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A bill was signed by Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday, under which the Railroad engineers who have lost their driving license due to DUI will not be permitted to drive NJ transit commuter trains. In the month of May, the bill was introduced after a report of the NJ Transit locomotive engineer who was operating...

On Tuesday, 25-year-old Daquan Jevon Smith, who was accused of leading a firearms trafficking network was taken into custody, as shown by an arrest warrant. The detailed information on the size or location of the network was not mentioned in the warrant. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office took him into custody and charged him with...

As summer is going to end soon, more and more individuals are hosting and attending parties, but local police forces are making the motorists alert. They want to send a strict message to everyone who chooses to consume drugs and get behind the wheel. For that, they have started a campaign that will end on...

According to a report, New Jersey is among the states with the most lenient drunk driving and enforcement laws. A report released by the WalleyHub, which is a personal finance website, showed that drunk driving has resulted in more than 1 million arrests, almost 10,000 individuals die and the economic damage that occurs every year...

35-year-old Alexander Rodriguez has been sentenced to only serve probation after he pleaded guilty to raping a 15-year-old student. The crime was committed in March of the previous year. On Friday, Rodriguez was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence and 10 years probation. When the judge inquired about no prime time, the attorney representing Rodriguez...

On 31st of May, Amy Dell was convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide in relation to the wrong-way crash that left a New Jersey ordained minister, Bruce Ham, dead. She was sentenced to 8 1/3 to 25 years in state prison on Monday. The 33-year-old woman killed 58-year-old Bruce Ham on 8th of May 2015 while...

BOUND BROOK – Officer Jesse Schwartz has been honored for his great service in taking most drivers driving under the influence into custody in Somerset County. In a news release, borough police Capt. Kevin Rivenbark stated that Officer Jesse Schwartz was listed as the 2015 Mothers Against Drunk Driving Top Gun for Somerset County during...

HAZLETON – 45-year-old William F. McCarthy III, a police officer from New Jersey, has been taken into custody and sent to the Luzerne County jail as he got behind the wheel intoxicated and crashed into multiple vehicles in Hazleton. Multiple witnesses called the police and reported that an erratic driver was striking parked vehicles throughout...

TRENTON – It is shown by the newest crime count report released by state law enforcement that the crime rate in New Jersey is reducing. In 2014, the number of crimes that were reported was 178,066 and all of them are mentioned in the most recent Uniform Crime Report. It is found by the report...

TRENTON – Official statistics released on Friday showed that the rate of violent crime reduced 10 percent in New Jersey in one year, from 2013 to 2014. The rate of violent crimes was 25,452 in the year 2013 which reduced to 23,004 in the year 2014, as shown by the state’s Uniform Crime Report. The...