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 …
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Read MoreWASHINGTON – According to a study carried out by the nation’s largest automobile club, six states that allow marijuana are using legal tests that have no scientific basis. The club carrying out the study also called for scrapping those laws. The study, which was commissioned by AAA’s safety foundation, said that it’s not possible to …
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Read MoreCAMDEN, N.J. – 21-year-old Kevin Fentress, who was wanted by the police for a deadly shooting that happened at a New Jersey motel, has been taken into custody in Georgia. Fentress was charged for the murder of a 17-year-old Camden boy. A 20-year-old Willingboro man was injured in the shooting in Cherry Hill that happened …
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Read MoreOn Wednesday, Kimberly Miller, a Philadelphia nun, was found guilty and was convicted of DUI charges after Washington Township Municipal Court Judge, Martin Whitcraft, ruled against her argument that she doesn’t remember crashing her motor vehicle into a New Jersey building. Miller was a teacher at Little Flower Catholic School in Philadelphia and was taken …
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Read More36-year-old Juan Martinez of Passaic, New Jersey, was arrested for allegedly driving drunk in Orange County. Martinez was arrested by the New York State Police after they stopped to render aid to a possible disabled vehicle on I-87. Police determined that the driver was intoxicated and he was taken to the Montgomery barracks for processing. …
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Read MoreAccording to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office, a New Jersey state police lab technician mishandled at least 11 other cases. Defense attorneys are being notified about the situation. The lab technician, Kamal Shah, was recently removed from work after it was found that he was faking a drug test result and mishandled at least 11 …
Read MoreTRENTON – The felony gun charge against 46-year-old Raymond Hughes was dismissed on Monday by the Gloucester County Prosecutor, Sean Dalton. According to the prosecutor, the cops came to know that the guard had a gun in his motor vehicle because he was the victim of a DUI accident. Facts of the Case He had …
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Read MoreThe New Jersey Supreme Court disagreed with a Camden drug organization leader Wednesday who challenged evidence obtained from a “roving wiretap” used to keep tabs on suspects using “burner” throw-away phones. Need to Know The court upheld an Appellate Division decision and rulings unanimously which were passed by a Superior Court judge. The rulings allowed …
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Read MoreA Central Jersey man is accused of killing his grandparents, and a North Jersey woman is charged with killing a 90-year-old man. Both have been taken into custody for killing 3 senior citizens and they are included in the list of individuals either indicted for or sentenced for the involvement in a wide variety of …
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Read MorePASSAIC COUNTY – According to state officials, a lab technician for the State Police allegedly faked results in a drug case, which has put 7,827 other criminal cases into question. Facts of the Case The technician, Kamalkant Shah, has been working as a laboratory technician for the State Police laboratory in Little Falls. He has …
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