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'Dangerous' Elizabeth Driver Interrupts Judge To Say His Mom Pays His Rent
The Elizabeth driver who three times ran over a woman after a minor car crash leaving her in critical condition was ordered held pending his next court date by a Union County judge Tuesday, April 19.
Vincent Jean, 56, appeared virtually before Superior Court Judge Stacey Boretz, who said he poses an "extreme danger to the victim, witnesses, and the community." Further, Jean showed "complete and deprave disregard for human life" during the April 13 incident, Boretz added.
Being that Jean is facing an attempted murder charge, the judge worries that if he's released, there is a strong chance …
Convicted NJ Child Porn Trafficker Gets 20+ Years In Fed Pen, No Parole, For Enticing Minors
A convicted child porn trafficker from Union County must spend no fewer than 20 years in federal prison for doing it again while soliciting two children to "engage in sexually explicit conduct online," authorities said.
Christopher Gardiner, 39, of Cranford, must serve out just about all of the plea-bargained 20 years and eight months that he was sentenced to on Tuesday, Feb. 8, because there's no parole in the federal prison system.
Gardiner, who'd been convicted of similar charges in Union County in 2007, conducted an "ongoing sexually graphic conversation on a web-based social media appl…
Prosecutor: Linden Man Sets Items Ablaze, Throws Knives, Bricks At Police During SWAT Standoff
A Linden man stabbed a woman, set several household items on fire, fired a nail gun at police and more during a SWAT standoff over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday.
John P. Mooney refused to surrender to police responding to his Furber Avenue home around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, where they found a woman with minor stab wounds, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said.
During a standoff that ensued with police, 36-year-old Mooney punched out a front window of his home, set several household items on fire, threw knives and bricks at officers and then fired a nail gun at police, Ru…
