Law & Justice Top Stories
By TAPINTO CAMDEN STAFF
August 26, 2024
CAMDEN – A man from Burlington City in Burlington County has been found guilty and sentenced in the first-degree murder of Camden resident Takwail Bailey, 29, in 2021. Lesure Funari, 25, was sentenced in Camden County Superior Court last Friday to 60 years in prison. He was convicted by a jury ...
BLOOMINGDALE, NJ - Bloomingdale Police warn residents of an ongoing scam. "If an individual or individuals approach your house offering home improvements, driveway repair, roofing repairs, they are all related to construction fraud and home repair fraud," stated Bloomingdale Police ...
NEWARK, NJ – On August 14, Millburn attorney Jarrid Kantor filed a Motion to Stay the court's Fair Share Housing orders. That motion was withdrawn and converted into an order to show cause which is scheduled to be heard August 26. Kantor’s motion asks the court to stay the court’s orders citing ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — A 23-year-old Mount Laurel man who previously worked as a camp counselor was arrested and charged on Wednesday with possession of child pornography, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw and Mount Laurel Police Chief Timothy Hudnall announced. Robert Nault was taken ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A group of young men arrived in Coral Springs from Miami to break into cars. Before the police caught up to them, they stole a car from a community on West Atlantic Boulevard and one of the suspects pointed a gun as they moved through the area. According to a police ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek police conducted a search warrant at a spa on Coconut Creek Parkway, a police report said. Inside Blue Lotus Spa on Aug. 13, they found marijuana and methamphetamine, and arrested Brandon Williams, 37, and Xiaoqin Yu, 54, on drug charges, the report ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — A state grand jury has indicted a former mayoral candidate for election fraud and other criminal charges for trying to unduly influence the outcome of this city’s 2021 Democratic primary. The grand jury indicted Dr. Henrilynn Ibezim on eight criminal counts that include ...
Mariano Codallos-Tepepa, a Middletown North High School Grad, was a former soccer player at Middletown North High School and graduated in 2019. Photo Credits: File Image MONMOUTH COUNTY – Details are in on the tragic fatal pedestrian ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek police recently arrested a Miami man after finding him passed out behind the wheel of a black Mercedes-Benz after they woke him and saw a white powder under his nose. The car was idling on the 4800 block of West Hillsboro Boulevard, crashed up against a curb on ...
Mariano Codallos-Tepepa, a Middletown North High School Grad, was a former soccer player at Middletown North High School and graduated in 2019. Photo Credits: File Image MONMOUTH COUNTY – Details are in on the tragic fatal pedestrian ...
Leer en español NEWARK — A popular restaurant in downtown Newark failed to give 84 servers, cooks and bussers overtime pay when they worked more than 40 hours a week – a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal Labor Department said on Friday. The Labor Department investigation ...
NEPTUNE CITY - Tonight, 8/23/24, Monmouth County's DWI Task Force will be conducting a sobriety check in Neptune City. From 10:00 PM Friday until 2:00 AM Saturday, vehicles traveling northbound on Route 35 will be diverted at the Steiner Avenue intersection and screened for sobriety.
PATERSON, NJ - Jeury DeJesus-Rodriguez, a 25-year-old Paterson resident and Paterson Police Department officer, was arrested in Totowa without incident on Thursday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes announced. The arrest was carried out by members of the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office ...
READINGTON, NJ - A Readington man has been arrested on animal cruelty charges after he shot and killed a dog that he believed was being aggressive toward himself and another person, according to a release from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office and Readington Township Police ...
READINGTON, NJ - A Readington man has been arrested on animal cruelty charges after he shot and killed a dog that he believed was being aggressive toward himself and another person, according to a release from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office and Readington Township Police ...
FREEHOLD, NJ: A Red Bank man has been charged for leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in the death of a pedestrian in Shrewsbury, according to an announcement by Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago on Friday. Jose Rodriguez-Jimenez, 40, faces one count of second-degree, ...
CARMEL, N.Y. - The former chief anesthesiologist at Putnam County Hospital in Carmel has pleaded guilty to two violent felony charges and will be sentenced to four years in prison. Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced this week that Paul Giacopelli, a Southeast resident, ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Joseph Guzman, age 44, of Mount Olive, has been sentenced to three years in New Jersey State Prison in connection with a November 2022 arrest, announced Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Deputy Chief of Detectives Jan-Michael Monrad, and Mount Olive Police Department ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The student organization that arranged a four-day encampment at Rutgers’ Voorhees Mall and forced the postponement of final exams for about 1,000 students last spring when it threatened to escalate its protests has been suspended by the university. The Rutgers chapter of the ...
NEWARK, NJ - Two members of a Jersey City gang were sentenced for their roles in two different shootings and other gang-related crimes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced this week. Jakeem Gibson-Madison, aka “Beanz,” 30, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars while Terick Rogers, ...
HOPATCONG BOROUGH, NJ - Two people have been abandoning hairless cats around the area and the Hopatcong Police Department wants the public's help in finding them. In a post on its Facebook page, the department said the duo left outside Lakeside Construction, on Stanhope-Sparta Road, four ...
NEW JERSEY. – Caz Craffy, aka “Carz Craffey,” 41, of Colts Neck, a former Monmouth County financial counselor with the United States Army, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison, for defrauding grieving Gold Star families, and additional related crimes. Craffy was a civilian employee of the ...
NEW JERSEY. – Caz Craffy, aka “Carz Craffey,” 41, of Colts Neck, a former Monmouth County financial counselor with the United States Army, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison, for defrauding grieving Gold Star families, and additional related crimes. Craffy was a civilian employee of the ...
NEW JERSEY. – Caz Craffy, aka “Carz Craffey,” 41, of Colts Neck, a former Monmouth County financial counselor with the United States Army, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison, for defrauding grieving Gold Star families, and additional related crimes. Craffy was a civilian employee of the ...
NEW JERSEY. – Caz Craffy, aka “Carz Craffey,” 41, of Colts Neck, a former Monmouth County financial counselor with the United States Army, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison, for defrauding grieving Gold Star families, and additional related crimes. Craffy was a civilian employee of the ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — A 23-year-old Mount Laurel man who previously worked as a camp counselor was arrested and charged on Wednesday with possession of child pornography, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw and Mount Laurel Police Chief Timothy Hudnall announced. Robert Nault was taken ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - Following statements from Mayor Bhalla and Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher regarding the cause of death of a man at Maxwell Place Park last Thursday, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office has offered an update. "The Cause and Manner of Death are still pending with the Regional ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Joseph Guzman, age 44, of Mount Olive, has been sentenced to three years in New Jersey State Prison in connection with a November 2022 arrest, announced Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Deputy Chief of Detectives Jan-Michael Monrad, and Mount Olive Police Department ...
NEW JERSEY- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is working alongside local Law Enforcement agencies for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over high-visibility enforcement campaign. The goal is to deter impaired driving and prevent the tragedies seen ...
CAMDEN, NJ – A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier from Union has been convicted of bribery, fraud, and conspiracy charges, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Emerson Pavilus, 49, was convicted on Aug. 15, 2024, on all three counts of an indictment charging him with ...