Under state and federal laws, certain criminal offenders-primarily sex offenders and persons convicted of violent offenses-must register as criminal offenders when they move into a community. Now, thanks to a "Registered Criminal Offender Risk Index," you can find out...
MAJOR CHANGES SET FOR BERGEN COUNTY JUDICIAL SYSTEM
Effective Friday, April 1, 2016, sweeping changes will be made to the Bergen County judiciary, changes that proponents say will strengthen a defendant's right to a speedy trial and impose bail reform.The Changes to the Bail SystemUnder the reformed approach to bail,...
LEGISLATORS CONSIDER WHETHER NEW JERSEY SHOULD RELAX DRUG LAWS – SENTENCING
A number of New Jersey legislators called for changes in the state's criminal code at the third annual Prisoner Re-Entry Conference in Jersey City this month. Current governor Chris Christie, and his predecessor, Democrat Jim McGreevey, shared the stage and jointly...
LAB TECH CHARGED WITH FAKING RESULT IN DRUG CASE
NEARLY 8,000 NEW JERSEY CRIMINAL CASES IN JEOPARDYNew Jersey state police say a lab technician falsified the results in a drug case last December, causing nearly 8,000 drug convictions in New Jersey to come into question. The technician, Kamalkant Shah, was apparently...
LAB TECH CHARGED WITH FAKING RESULT IN DRUG CASE
NEARLY 8,000 NEW JERSEY CRIMINAL CASES IN JEOPARDYNew Jersey state police say a lab technician falsified the results in a drug case last December, causing nearly 8,000 drug convictions in New Jersey to come into question. The technician, Kamalkant Shah, was apparently...
POLICE TARGETING SEX TRAFFICKERS IN NEW JERSEY
In a number of sting operations around the state of New Jersey, police have nabbed and arrested individuals in various sex trafficking schemes. Some kept women essentially locked in rooms in motels across state lines, advertising them online as available for sex with...
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE SAYS OUT-OF-STATE GUNS PREVALENT IN NEW JERSEY
REPORT SHOWS MANY GUNS COME INTO NEW JERSEYIn a 75 page report released earlier this month, a "blue ribbon" panel appointed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie found that, while violent crime has declined since Christie took office in 2010, guns coming into New...
CRIME BOSS SENTENCED
New York resident Matthew Madonna, allegedly one of the ruling bosses of the Lucchese crime family, was sentenced earlier this month to five years in the New Jersey state prison facility in Trenton, after pleading guilty to running an illegal gambling operation....
FBI REPORT SAYS NEW JERSEY CRIME RATE DIPPED IN 2014
FBI REPORT SHOWS MOST NEW JERSEY CRIME DOWN IN 2014Good news for New Jersey residents-most types of violent crimes continue to decline, say federal officials.According to a report issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation earlier this month, the state of New...
