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Man Convicted at Trial of Murdering Two Men Who Were Shot in Jersey City, Decapitated and Buried in Atlantic County
Yusuf Ibrahim, 31, of Jersey City, was found guilty today by a Hudson County jury of two counts each of murder, (1st degree) and desecrating human remains (2nd degree), as well as other crimes related to the murders and mutilation of the bodies. The verdict...
AG Porrino & AG Schneiderman Announce Arrests of Alleged Paterson Drug Dealer and Two Residents of New York State on First-Degree Charges That They Supplied the Heroin that Killed a Man in New York – Multi-state investigation facilitated by the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Heroin Task Force results in defendants being charged under New Jersey’s strict liability for drug-induced death law
The following three people were arrested and charged in New Jersey with strict liability for a drug-induced death, a first-degree charge that carries a sentence of 10 to 20 years in state prison:Byrd was arrested on June 2. Potts and Ferguson were arrested early last...
Christopher S. Porrino Sworn In as Acting Attorney General
Acting Attorney General Porrino issued the following statement:“I am deeply honored and humbled to be chosen by Governor Christie to serve as Acting Attorney General. I want to thank the Governor again for this enormous opportunity, and for his confidence and...
Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing More than $40,000 from Two Home Improvement Customers in Somerset County, Including an Elderly Woman Whose Home Was Damaged by Superstorm Sandy
Dorian Leigh Dammer, 56, whose last known address was in Easton, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to two counts of theft by deception in the third degree in a hearing before Superior Court Judge Robert B. Reed in Somerset County. Under the terms of the plea agreement,...
Maryland Cancer Charity Agrees to Pay $470,000, Including $375,000 to Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, to Resolve Division of Consumer Affairs’ Investigation into its Fundraising Activities
As part of the settlement, Walker Cancer Research has also agreed to pay the Division $95,000 in reimbursement of its attorney’s fees and investigative costs, and agreed to certain practices, among other things, in its direct mail solicitation of contributions....