Category: Assault & Threat Crimes
Assuming that you are not acting in lawful self-defense, attacking another person, attempting to do so, and a host of other conduct can result in a criminal conviction for assault in New Jersey. If you harm someone badly in that attack, you may even be convicted of aggravated assault, a more serious assault offense. The […]
Have you been charged with harassment? Are you concerned about what could happen or how you can defend your case? The experienced attorneys at our Ocean County defense firm can help. If you have been charged with harassment, it is likely that someone you know told the police or the court that you made unwanted […]
In New Jersey and many other jurisdictions, criminal law categorizes assault offenses based on the severity of the injuries or accompanying circumstances of the assault. Under New Jersey law, there are two different types of assault: simple assault and aggravated assault. If you have been charged with either of these offenses, it is important to […]
Criminal charges in New Jersey are often issued in conjunction, as opposed to isolation. Many crimes overlap, involving more than one violation of a statute in the NJ Criminal Code of Justice. For example, it is common for a person to be charged with aggravated assault and a weapons offense in connection with the same incident. This happens […]
Our simple assault lawyers recently defended a client who had been arrested after getting into a fight with another patron at a bar after the two women exchanged words in the ladies bathroom. According to the police report the argument came to a head and got physical with our client getting the better of her opponent in […]
Our Union County criminal attorneys recently defended a young man who had been arrested in Rahway after police reported to the scene to investigate reports of an individual going into people’s backyards and damaging property. Once in the area they encountered a man they believed met the description and tried to stop him in order to investigate […]
In our line of work, we defend dozens of clients throughout the year for domestic violence charges. In a recent case, our Middlesex County criminal attorneys defended a woman who resided in Texas but had come up to New Jersey to visit her boyfriend at the time. At some point in time, police had been called […]
The case of a Carteret Police Officer who was charged with assault and official misconduct for allegedly assaulting a teenager after a car accident, is scheduled to go before a grand jury for indictment in Middlesex County Superior Court. 31-year-old Joseph Reiman, an officer with the Carteret Police Department, was initially under investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office after […]
Our New Brunswick Fake ID attorneys recently defended a Rutgers business student that was charged with a fourth degree possession of a fake drivers license under 2C:21-2.1c. The whole incident started when police were on patrol in the train station during the early morning hours and spotted a young male who was visibly intoxicated and throwing up. […]
Our criminal defense attorneys recently defended a juvenile client in Superior Court who had been charged and arrested for 1st degree Robbery. The State alleged the following facts; first that our client along with three other accomplices, including his brother, had confronted the victim in a park while walking home. Then the group of males pushed […]