Author: William Proetta Criminal Law
Numerous New Jersey residents including three men from Bayonne admitted on Wednesday to taking part in a criminal affiliated website that engaged in illegal online sports gambling, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The men pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi in federal court in Newark to one count of racketeering conspiracy, according to the […]
Superior Court Judge Mark Ciarocca ended a high profile political lawsuit today when he ruled that the Berkeley Heights Police Chief, Mike Mathis would not get reinstated. The lawsuit had claimed that Mathis was forced out of office by Mayor Joe Bruno earlier this month, after he emailed the mayor announcing his intention to retire and […]
Today the Union County Prosecutor’s Office announced that they had their first successful juvenile prosecution involving New Jersey’s newly enacted cyber bullying law. The juvenile defendant, a 15 year old Hillside teenager, was sentenced to a year of probation as a result of pleading guilty to a single count of 4th degree cyber harassment. As part of the […]
A recent article posted to NJ.com describes a recent dismissal of a DWI in Bayonne Municipal Court on July 15, 2014. The defendant, a Jersey City man, had been charged and arrested for DUI on Feb. 19 at around 2:45 p.m. at the corner of East 10th Street and Broadway. According to police, they found the […]
According to NJ.com, a South Amboy man was arrested last week on suspicion of a burglary that took place on April 5, 2014. The alleged burglar entered the London Terrace home in the Parlin area of Old Bridge of a man who was not present at the time of the break-in. Unbeknownst to the intruder, however, […]
Cranford Police was arrested a man from Garwood after a search of his car led to the confiscation of steroids and syringes. The man drew attention to himself by parking a van in the lot of a closed business at East South Avenue and Meeker Avenue around 6:30 p.m., according to police. Cranford police officers decided […]
Port Authority Police recently arrested two men at Newark Liberty International Airport, after TSA agents alerted police that they tried to smuggle fake driver’s licenses and stolen credit cards in their luggage. The items were originally discovered by TSA agents hidden beneath a shoe in a checked bag, when they searched the bag because it triggered an alarm […]
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 […]
Jersey City Police arrested four suspects on Wednesday for allegedly buying and selling heroin in an area of Jersey City known to police as a “high drug and violent crime area,” according to a report. Early Wednesday morning around 9 a.m. police officers in the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Forrest Street witnessed an alleged drug transaction […]
Recently our law firm represented a client who had been indicted for a crime of credit card fraud in Union County Superior Court. The prosecutor’s office alleged that our client had used a stolen credit card to try and purchase merchandise from the Target store in Union Township. At the time, the store clerk contacted the […]