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
Ignoring costs and a strapped budget, the city of Camden will be installing a $1.8 million “Eye In The Sky” system of cameras over the next few months. In a city whose crime rate is nationally known, the cameras are seen as one more tool to throw at the problem. The issue with this is that the effectiveness of such cameras in reducing crime is highly questionable. Continue reading
Another insightful story on automatic license plate scanners, this time in use in Nutley. Every story gives a little more insight into how broadly these systems are being used to track people. Continue reading
A New Jersey legislator is moving forward with a bill to reform state “sexting” laws for juveniles who send nude pictures of themselves to other teens. Continue reading
Just a few weeks ago I wrote about a case that sent a man with no criminal record to prison for 7 years—all due to some pretty confusing gun laws and an unwavering judge. Just this week he was granted a commutation from Governor Christie, likely due in part to all of the attention his case was getting. Continue reading
A Colorado man moving to New Jersey took precautions that any other reasonable person would have to ensure moving his firearms, which were legally purchased and registered in Colorado, would be done according to New Jersey law. Now, however, due to an unwavering system and a complex jumble of gun laws, he is in the custody of a New Jersey prison. Continue reading
A recently released report is touting the success of the decade old New Jersey drug court system. Many have long thought helping drug offenders rather than simply locking them up was the key to reducing recidivism and the new Department of Corrections report seems to support this. Continue reading
