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End Of 'The Line'?: NJ Leg Leaders Looking Into Ballot Design
New Jersey's county line ballot system continues to face scrutiny.
On Tuesday, March 19, New Jersey's legislative leaders, Senate President Nicholas Scutari, Senate Minority Issue Anthony Bucco, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, and Assembly Minority Leader John DiMaio issued a statement on the controversial practice, vowing to begin a public process on ballot design.
The move comes after Rep. Andy Kim, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate filed a federal lawsuit looking to dismantle the "line," and testified in court on Monday, March 18.
The layout is controv…
Noriega Nominated For NJ Supreme Court
Michael Noriega, a Union County resident, has been nominated to be the newest justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Gov. Phil Murphy formally announced Noriega's nomination on Monday, May 15. Noriega, who was born in Weehawken, will be replacing Justice Barry Albin, who reached the mandatory retirement age. Noriega, who was raised in Union City and lives in Fanwood, is Murphy's fourth appointment to the bench.
Noriega, 45, is a partner at Bramnick, Rodriguez, Grabas, Arnold, and Mangan, based in Clifton, working as a defense and immigration attorney. Noriega also spent five years as…
Guilty: Pair Convicted Of Murder In Passaic Drive-By Shooting After Covid-delayed Case Resumes
Two Passaic men were convicted of murder, among other charges, for the drive-by shooting death of a 23-year-old city resident after a previous attempt at prosecuting them was derailed by COVID.
Jurors in Paterson found Nelson Vargas, 29, and Christopher Reynoso, 22, guilty of attempted murder, as well, for the wounding of another man in the shooting. Both Vargas and Reynoso were also convicted of conspiracy and weapons offenses.
Hansel Castillo was gunned down outside a home on Federal Street on May 15, 2017.
Both he and Bryan Cabrera, 20, of Woodland Park, who was wounded in the shooting…
Prosecutor: Glen Rock Art Dealer Posing As Lawyer Pocketed $37,000 Of Client's Money
A self-employed Glen Rock art dealer barred from practicing law nearly 20 years ago posed as an attorney to pocket $37,000 from an unwitting victim, said authorities who arrested him.
The victim told authorities that he hired William T. McCue, 71, who was disbarred in 1998, to represent him in an estate settlement, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday.
The victim said he paid McCue $15,500.00 in legal and professional fees for the estate work but later learned that he’d been disbarred, Calo said.
Investigators found that McCue also forged the victim’s signatures on $21,5…
Suspended Garfield Lawyer Pocketed $90,000 Of Clients' Money For Himself, Authorities Charge
A Garfield attorney swiped $90,000 from two clients in real estate deals while he suspended from practicing law, said authorities who arrested him.
Alfred Ramos, 38, “received the funds into his attorney’s trust account and then, instead of forwarding them to his clients, used them for his own purposes,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said.
Ramos was under suspension at the time, under a July 3, 2018 order of the New Jersey Supreme Court, Calo said.
He’s scheduled for a Feb. 13 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court on two counts of misapplication of entrusted f…
