A Jersey City man was arrested after causing a head-on collision on Secaucus Road in North Bergen. According to witnesses, 49-year-old Wilson Tirado-Morocho was driving a Dodge Nitro west on Secaucus Road when he crashed into a Honda Accord traveling east. When North Bergen police officers arrived at the scene, they administered a field sobriety… Continue Reading
Newark Police Department Releases Monthly Data on Stop-and-Frisk Searches
This week, the Newark Police Department released monthly data on it stop-and-frisk tactics. Civil rights advocates have praised the department’s decision to make the information public, but the data has also raised concerns that the police are stopping too many black people. Although the Newark Police Department has agreed to release the race, age, and… Continue Reading
Wall Township NJ Teacher Accused of Engaging in Sexual Relationship with Student
A few weeks ago, a high school English teacher in Wall Township NJ was charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault after being accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with one of her 15-year-old students. In July, a complaint was filed against 22-year-old Kalee Warnick, a first-year teacher at Wall High School in Wall Township,… Continue Reading
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
Clifton NJ Man Charged with Death by Auto in Suspected DWI Accident
A Clifton NJ man has been charged with death by auto after allegedly striking and killing a woman who was trying to get into the back seat of a parked car in northern New Jersey. Clifton police suspect that 26-year-old Robert Santiago was drunk when he crashed his vehicle into the parked car. The accident… Continue Reading
