Automatic “no release” for weapons, repeat offenses
TRENTON, N.J. (May 25, 2017) The state Supreme Court has approved changes to new bail reform protocols that had resulted in too many high risk defendants being released without bail.
The changes, which were announced last Thursday...
By Mary K. Miraglia
HACKENSACK, N.J. (May 26, 2017) — A Ridgewood doctor whose cache of weapons and explosives was discovered due to Hurricane Sandy will go to trial, presumably representing himself, a year from now on May 29, 2018.
Dr. Roberto Rivera discussed mainly procedural...
Loose Cigarette Sales Lead to Marijuana Charges for Six in Englewood
By Mary K. Miraglia
HACKENSACK, N.J. (May 22, 2017) — Four Bangladeshi men who worked together in an Englewood chicken restaurant were arraigned on third degree possession of marijuana charges after an...
In slightly over the span of one month, Jermaine Mason, 39, robbed five different banks in New Jersey in the fall of 2016. He had a history with bank robberies, for which he was convicted in 2006 and 2007.
While on federal supervised release, Mason carried out the series of bank...
June 25, 2015 patrol units in Linden, New Jersey responded to a call reporting gunshots around 11:20 PM. Upon arrival at the 300 block of East Price Street, officers found 37-year-old James Garner on the floor of a second-floor apartment with gunshot wounds.
Garner was rushed to the...
