Law & Justice Top Stories
By JOHN MOONEY
July 24, 2024
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – An Edison man has been sentenced for causing a fiery car crash on Stelton Road in Piscataway that killed a Carteret man and injured a passenger last year. Ahmadsabir Ashaq, 20, was sentenced July 19 to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to second-degree vehicular ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
NEW BRUNSWCIK, NJ —An Edison man has been sentenced to five years in prison for causing a fiery car crash on Stelton Road in Piscataway that killed a Carteret man and injured a passenger last year. Ahmadsabir Ashaq, 20, was sentenced on July 19 to five years in state prison after pleading guilty ...
WASHINGTON, DC - Just days after being found guilty on 16 counts related to an international bribery scheme, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has announced that he will resign from the Senate on Aug. 20, Although he resisted resigning while his appeal was pending, Menendez faced a possible expulsion ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – An Edison man has been sentenced for causing a fiery car crash on Stelton Road in Piscataway that killed a Carteret man and injured a passenger last year. Ahmadsabir Ashaq, 20, was sentenced July 19 to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to second-degree vehicular ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
WASHINGTON, DC - Just days after being found guilty on 16 counts related to an international bribery scheme, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has announced that he will resign from the Senate on Aug. 20, Although he resisted resigning while his appeal was pending, Menendez faced a possible expulsion ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A former Essex County correctional officer admitted accepting $14,000 in bribe payments to smuggle in contraband tobacco and a cell phone to inmates being detained at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark. Efrin Wade, 36, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to one count ...
TRENTON, NJ -- Mount Laurel resident, Jeremy Giliberti, 52, pleaded guilty before federal court to possession of multiple explosive devices including two pipe bombs found in his vehicle and home in 2023, according to an announcement U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. As previously reported by ...
PATERSON, NJ - Two Paterson residents admitted to conspiring with a doctor to distribute opioids without a legitimate medical reason. Jasmine McGregor, 32, and Jhenelle Lewis, 35, both of Paterson, each pleaded guilty to one count of knowingly and intentionally conspiring and agreeing with ...
PATERSON, NJ – The Sayegh Administration is aiming to utilize a $168,000 grant to hire a Municipal Reintegration Service Coordinator. This initiative is part of the 2024 New Jersey Department of Corrections’ Local, Empowered, Accountable, and Determined (LEAD) Reentry Initiative grant, officials ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - Two people from the same family have been processed on charges of aggravated assault. The charges stem from an incident on June 9, 2024, when HPD officers responded to Fourth and Jefferson Streets on reports of a fight. They met with the victim who reported he’d been attacked ...
Leer en español CAMDEN – Corey James Malloy, 45, was sentenced to 65 years in New Jersey State Prison on July 19 for the 2019 murder of Nathaniel Perry, 57, of Camden, by knocking him unconscious and repeatedly kicking him in the head, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. The ...
Princeton, NJ – Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the soccer star and 2010 graduate of Princeton High School, was sentenced on Friday, July 19, to 16 years in prison on spying charges that he and his employer have vehemently denied. For friends and family in Princeton, the news ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ -- A Bayonne man who teaches in a West Orange School has been charged with assault on an 11-year-old student, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and West Orange Police Chief James P. Abbott announced last week. According to authorities, surveillance camera footage ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ: TAPinto previously reported that Julie Rizzitello, 36, of Brick Township, a former Wall Township High School teacher was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student. Rizzietello has been charged with one count of second-degree Sexual Assault and one count of ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ: TAPinto previously reported that Julie Rizzitello, 36, of Brick Township, a former Wall Township High School teacher was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student. Rizzietello has been charged with one count of second-degree Sexual Assault and one count of ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ: TAPinto previously reported that Julie Rizzitello, 36, of Brick Township, a former Wall Township High School teacher was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student. Rizzietello has been charged with one count of second-degree Sexual Assault and one count of ...
ALBANY, N.Y. - Legislation that targets lithium-ion batteries and aims to keep New Yorkers safe both on and off the road is now on the books. The package of laws signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday, July 11, prohibit the sale of lithium-ion batteries that are not up to manufacturing ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - At the July meeting, Hunterdon County Sheriff Fred Brown updated the Commissioner Board about an active scam that is currently going on in the county and surrounding region. The scam begins with a caller posing as an official local law enforcement officer, including using names ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ- Jersey City officials are eyeing a grant to support its Municipal Court’s Community Solutions program, which aims to combine the power of the community and the criminal justice system to address local problems. The Jersey City Municipal Council approved a resolution at a meeting ...