Knowledge of the procedures and of the particular requirements of each individual judge in Municipal Court is crucial in criminal defense. Specifically, each local town maintains its own judge who may or may not adhere to the particular procedures outlined under the Rules of...

Purchasing a travel package is a risky thing due to the fraudulent tactics of some travel agencies and agents over recent years. A New Jersey couple has been charged with a crime for supposedly operating a number of scam travel agencies that offered people free airfares or...

Public meetings these days, especially those dealing with taxes, can sometimes unleash the emotions of both citizens and officials. In this case, a female New Jersey resident was hit with a criminal charge after she attended a tax protest forum with tax officials at a Gloucester...

There are few crimes that wound a person’s heart more than a crime against a child.  We grudgingly acknowledge that violence between adults happens, even if we take pains to prevent it, and strive to act justly in punishing it. However, when the most vulnerable among us are the...

In an effort to bolster the investigation into a fatal hit-and-run last month, Crime Stoppers of Somerset County, Inc. has offered a $5,000 reward to anyone who could provide information that leads to the arrest of the driver. The accident occurred at 8:28p.m. on September 14...

Morris County Assistant Prosecutor John McNamara, Jr. announced that his office is asking an appeals court to review the decision of Superior Court Judge Robert Gilson in which Judge Gilson declared statements made by a defendant at the scene of a DUI inadmissible at trial....

Everyone knows that a distracted driver on busy roads is a danger to himself and to others.  In the past, loud music and talking passengers even have proven to be cause enough for some horrific accidents. The emergence of a new danger, a driver who is texting or talking on his...