, officers were alerted to a stolen car driving in the vicinity of Royal Palm Boulevard and University ...
NEW JERSEY – As college students head 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 criminal actors ...
NEW JERSEY – As college students head 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 criminal actors ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A man and woman were arrested by members of the Bayonne Police Department on January 14 after they reportedly attempted to make transactions at TD Bank with fraudulent documents, Bayonne Police Chief Robert Geisler announced. At approximately 11:46 a.m. on the day of the incident, ...