Walking in New Jersey while busy on a Smartphone can prove to be costly as anyone seen using a Smartphone without a hands-free will face jail time and will be ordered to pay $50 in fine if the bill is passed. A bill with the name of "distracted walking" is being introduced by state assemblywoman [...]
A 23-year-old man attempted to cover up a murder by burning the dead body. Another man was involved in a crime of beating a puppy during an altercation with another individual. The puppy died in the incident. These 2 individuals are included in the list of individuals who were either charged with or sentenced for [...]
An NJ Advance Media report showed that a New Jersey State Police lab technician, Kamalkant Shah, has been accused of faking drug test results in a marijuana case. Almost 7,827 cases, in which he was chosen to provide the test results, are now under question. The memo from Deputy Public Defender Judy Fallon to Public [...]
The following crimes topped the news in New Jersey last week: A high school teacher and his daughter were killed by a 36-year-old Mercer County resident by a drunk driver. The driver has been charged with vehicular manslaughter for the accident. Several individuals around New Jersey were either charged with or sentenced for their involvement [...]
42-year-old Chong-Hwa Chang, a New Jersey Department of Corrections teacher, was arrested on 31 January and swiftly fired from duty, after authorities charged her with sexual assault. The Department of Corrections found out that she had sex with a convicted murderer, 35-year-old Rashid Walker, more than 20 times behind bars. She also got pregnant twice [...]
34-year-old Anthony Stango, of Brick, New Jersey, who is linked to the New Jersey crime family, has been sentenced to six years in prison on drug and prostitution charges. Stango, who is believed to be the model for the hit TV show 'The Sopranos', will also be required to serve 5 years of supervised release [...]
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in New Jersey who allegedly threatened to kill two women and their children if they refused to sleep with him. According to police reports, Salaam Leeks of Newark threatened the victims that they had to have sex with him to make up for unspecified actions their boyfriends had taken. [...]
According to police reports, 53-year-old Michael Stasko of New Jersey shot and killed his wife and 8-year-old daughter before killing himself in an apparent murder suicide. The incident took place sometime earlier, but the bodies of all three victims, 53-year-old Michael Stasko, his 49-year-old wife Melissa, and 8-year-old daughter Mellie, were found at 7 p.m. [...]
A Legislation has been passed by Gov. Chris Christie by which the availability of DNA testing will be increased to criminal defendants who say that they were convicted for an offense they never committed. Defendants who were imprisoned for committing a crime can only take advantage of DNA testing at the cost of the state, [...]
City police told on Wednesday that a New Jersey man was taken into custody after a lengthy vehicle chase. A domestic-related investigation was done in Dover after the chase ended. According to Master Cpl. Mark Hoffman, the chase was done on Tuesday and it started around 8:45 a.m. when an officer was sent to the [...]