This afternoon, in a courtroom in theBergen County Superior Court, a jury convicted David Fernandez, a 40-year old firefighter from the City of Hackensack (pictured left), of sexually assaulting a 13-year old girl. The Indictment contained a total of six counts, alleging that Fernandez had committed various sexual acts against the 13-year old victim. The… Continue Reading
Wyckoff Man Argues With Mother, Turns on Police
Christopher Frawley, a 35 year-old Wyckoff man (pictured left), has been sent to the Bergen County jail in lieu of $25,000 bail as a result of a domestic violence incident Friday night involving his mother. According to authorities, two police officers from the Wyckoff Police Department were sent to investigate an incident between Frawley and… Continue Reading
Hudson County Investigators Seek Witnesses in Case of 12-Year Old Jersey City Boy Shot and Killed
Authorities from the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating the murder of 12-year old Gywan Levine, Jr., of Jersey City (pictured left), who was gunned down in Jersey City while playing basketball with his father, Gywan Levine, Sr., on Friday night. The boy’s father was apparently coaching his son in a park on Rutgers Avenue… Continue Reading
Marital Privilege and The Wiretap Act – State v. Terry & Savoy
Today, the New Jersey Appellate Division published its decision in the case of State v. Terry & Savoy (husband and wife), which addressed the issue of whether communications between husband and wife that are intercepted through the NJ Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (“the Wiretap Act”), N.J.S.A. 2C:156A -1 to -34, are protected by… Continue Reading
Newark Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting Death of Off-Duty Newark Cop in Paterson
In a courtroom full of uniformed Newark cops, Jerome Wright, a 25-year old Newark man (pictured left) appeared at the Passaic County Superior Court earlier this week and pled guilty to Aggravated Manslaughter and Robbery. Wright had been indicted, among other things, on the charge of Murder, for the 2011 shooting death of Michael Morgan,… Continue Reading
