Law & Justice Top Stories

September 26, 2024

TRENTON, NJ - Moving companies from Bayonne, Jersey City and Hoboken were among the 23 unlicensed movers  issued Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) and assessed civil penalties totaling $125,000, as a result of Operation Safe Move, a State-led undercover operation targeting movers doing business without ...

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TRENTON, NJ  – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“Division”) have announced that 23 unlicensed movers were issued Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) and assessed civil penalties totaling $125,000, as a result of Operation Safe Move, a State-led undercover ...

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Leer en españolNEWARK – Workers on a public high school construction site are complaining of being paid in cash from a car and at rates below the minimum wage required by state laws, according to complaints filed with the state Department of Labor. The recent complaint filed with the state ...

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COCONUT CREEK, FL - Police recently obtained an arrest warrant for a former Broward College Coconut Creek campus employee accused of stealing and selling about 20 laptops. Police have been trying to serve Donald Scott Schultz, 53, formerly of Miami, but they have been unable to do so in the case ...

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TRENTON, NJ - 23 unlicensed movers  from across New Jersey were issued Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) and assessed civil penalties totaling $125,000, as a result of Operation Safe Move, a State-led undercover operation targeting movers doing business without being licensed by the Division, as ...

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TRENTON, NJ - Moving companies from Bayonne, Jersey City and Hoboken were among the 23 unlicensed movers  issued Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) and assessed civil penalties totaling $125,000, as a result of Operation Safe Move, a State-led undercover operation targeting movers doing business without ...

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CAMDEN, NJ — The Mount Laurel Police Department (MLPD) has been credited by the U.S. Attorney's Office for its role in a federal investigation that led to the guilty plea of a Burlington County man for receiving child pornography.Charles Borrelli, 62, of Burlington, NJ pleaded guilty before U.S.

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NEWARK, NJ — U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced on Wednesday that the Rahway-based highway contractor MV Contracting Inc. will pay $950,000 to settle claims that it inaccurately represented itself as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) in order to secure federal contracts.The U.S.

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PEAPACK - GLADSTONE, NJ - Coffee With A Cop will be held on Sunday, September 29, 2024 in Peapack. Come out and meet Peapack-Gladstone police officers from 8 AM - 11 AM at CocoLuxe Fine Pastries, 161 Main Street, Peapack. Coffee with a Cop brings local police and community together over a cup of ...

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BASKING RIDGE, NJ - Applied behavioral analysts, art therapists, dieticians and nutritionists requesting a professional license through the state are now required to undergo a criminal background check.  Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio and Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis sponsored the bill ...

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TRENTON, NJ -  23 unlicensed moving companies were  issued Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) and assessed civil penalties totaling $125,000, as a result of Operation Safe Move, a State-led undercover operation targeting movers doing business without being licensed by the Division, as required by law, ...

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TRENTON, NJ -  23 unlicensed moving companies were  issued Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) and assessed civil penalties totaling $125,000, as a result of Operation Safe Move, a State-led undercover operation targeting movers doing business without being licensed by the Division, as required by law, ...

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TRENTON, NJ -  23 unlicensed moving companies were  issued Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) and assessed civil penalties totaling $125,000, as a result of Operation Safe Move, a State-led undercover operation targeting movers doing business without being licensed by the Division, as required by law, ...

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TRENTON, NJ - Moving companies from Bayonne, Jersey City and Hoboken were among the 23 unlicensed movers  issued Notices of Violation (“NOVs”) and assessed civil penalties totaling $125,000, as a result of Operation Safe Move, a State-led undercover operation targeting movers doing business without ...

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CAMDEN – Lawyers for indicted Democratic political boss George E. Norcross III responded to the New Jersey Attorney General’s charges against him with the dismissive attitude of a movie critic who had just sat through a stinker of a film.“Whatever its merit for the silver screen, this indictment ...

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HACKENSACK, NJ - Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of  Vincenzo Carbone of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by sexual contact, and endangering the welfare of a child. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by ...

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PATERSON, NJ -  ,A Paterson woman has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a four-year-old child that took place on August 23, 2024, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer in Charge Isa Abbassi announced. The arrest followed an investigation by ...

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HACKENSACK, NJ - The Bergen County Prosecutor announced the indictment of a Hasbrouck Heights resident in a hit-and-run accident in April.Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the indictment of Timothy C. Moots of Hasbrouck Heights on charges of hindering apprehension or prosecution and ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - While on release as part of a Pre-Trial Intervention program since January 2024, Malina Jaffrey of Watchung, NJ continued to threaten and harass a staff member of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office whom she had targeted in the past.Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced ...

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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - While on release as part of a Pre-Trial Intervention program since January 2024, Malina Jaffrey of Watchung, NJ continued to threaten and harass a staff member of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office whom she had targeted in the past.Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced ...

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CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A serial package thief suspected in residential burglaries across Broward County was allegedly caught in the act in Coral Springs this month, police said. The Coral Springs Burglary Enforcement and Reduction Unit caught up to the man -- identified as 25-year-old Joshuar Valdez, ...

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East Orange, NJ-`An East Orange man was sentenced to almost 12 years in prison for possession of six firearms, over five kilograms of fentanyl and four kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.Carlos Santiago, 50, of East ...

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This article published first yesterday in TAPinto Hazlet. NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK – A fugitive being sought in connection with a fatal shooting in Hazlet last weekend was located in Brooklyn, New York and arrested. This was announced by Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago on Friday. The ...

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This article was published previously in TAPinto Hazlet: NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK – A fugitive being sought in connection with a fatal shooting in Hazlet last weekend was located in Brooklyn, New York and arrested. This was announced by Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago on Friday. The ...

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NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK – A fugitive being sought in connection with a fatal shooting in Hazlet last weekend was located in Brooklyn, New York and arrested. This was announced by Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago on Friday. The arrest was as a result of a joint investigation between New ...

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CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A woman was arrested for stealing tools and home improvement items in Coral Springs and pawning them throughout Broward County.On August 16, Coral Springs Police responded to Home Depot at 750 University Drive after a loss prevention officer spotted a woman, later identified as ...

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ROSELLE/ELIZABETH, NJ — Four people, two adults and two juveniles, are facing charges for their alleged role in an auto theft trafficking network in Roselle and at least 15 other New Jersey communities.The arrests were announced Friday by Union County Prosecutor William Daniel following an ...

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CRANFORD, NJ — Four people, two adults and two juveniles, are facing charges for their alleged role in an auto theft trafficking network in Cranford and at least 15 other New Jersey communities.The arrests were announced Friday by Union County Prosecutor William Daniel following an investigation ...

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UNION/ELIZABETH, NJ — Four people, two adults and two juveniles, are facing charges for their alleged role in an auto theft trafficking network in Union and at least 15 other New Jersey communities.The arrests were announced Friday by Union County Prosecutor William Daniel following an ...

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COCONUT CREEK, FL - Coconut Creek police arrested a Deerfield Beach man this week for driving under the influence after he ran a red light and hit another car with a mother and two children, sending them to the hospital, according to a police report. On Sept. 18 at around 7 p.m., Angelo Carruba, ...

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