A Paterson man serving 55 years in New Jersey State Prison for murder lost his bid to overturn the conviction. In 2011, Julio Graciano was convicted of killing a pregnant Westwood woman, 23-year-old Elisha Wordelman. When she was murdered, Ms. Wordelman was standing outside the Riverview Towers housing complex in Paterson, New Jersey. Mr. Graciano […]
read full articleWallington NJ police officers arrested two (2) men for allegedly mugging another man. It is believed by authorities that 22-year-old Paul J. Desbiens and 22-year-old Joshua J. Boyd contacted the 31-year-old victim on the victim’s cell phone and arranged a meeting. Later, when the victim arrived at Main Avenue near Hatheway Park in Wallington, New […]
read full articleAggravated Assault Charges Closter NJ A Closter NJ dishwasher has arrested after brandishing a knife and threatening a chef at a Closter restaurant. Last week, 24-year-old William Perez arrived for work at the Schraalenburgh Road restaurant in Closter, NJ, only to be informed that he would not be needed that day. According to witnesses, […]
read full articlePolice arrested a man suspected of committing a violent home invasion captured on a nanny cam.In a video that was viewed by millions of people and that garnered national attention, a large man can be seen breaking in through a home’s front door and violently attacking a young mother in front of her three-year-old daughter. […]
read full articleBergen County Terroristic Threats Charges A Bergen County shuttle bus driver was arrested and charged with threatening another driver with a baseball bat, police say. Bergen County Police were contacted by the alleged victim who claimed that another driver was swinging a baseball bat at him. Police responded to the scene at the intersection of […]
read full articlePossession of Pellet Gun, Aggravated Assault Charges in Hackensack NJ Hackensack police arrested a 25-year old resident after several pedestrians were shot by a pellet gun near Essex Street recently. It appears from reports that the defendant was shooting the pellet gun from his apartment at random people walking by. First, a woman and her […]
read full articleAggravated Assault, Weapons Charges in Englewood NJ A local Englewood man was attacked by a neighbor’s dogs which led to a fight with the neighbor who stabbed him in the hand, police say. The victim was sitting on his front porch on Shephard Avenue when two dogs owned by a neighbor attacked him. The dog […]
read full articleSimple Assault Lawyer Mountainside NJ Need Attorney Simple Assault Charge in Mountainside? I represented a client last week in the Mountainside Municipal Court on a simple assault charge in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(a), a disorderly persons offense. The client was facing a $1,000.00 fine, up to six (6) months in the county jail, and a permanent criminal […]
read full articleI represented a client yesterday in the Pascack Joint Municipal Court located in Montvale, New Jersey who was charged with simple assault under N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(a). This arose out of an alleged domestic violence incident between my client and his wife. This is a disorderly persons offense in New Jersey so my client was facing a […]
read full articleA New Brunswick man who is charged with several arson related offenses in Bergen County wants the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office removed from the case because they are biased against him, according to a motion filed by his defense attorney. Aakash Dalal, the 20-year-old defendant, alleges that the prosecutor’s office has “too much of a […]
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