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13 Sep
A Jersey City man received a 10-year state prison sentence last week after admitting guilt for a drunken fatal crash in early 2021, authorities said. On Friday, September 8th, Hudson County Superior Court Judge John A. Young, Jr. sentenced Jose Colon, 33, of Jersey City, to 10 years in New...
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22 Aug
TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today issued a Law Enforcement Directive establishing the framework for a response team — known as the “Breathing/Blood Flow Restriction Event: Advocacy, Treatment, Help, and Empowerment” (BREATHE) Team — responsible for responding to crimes of nonfatal strangulation and smothering. Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive...
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1 Aug
TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) has issued guidance that explains how DCR will enforce the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. In 303 Creative, the U.S. Supreme Court...
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11 Jul
A woman stabbed her former boyfriend’s new girlfriend multiple times at an East Brunswick motel before trying to run her over with a car last week, authorities allege. Quadira Banks, 37, of New Brunswick, was later taken into custody at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick — the...
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2 Jun
Joel Silberman has been included among the Super Lawyers, New Jersey 2023. For nearly two decades, Joel Silberman has dedicated his practice to criminal defense and civil rights litigation and has built a reputation for treating his clients’ fights as if they were his own.Mr. Silberman is respected both in...
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