March 31, 2009, 9:29 pm
Crime Courts, News, Union County, 17848
Relatives of the 25-year-old man shot by Hillside police officers in his car early Monday morning said today that he was hit seven times in the chest, neck, arms, legs and back in what they called an unprovoked attack. A...
March 31, 2009, 7:24 pm
Court News, Crime Courts, Hudson County, Morris County, News, 17848
A Jersey City man pleaded guilty today to robbing nine banks while disguised with makeup and a woman's wig, saying he got away with more than $39,000, authorities said. Huy Trong Luong, 40, told a judge in U.S. District Court...
March 31, 2009, 6:07 pm
Crime Courts, Immigration, Morris County, News, Supreme Court, 17848
Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerU.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-11 Dist.) in a Star-Ledger file photo. U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen has introduced measures in Congress to revoke potential "get-out-of-jail-free" cards for illegal aliens charged with felonies. A Republican from New Jersey's 11th District,...
March 31, 2009, 5:54 pm
Accident, Court News, Crime Courts, News, Somerset County, 17848
A Bridgewater driver has been charged in the death of a female companion who was unable to escape his BMW when it hit a tree in the township and burst into flames last month, authorities said. Arran Christie, 35, had...
March 31, 2009, 5:50 pm
Court News, Crime Courts, Essex County, News, 17848
APMichael Ray Aquino in an undated photograph. A federal judge in Newark today reduced the espionage sentence of a former Philippine National Police officer, clearing the way for a hearing to determine if he will be extradited to his homeland...
March 31, 2009, 5:21 pm
Court News, Crime Courts, Editors Picks, News, Passaic County, Religion, 17848
Joseph Pallipurath, 27, faces two murder counts in deaths of estranged wife and congregant
March 31, 2009, 5:13 pm
Corruption In Nj, Court News, Crime Courts, Editors Picks, Education, Ledger Live, Medicine Health, Newark Live, News, 17848
Mike Derer/APAttorney General Anne Milgram in a July 29, 2008 file photo A former administrator at the University of Medicine and Dentistry was indicted today for accepting gifts from a businessman that he awarded $2.9 million in contracts. Frank Watts,...
April 2, 2009, 7:37 pm
Camden County, Court News, Crime Courts, News, Pennsylvania, 17848
PHILADELPHIA -- Charles McLaurin was sentenced today to nearly eight years in prison for ID theft, a month after he slipped away during a break at his initial sentencing hearing. McLaurin and others stole $101,000 in the scheme, in which...
April 2, 2009, 5:37 pm
Court News, Crime Courts, Middlesex County, N J State Police, News, Technology, 17848
A Sayreville woman who attempted to kill herself was rescued by New Jersey State Police after someone from California reported seeing the woman's suicide threat posted online in a message forum. For three and a half hours after receiving the...
April 2, 2009, 4:17 pm
Crime Courts, Morris County, News, Passaic County, World Trade Center, 17848
A federal judge today sentenced a former auto repossessor who impersonated a U.S. Secret Service agent to six months in prison, calling him a "chronic masquerader." Fred Parisi, 41, of Morris County, pleaded guilty in June in federal court in...