Blog: Criminal Defense

Pennsylvania House Bill 168 has passed the House and was unanimously approved by the state Senate earlier this year, according to a recent article in Lancaster Online. The bill, known as the “stolen valor” bill, would impose criminal penalties on anyone convicted of lying about military service for personal gain. A draft version of the […]

In January 2017, New Jersey enacted one of the most sweeping bail reforms in the United States. Instead of making cash bail the norm, the new system requires courts to use a rubric to evaluate a defendant’s risk to the community and the risk that the defendant will fail to show up for trial. The […]

An Ocean County woman was charged with burglary recently. She allegedly stole a pair of horses she once owned from their new owners in Howell and Jackson townships and took the horses to Pennsylvania. Authorities safely recovered the animals. She has been charged with criminal trespass, criminal mischief, and burglary. The woman is accused of […]

A Bound Brook man was recently charged with first-degree attempted murder. He is alleged to have shot another person two within a five-day period. The alleged offender, age 25, shot a 38-year-old man in the right leg on June 8th. On June 12, he returned to shoot the man’s left leg. Police were unable to arrest […]

Some Atlantic City NJ residents may have reason to be unhappy about police action taken in response to a possible bomb threat at an apartment complex. AC law enforcement recently got reports of bomb threats at two different locations: the Atlantic County Civil Courts Building on Bacharach Boulevard and the Carolina Village Apartments complex on […]

Police recently arrested three teenagers accused of robbing several food delivery guys in Glassboro, New Jersey. The suspects include a 15-year-old Camden NJ boy and a 16-year-old Glassboro NJ boy. According to authorities, the underage suspects were among a group of individuals who held up three food deliverymen in the process of dropping off food […]

A major law enforcement operation in Camden County NJ that targeted sex offenders continues to pay dividends for police: another suspect has been arrested in connection with the investigation. The most recent suspect to be placed under arrest as part of the sex crime operation is a 32-year-old Barrington NJ man. According to authorities, the […]

Police in Berlin NJ arrested a man who allegedly barricaded himself inside his house after being involved in a domestic dispute. Moreover, according to law enforcement, all of this occurred while a young child was present in the home. The scary situation unfolded over the course of several hours, with the Berlin Police Department getting […]

An Audubon NJ man is going to be spending a long time in prison after admitting that he brutally murdered his roommate. Shortly before 3:00 a.m. on January 31, 2015, 52-year-old William A. Clark allegedly shot and killed Steven Johnston, the 38-year-old victim. Clark and Johnston lived together in an upstairs apartment located on the […]

Several NJ men are on their way to federal prison after being convicted, and sentenced, in connection with the planned heist of a drug den located in Camden County, New Jersey. According to federal law enforcement officials, six men conspired to carry out an armed robbery of a drug stash house in Camden County, NJ. […]