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Delegation from Georgia Visits New Jersey to Examine Juvenile Detention Reform
For over a decade, juvenile crime rates and arrests have declined, but some jurisdictions still struggle to reach a corresponding reduction in the number of young people sent to secure detention. New Jersey has seen a dramatic 60% reduction in its use of secure...
Three Ex-Supervisors at Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission Sentenced to Prison/Jail for Using On-Duty Agency Employees for Personal Tasks
The following defendants were sentenced today to terms of incarceration by Superior Court Judge Marilyn C. Clark in Paterson. All three are permanently barred from public employment in New Jersey.In addition, Judge Clark today sentenced Chester Mazza, 75, of Totowa,...
Man Charged With $239,000 Theft for Allegedly Using Stolen Identities in Fraudulent Scheme to Re-Title Vehicles and Conceal Car Liens
Anthony A. Ferrer, 48, of New York, N.Y., was charged in a 43-count state grand jury indictment with conspiracy, official misconduct, computer theft, theft by deception, bribery, and use of personal identifying information of another, all in the second degree, as well...
New Jersey Board of Nursing Obtains Temporary License Suspension Against Atlantic County Nurse Accused of Repeatedly Stabbing a Ten-Year-Old Autistic Patient With a Hypodermic Needle for Disobeying Her Orders
Nurse Naomi Derrick agreed to the temporary license suspension after Acting Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino filed a Complaint with the Board of Nursing accusing Derrick of gross negligence, professional misconduct, and incompetence in her treatment of the...
Hudson County Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Scam That Drained More Than $225,000 From His Elderly Mother’s Annuity Accounts
Angel Fontaina, 45, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft by deception in the scam that virtually drained his mother’s two fixed annuity accounts with New York Life Insurance Company. Fontaina entered his plea in a hearing before Judge Mitzy...