Paterson NJ detectives arrested a suspect wanted for a murder committed four (4) months ago. While investigating a recent shooting, detectives discovered that 22-year-old Christian Paterson, the suspect in the earlier shooting, was standing on a nearby street corner. Detectives from the Paterson Police Cease-Fire Unit and the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office were in the… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Homicide, Assault & Threat Crimes
Fairfield Woman Who Murdered Mother Sentenced to 40 Years
I had previously been following the trial of Tina Lunney, who was convicted by a jury in May ofmurdering her 81-year old mother, Marie Zoppi, by strangling her with a necktie. The trial told the story of an unprovoked attack, motivated by Lunney’s desire to gain access to her mother’s credit cards for purposes of… Continue Reading
Hudson County Superior Court Grand Jury Indicts Jersey City Police Officer for Aggravated Manslaughter
This week, a grand jury indicted a Jersey City police officer who struck and killed a man crossing Kennedy Boulevard in April. 36-year-old Michael Spolizino was off duty and driving on Kennedy Boulevard on April 19 when he allegedly struck 24-year-old Jersey City resident Stephen A. Clifford, a pedestrian who was crossing Kennedy Boulevard at… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Rules that It’s Okay for Police to Take DNA Samples from People Arrested for Serious Criminal Offenses
Last month, the United States Supreme Court endorsed the controversial police practice of taking DNA cheek swabs from persons who have been arrested for serious crimes likemurder, rape, assault, and burglary. The Court’s ruling supported a Maryland law that had come under scrutiny. The law in question allows DNA swabbing of people arrested for serious… Continue Reading
Police Arrest Man Suspected of Committing Nanny Cam Attack in Millburn
Police arrested the man suspected of committing a violent home invasion that was captured on a nanny cam and that garnered national media attention. Last week, a hidden camera in a Millburn home captured a man breaking in through the home’s front door and attacking a mother in front of her three-year-old daughter. The video… Continue Reading
