Law & Justice Top Stories
By ZAHRA HUBER
November 8, 2024
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A man previously banned from a Coral Springs Publix was arrested last week after he returned to the store, allegedly frightening employees and customers, according to a police report.Coral Springs police officers were dispatched to the Publix at 6270 Sample Road after store ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Two men were sentenced for their roles in a home-invasion robbery in which they posed as sheriff’s deputies to enter a home in Hilltown Township.Zbigniew Still, 22, of Philadelphia and Jarrett Fort, 19, of Glenside both pled guilty to robbery, burglary and related charges. On ...
CAMDEN – Although it took 15 months, a state Superior Court grand jury in early October indicted City Councilman Arthur Barclay of causing serious bodily injury while driving with a suspended license.Since the alleged crime, a fourth-degree offense that happened in July 2023, Barclay – a former ...
EDISON, NJ — The Board of Education recently paid $3 million to settle a lawsuit that alleges a student was groomed and sexually abused by an Edison High School teacher in the 1980s.This is one of the eight claims against the former shop teacher and weight lifting coach Frederick Burkley, according ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – A judge declined a motion to exclude or suppress blood-draw evidence in the case of a New Brunswick councilwoman who is facing DWI charges during a hearing held one day after she was re-elected to the City Council.Joseph Surman, a Freehold-based attorney representing Suzanne ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A 20-year-old Queens, New York, man has been sentenced to 15 years in New Jersey State Prison in connection to the February 2022 death of Devin Bryant, 15, Jersey City. Goris, 20, who was 17-years-old at the time of the killing, and originally charged as a juvenile, pleaded guilty ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Montclair Police are investigating how thousands of dollars of meat may have walked out of a local supermarket.According to the Montclair Police Department, a series of high-value shoplifting incidents at King’s Supermarket on Valley Road resulted in thousands of dollars worth ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A heated road rage encounter in Coral Springs led to the arrest of a local man accused of pointing a gun at another driver and causing a collision, a police report said. The incident occurred on Oct. 28, when police responded to reports of an aggressive driver in a gray Jeep ...
NEWARK, NJ - Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced today that Benjamin Avrut, 38, has been found guilty of first-degree murder by an Essex County jury in the beating death of his 70-year-old mother, Gwen Avrut. The jury reached this verdict after rejecting Mr. Avrut’s insanity ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Montclair Police are investigating how thousands of dollars of meat may have walked out of a local supermarket.According to the Montclair Police Department, a series of high-value shoplifting incidents at King’s Supermarket on Valley Road resulted in thousands of dollars worth ...
PATERSON, NJ - Two Paterson residents were taken into custody following a shooting incident that occurred early Monday morning. Jose Ortiz, 31, and Yesenia Adorno, 31, both from Paterson, were arrested in connection with the shooting of a 46-year-old male in the area of North Main Street and Arch ...
PATERSON, NJ - Leticia Lopez-Fernandez, a 32-year-old Paterson resident, was arrested by authorities on Monday following an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Financial Crimes Unit, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer in Charge Isa ...
TRENTON, NJ — A state grand jury did not file criminal charges against two Cranford police officers involved in the Dec. 28, 2023 fatal shooting of a Perth Amboy man on a Garden State Parkway exit ramp in Woodbridge Township.NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the grand jury decision ...
TRENTON, NJ — A state grand jury did not file criminal charges against two Cranford police officers involved in the Dec. 28, 2023 fatal shooting of a Perth Amboy man on a Garden State Parkway exit ramp in Woodbridge Township.NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the grand jury decision ...
NEWARK, NJ — A Woodbridge accountant for a New Jersey manufacturing company will serve 12 months and one day in federal prison for filing false tax returns, according to U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger.Thomas J. Kohutich, 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns in 2018 and 2019 ...
RED BANK, NJ: In a significant update to a tragic incident in the borough, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced that two men and two women face charges in a July 2024 shooting that resulted in one fatality and another injury.Lahmeir C. Hill, 31, of Pemberton Borough, and Sadiq ...
RED BANK, NJ: In a significant update to a tragic incident in the borough, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced that two men and two women face charges in a July 2024 shooting that resulted in one fatality and another injury.Lahmeir C. Hill, 31, of Pemberton Borough, and Sadiq ...
RED BANK, NJ: In a significant update to a tragic incident in the borough, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced that two men and two women face charges in a July 2024 shooting that resulted in one fatality and another injury.Lahmeir C. Hill, 31, of Pemberton Borough, and Sadiq ...
MOUNT HOLLY, NJ — Three defendants have pled guilty in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager during a drug transaction in a Walmart parking lot in Burlington Township in October 2021, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced.Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s ...
MOUNT HOLLY, NJ — Three defendants have pled guilty in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager during a drug transaction in a Walmart parking lot in Burlington Township in October 2021, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced.Under an agreement with the Prosecutor’s ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A heated dispute between two men over a girlfriend erupted into gunfire at a Coral Springs apartment complex last month. The fighting, which began with a series of threatening messages, ended with one man in police custody facing multiple charges on Oct. 23.According to a police ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. — A Coral Springs mom was arrested on domestic battery charges after spraying the father of her child in the face with a water bottle. On Oct. 19, Coral Springs police responded to a domestic battery call involving a mom, her partner and her older son. According to a police ...
UNION, NJ – A longtime Union resident and active community member has been appointed to fill a seat on the Union County Superior Court.James B. Johnston was confirmed by the Senate earlier this week. He succeeds Judge William A. Daniel on the Union County bench.Johnston, Jeyanthi C. Rajaraman and ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A 47-year-old man from New York was arrested on multiple DUI-related charges following a crash in Coconut Creek last week. The incident occurred on Oct. 24 at the intersection of West Hillsboro Boulevard and Lyons Road.Police identified one of the drivers involved in the crash ...
CHESTERFIELD, NJ – Six correctional police officers assigned to the New Jersey Department of Corrections’ (DOC) Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Burlington County have been indicted in connection to an aggravated assault of a youth inmate, according to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew ...
RED BANK, NJ: In a significant update to a tragic incident in the borough, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced that two men and two women face charges in a July 2024 shooting that resulted in one fatality and another injury.Lahmeir C. Hill, 31, of Pemberton Borough, and Sadiq ...
CHESTERFIELD, NJ – Six correctional police officers assigned to the New Jersey Department of Corrections’ (DOC) Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Burlington County have been indicted in connection to an aggravated assault of a youth inmate, according to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A 35-year-old Coral Springs resident has been charged with sexually battering a woman at a Halloween house party held earlier this month.According to a police report, the victim, whose age remains undisclosed, attended the Halloween gathering on Oct. 18 and had several drinks ...
NEWARK, N.J. – Morris Plains resident, Haim Braverman has been charged with posting online a death threat aimed at a political commentator, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Braverman, 45, is charged by complaint with one count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - A Hackensack man has been found guilty in connection with a string of armed robberies that took place across Hudson County in 2022. Following a two-week trial, a statement from Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said, Joel Krecz, 37, was convicted on four counts of Armed ...