Law & Justice

TRENTON, NJ -- Mercer County Superior Court, Judge Robert W. Bingham II ordered a Hamilton resident Eridson M. Rodriguez detained on Wednesday in connection with multiple sexual charges. Rodriguez, 26, was recently arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and two counts of third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact. 

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TRENTON, NJ  – A newly formed commission will take a close look at potential incidents of sexual assault, misconduct, and harassment by staff against inmates in state correctional facilities under a new law sponsored by Senator Linda Greenstein (D-Mercer/Middlesex)

"While we have enacted multiple pieces of legislation to address issues of sexual assault and misconduct ...

NEWARK, NJ - Long before she became a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent nearly a decade in Newark as a professor at the School of Law–Newark, now Rutgers Law School.

Ginsburg, 87, who died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, worked at the law school from 1963 to 1972, a period when it was at the forefront of the social justice ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- The New Jersey State Police announced the arrest of a Hamilton man at his home where they alledly found illegal ammunition and drugs. The arrests made on Thursday came after a six-month investigation by State Troopers into two men -- Colin Blake, 26, Hamilton, along with an associate, Tyshiek Shaw, 30, Trenton -- both suspected of selling narcotics in the area of ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri's office announced charges on Friday against a Hamilton man in connection with sexually assaulting women multiple times. 

Eridson M. Rodriguez, 26, was arrested  and charged with sexually assaulting women at two separate gatherings at his Liberty Street residence last year. Rodriguez is accused of having ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said on Thursday that a Hamilton Township man has been arrested and charged with possessing and distributing thousands of files of child pornography. 

During an investigation, Arnulfo Santana Jr., 21, was allegedly found to be in possession of thousands of image and video files of child pornography, some of ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- Robbinsville Township Mayor Dave Fried has filed suit against Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) which provides electric and gas to roughly half of the Township's 14,000 residents. This is the second time that Fried has filed suit against the energy giant - the first time after Hurricane Irene and now after Tropical Storm ...

TRENTON, NJ - Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced on Wednesday the arrests of 21 individuals who are charged with sexually exploiting children online.  The 19 men, one woman, and one juvenile male were arrested in “Operation Screen Capture,” a collaborative operation launched in response to a dramatic increase in reported potential threats to children from ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced  Wednesday the arrests of 58 individuals who were charged with conspiracy to commit theft by deception in an organized scheme that used prepaid debit cards to steal from ATMs across the County. These individuals are believed to have targeted Santander Bank branches throughout Mercer County and others across New ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced Thursday that six members of his investigative staff have been promoted, including the second female chief of detectives in Mercer County history -- Jessica Plumeri

Sworn in as chief of county detectives on July 31, Plumeri takes the helm following the retirement of Tracey McKeown, who was the prosecutor’s ...