Law & Justice Top Stories
By TONY GALLOTTO
August 11, 2024
NEWARK, NJ — An East Brunswick day spa is among eight where “sexual services” were allegedly also on the table for as little as $160, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office for New Jersey. Good Day Spa, at 282 Route 18 in East Brunswick, is among eight "spas" run by four foreign nationals living ...
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Burlington County man was recently sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison for trafficking cocaine in Burlington and Camden counties as well as in Philadelphia, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Orlando Ayala, 30, of Westampton, was ...
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Burlington County man was recently sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison for trafficking cocaine in Burlington and Camden counties as well as in Philadelphia, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Orlando Ayala, 30, of Westampton, was ...
NEWARK, NJ — An East Brunswick day spa is among eight where “sexual services” were allegedly also on the table for as little as $160, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office for New Jersey. Good Day Spa, at 282 Route 18 in East Brunswick, is among eight "spas" run by four foreign nationals living ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ -- John Denuto became the 1st head coach of Union College (previously known as Union County College) in 2019 and was fired in 2020 following his arrest. He was a former Sayreville teacher who had a long career as a wrestling coach in more than 20 schools and clubs in the state.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ -- Former Bishop Ahr High School teacher and wrestling coach John Denuto has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing minors after admitting to inappropriate sexual misconduct with two victims, according to multiple media reports. Denuto, 47, of Spotswood ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A former Sayreville special education teacher and wrestling coach has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to child endangerment for crimes involving sexual misconduct with youngsters. Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Thomas Abode ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ -- Former Sayreville Middle School teacher and wrestling coach John Denuto has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing minors after admitting to inappropriate sexual misconduct with two victims, according to multiple media reports. Denuto, 47, of ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ -- Former Piscataway High School wrestling coach and teacher at Sayreville Middle School teacher, John Denuto, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing minors after admitting to inappropriate sexual misconduct with two victims, according to multiple ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - Nafis H. Wiggins, age 26 of Newark has been sentenced to 10 years in connection with a December 2023 arrest in Chatham Township, announced Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Chief Thomas Miller of the Chatham Township Police ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ -- Former Sayreville Middle School teacher and wrestling coach John Denuto has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing minors after admitting to inappropriate sexual misconduct with two victims, according to multiple media reports. Denuto, 47, of ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - Nafis H. Wiggins, age 26 of Newark has been sentenced to 10 years in connection with a December 2023 arrest in Chatham Township, announced Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Chief Thomas Miller of the Chatham Township Police ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - Nafis H. Wiggins, age 26 of Newark has been sentenced to 10 years in connection with a December 2023 arrest in Chatham Township, announced Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Chief Thomas Miller of the Chatham Township Police ...
DENVILLE, NJ - An Indiana woman was charged for assuming a false identity, according to the Denville authorities. On July 15, The Denville Police Department responded to a call at Orange Theory Fitness for numerous “Smash and Grab” robberies. This type of robbery involves a suspect or suspects ...
HAMILTON, NJ - The Hamilton Township Police Department issued a warning on Facebook about the dangers of giving criminals information through the use of bumper stickers and other decals. Among the common types of stickers the post brought attention to were those that give detailed family ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — That young person standing ahead of you trying to purchase cigarettes or vaping supplies? They may be working for the Westfield Regional Health Department. “We recruited 16- or 17-year-olds to buy from the stores,” Health Department Officer Megan Avallone said at Monday’s ...
DENVILLE, NJ - A Brooklyn man linked to numerous investigations throughout New Jersey has been arrested by Denville Police. On January 30, the Denville Township Police Department was advised of an identity theft incident that occurred at the TD Bank in Denville, NJ. Following an investigation, ...
DENVILLE, NJ - The Denville Police Department says they have arrested a man for lewdness and public urination. On August 2, Denville Police were contacted by a local business on Route 46 and told that a man had exposed himself in front of their building the day before. The same man was reported ...
TRENTON, NJ — A state grand jury has indicted two Middlesex County men for allegedly swindling investors out of roughly $6.7 million, and using that money for their own benefit. The grand jury indicted Wilfredo Topacio, 64, of Woodbridge, and Shahid Javed, 39, of Old Bridge, on criminal charges ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ – Cameron M. Scrudato, a 46-year-old man from Inverness, Florida, pled guilty today in Warren County Court to the sexual assault of a six-year-old child. The plea was accepted by the Honorable John J. Burke, III, J.S.C., who recommended a ten-year sentence in New Jersey State ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Two county corrections officers were fired, two police officers were required to resign, and 19 cops were suspended from duty from police departments here in 2023, according to the NJ Attorney General’s Office. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has, for a fourth year, ...
East Orange, NJ - U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced that an Essex County man was sentenced to 440 months in prison for his role in three murders in furtherance of a large-scale narcotics enterprise. Leevander Wade, 44, of East Orange, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The FBI finally tracked down a Trinidadian man wanted for 15 years in connection with the 2009 gunpoint robbery of a Woodbridge steakhouse where $150,000 was stolen, and workers were menaced. FBI agents arrested 51-year-old suspect Kofi Edwards in Sacramento, Ca., where he was ...
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP - On Friday, New Jersey's Office of the Attorney General's Excellence in Policing Initiative released it's 2023 Major Discipline Reporting. The opening of this report reads, by way of level-setting the contents within, "AG Directive 2021‐6 required all New Jersey law enforcement ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek police arrested a 33-year-old man for having sex with an underage girl in his car in the parking lot of her apartment complex. On July 24, police arrested Victor Torres of Tamarac, who worked with the 17-year-old girl, charging him with eight counts of sexual ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – When a police officer stopped an 18-year-old for a traffic violation in Coral Springs, the officer smelled marijuana in the car and asked the young man if he had drugs, a police report said. “No, I just have a few grams in my pocket,” Kendrick Fobbs, of Fort Lauderdale, told ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - The Hoboken Police Department arrested a man in connection with an incident in which graffiti was found on United Synagogue of Hoboken property at 115 Park Ave. The individual, 26-year-old Daniel Estreicher of Hoboken, was arrested on bias intimidation and criminal mischief ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek police arrested a 33-year-old man for having sex with an underage girl in his car in the parking lot of her apartment complex. On July 24, police arrested Victor Torres of Tamarac, who worked with the 17-year-old girl, charging him with eight counts of sexual ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The FBI finally tracked down a Trinidadian man wanted for 15 years in connection with the 2009 gunpoint robbery of a Woodbridge steakhouse where $150,000 was stolen, and workers were menaced. FBI agents arrested 51-year-old suspect Kofi Edwards in Sacramento, Ca., where he was ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The FBI finally tracked down a Trinidadian man wanted for 15 years in connection with the 2009 gunpoint robbery of a Woodbridge steakhouse where $150,000 was stolen, and workers were menaced. FBI agents arrested 51-year-old suspect Kofi Edwards in Sacramento, Ca., where he was ...