There is an ongoing and contentious legal battle looming over a New Jersey gun law. Several New Jersey residents have formed an alliance to challenge a specific provision in the law which requires citizens to demonstrate a “justifiable need” to law enforcement when requesting a permit to carry a concealed firearm. Additionally, 19 states have issued […]
read full articleRecent reports indicate that New Jersey cities have been plagued by their highest rate of homicides in years. Although several pieces of gun control legislation have been passed and the state has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, a great deal of crime is attributable to gun violence. In 2008, the NJ […]
read full articleAlissa D. Hascup of the Tormey Law Firm recently represented a client charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. The case was heard at the Passaic County Superior Court in Paterson, NJ. Our client was a man in his 40s with no prior criminal record. The circumstances […]
read full articlePolice arrested an Englewood NJ man for allegedly slashing his teenage son at their home. 52-year-old Sisa Butu, who also goes by the name James McDowell, has been accused of attacking his 16-year-old son. According to police, Mr. Butu had a heated argument with his son. During the altercation, Mr. Butu allegedly grabbed a kitchen […]
read full articleA man serving a life term in prison for robbing an Elmwood Park NJ gas station is asking an appeals court to reconsider his sentence. A NJ appeals court has agreed to review the sentence given to 48-year-old Frank Smith, whose aliases include Steven Wychee and Righteous Mathmatics. In 2007, Mr. Smith was convicted of […]
read full articleThe main suspect in a shooting in Newton NJ was arrested by U.S. Customs officials. Earlier this year, in a town near the Mexican-American border, Karl Friday was apprehended after being found on a Greyhound bus. At a Sierra Blanca TX checkpoint, U.S. Customs officials took Mr. Friday into custody. In recent years, the checkpoint […]
read full articleDetectives from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office raided a Chambersburg NJ home and seized a slew of controlled dangerous substances. Authorities believed that Taareef Robinson had been distributing drugs from his home on the 400 block of Elmer Street in Chambersburg, New Jersey. Detectives had been investigating Mr. Robinson for a month leading up to […]
read full articleA Texas personal trainer was indicted by a Bergen County grand jury for possessing six (6) illegal guns. 35-year-old Dustin Robalino-Arcos, an Ecuadorian national, was arrested by Bergen County detectives a couple of months ago. He had completed a drug transaction with an undercover detective and then told the detective about a gun-running operation in […]
read full articleThe Bergen County Police SWAT team used its new stun guns for the first time while convincing a disturbed man to surrender. An emotionally disturbed Fairview man barricaded himself in his bedroom with a knife, prompting police officers to respond to the scene. When officers arrived at the scene, they began talking to the 27-year-old […]
read full articleA Bergen County Police Department dispatcher helped avert disaster after a drunken Westwood NJ man called and threatened to kill himself with a loaded handgun. Veteran dispatcher Cindy Seidel took the call at the Bergen County Public Safety Operations Center in Mahwah, New Jersey. The caller was a distraught 52-year-old man. Ms. Seidel kept her […]
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