A preacher has been taken into custody who was involved in a sexual assault case. He ran away after he molested a 13-year-old boy. A New Jersey jury found him guilty last year. Gregorio Martinez is among those individuals who were either taken into custody, charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for getting involved in [...]
NEWARK - According to the federal officials, 4 New Jersey men linked to organized crime were taken into custody in a widespread East Coast bust on Thursday. 46 individuals were taken into custody by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and local police departments for their participation in a long-running racketeering ring that, according to the [...]
NEWARK - On Saturday, Law enforcement officials told that 24 individuals were taken into custody in a 3-day operation that was focused on quality-of-life crimes and other crimes around the city. It was confirmed in the statement released by the Public Safety Director, Anthony Ambrose, and Police Chief Darnell Henry that the struggle to catch [...]
According to a New Jersey lawmaker, Sen. Joe Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) wants to make attacks on cops a hate crime for which he is going to introduce a bill. On Monday, Kyrillos told that he has decided to introduce a legislation which will expand upon the New Jersey's hate crime statute. Violence against police will be [...]
SUPERIOR COURT - On Monday, 21-year-old Hardwick Stires admitted to a three-day, two-county crime spree during which he robbed 3 Sussex County businesses and one Morris County business. The robbery case happened back in December 2014. He was summoned to state Superior Court in Newton where he pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree armed [...]
UPPER PITTSGROVE TWP. - According to authorities, the desire to immediately cash winning lottery tickets allegedly taken by burglars when they entered into a home turned to be their bad luck. The New Jersey State Police told that the detectives gave outstanding performance in catching the 2 suspects who were involved in the Salem County [...]
Most American residents believe that the police is enough for their protection, but only a few know that the low crime solve rate is alarming as it can be seen by the crime clearance index that almost 78.2% of New Jersey crimes are not solved. New Jersey clearance statistics of the last 5 years show [...]
As the rate of homicide in New Jersey has reduced over the past few years, the rate at which the cases are solved also decreased. This was shown in the Issue cover story with the name "Getting away with murder". It is noted that the homicide clearance rates, especially the rate of offenders arrested, has [...]
On Thursday, Gov. Christie signed a law A-156 under which "upskirting" is now a crime. The passing of the law made photographing underneath a woman's skirt or dress a fourth-degree offense. According to the law, the act of "photographing, filming, publishing and sharing the image of clothed intimate parts of another person without consent" is [...]
A new expungement law will take effect Monday, and many in the state were expected to take advantage of it. The law would clear an individual's criminal record of certain nonviolent offenses. A criminal record or arrest is a major hindrance for people as it hampers their ability to find new employment, seek higher education, [...]