String of Robberies Leads to Robbery Charges in Union County NJ
May 14, 2014
There has been a string of robberies throughout Union County in recent weeks. In the latest incident, two robbers hit service stations in Hillside and Union Township in a span of just six hours. In both recent attacks, the robbers wore hooded sweatshirts, one black and the other red or pink and came up behind the victims and grabbed them by the neck. In both attacks, the robbers were seen fleeing the area on foot and one victim saw them get onto bicycles that they had hidden a short ... Read More»
New Jersey Domestic Violence Act
February 25, 2014
The protective measures set forth in the Domestic Violence Act in New Jersey are considered some of the foremost in the country. In 1991, the Legislature passed the Domestic Violence Act, based upon numerous studies and findings that domestic violence is a serious crime against society in New Jersey. The state legislature came to the conclusion that each year in New Jersey thousands of people were beaten, tortured and even killed by their spouses or other cohabitants. Victims of domestic ... Read More»
Police Officer Arrested for DWI in Linden NJ
December 22, 2013
In the early hours of Thursday morning around 2 a.m. a man was arrested for suspicion of being intoxicated after he struck a 20-year-old pedestrian with his vehicle. Linden Police quickly responded to the scene to investigate what had happened. Now it turns out that the man arrested for DWI was a police officer himself, from Alpine Police Department. The defendant was off-duty at the time of the accident.
The defendant was charged with DWI following an investigation and testing by Linden ... Read More»
Aggravated Assault of a Policer in Plainfield NJ
December 15, 2013
A Union County man from Plainfield was indicted on charges today after he allegedly assaulted two police officers during a drug arrest. According to the police report, the defendant tried to punch, bite and spit at the cops after he was stopped and then took off running to try and lose the police on foot.
The detectives stopped the defendant as part of a narcotics investigation and then attempted to arrest him after finding a bag of cocaine on the ground where he was standing, according ... Read More»