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New Jersey Criminal Lawyer: NJ Police Officers Exonerated on Assault Charges Three New Jersey police officers were recently exonerated on an assault charge despite the complainant’s best efforts to rally public support via social media.  According to an article posted in the New Jersey Herald, a man accused the policemen of beating his wife when […]

New Jersey Criminal Lawyer: Teen Shoplifting Penalties Get Tougher as Crimes Increase All parents know the importance of talking to their tweens and teens about drugs, alcohol, and sex, but few ever think to bring up the topic of shoplifting until it is too late.  According to a recent article in Family Circle Magazine, 61% […]

NJ Democrats Seek New Gun Law to Limit Magazines to 10 Rounds for Gun Owners Gun-control legislation proposed earlier this week would reduce the fixed-magazine capacity from 15 rounds to ten rounds for semiautomatic rifles. Policymakers say the measure does not negatively impact lawful gun owners or hunters in any way. The bill is intended […]

NTSB Argues for Lowering the Legal BAC for a DUI Offense When operating a vehicle, drivers must not exceed the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08.  Depending on your height and weight, this is probably equivalent to two or three drinks.  That could change, however, if the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has their […]

New Jersey Criminal Lawyers: NJ Creating Stiffer Penalties for Heroin Dealers Heroin falls into the category of a highly potent substance and its use in the state of New Jersey is on the rise. Lawmakers are doing what they can to put an end to this problem, but unfortunately the challenge of reducing the number […]

New Jersey Traffic Lawyers: How to Successfully Contest a DUI Charge Being charged with a DUI or DWI in New Jersey can have serious consequences including impacting a person financially through fines and higher insurance premiums, criminal charges and revocation of an individual’s driver’s license.  A DUI charge can also adversely affect employment in both […]

NJ Criminal Lawyers Discuss New Jersey’s DUI Laws In New Jersey, laws to address the serious issue of drunk driving are stringent.  In fact, DUI laws in the Garden State may be stricter than in the neighboring state of Pennsylvania.  Violators who drive drunk in New Jersey face serious consequences.  Some of these include: In […]

New Jersey Criminal Lawyer: Can Ray Rice’s Domestic Violence Case Be Revisited by Prosecutors? When a video surfaced of former New Jersey college football star Ray Rice striking his now-wife Janay Palmer unconscious, the media and general public jumped on the case and demanded consequences. Original footage from the February incident showed Rice dragging his […]

New Jersey Criminal Lawyer Explains How DUI Charges Can Affect Personal Records New Jersey is one of only two states in which a DUI or driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol charge constitutes a motor vehicle violation and not a criminal offense. A DUI conviction in the state of New Jersey will remain […]

DUI Charges Affect Personal Records: Criminal Lawyer Discusses Bill Drafted for New Jersey Patrol Officers to Wear On-Body Recording Devices The power of video evidence is undeniable as it leaves no room for uncertainty about what really happened in a situation. Most disputes in our lives have relied on “he said, she said” evidence, but […]