Correction: This bill must still pass the NJ State Senate, before moving to the Governor’s desk. The bill passed the Assembly unanimously, 78-0.
The sexting reform bill, which seeks to divert juveniles caught sending explicit photographs out of the courtroom passed the New Jersey Assembly yesterday and now awaits Governor Cristie’s signature. We first told you about the proposed legislation in January and when the Assembly voted yesterday, it was unanimous. Continue reading
In a normal business, return customers are a great thing—increasing revenue. But in the prison system, return customers are the worst kind, draining the budget and offering nothing new to the community in between stints. According to a major study commissioned by the Christie Administration, it’s these return customers that are costing the state the most. Continue reading
The United States Supreme Court may decide to hear an important case out of New Jersey in the coming months—one related to when strip searches are appropriate in the jailing of individuals. Currently, those arrested and held in jails across the country are strip searched, sometimes even when they are jailed on an unindictable offense (like a traffic ticket or unpaid fine). Continue reading
Car thefts peaked in the early 1990s in the United States, with states like New Jersey and New York on top. Now with cars becoming more difficult to steal, those same states are leading the nation in declines with New Jersey’s auto theft rate dropping a whopping 79% from 2009 back to 1990. Continue reading
Using an old trick via new means, the Edison Police Department arrested 6 men on solicitation charges after they responded to online ads offering sexual services. According to the Star-Ledger more than 25 men initially contacted the cops after reading the ads, but only 6 showed up. Continue reading
First it was Camden and Newark and now Paterson is next on the chopping block. Pink slips went out this week and come April 1st, the city will lose about 1/3 of its police force to layoffs. Some in this community who have seen elevated crime in recent years are concerned the cuts will only make things worse. Continue reading
Someone at the Philly Post noticed how the high tech surveillance crimefighting techniques are actually a bit creepy, referencing a new report about how a Evesham police cruiser tagged a man’s car who had an open warrant for burglary.
We’ve been talking about this surveillance stuff for a while now, maybe the awareness is really catching on.
Yes, they are scanning all of us. And yes, it is quite creepy. Continue reading
Between 2006 and 2008, a father and his grown children operated what prosecutors called a racketeering ring that spanned several states and profited them by more than $600,000. When it was all said and done, however, the family would be sentenced to a combined total of 48 years for their individual roles in the scam. Continue reading
Last year, New Jersey voters made their state the 14th to legalize medical marijuana. But those in need of the beneficial effects of the plant still aren’t able to legally purchase it within the state. Lawmakers have debated and quibbled and still haven’t made voters’ wishes a reality. Continue reading
It isn’t so rare to hear of prescription drug charges in the local courts. From possessing a prescription drug that wasn’t lawfully prescribed to you to forging prescriptions, these offenses seem to becoming more and more prevalent. It is rare, however, that the drugs in question would be life saving drugs for a disease rather than drugs used to get a high or to achieve an altered state. Continue reading
