NJ Attorney Awaits Sentence For Pocketing $2M From Client's Offshore Account, More NJ Attorney Awaits Sentence For Pocketing $2M From Client's Offshore Account, More
NJ Attorney Awaits Sentence For Pocketing $2M From Client's Offshore Account, More UPDATE: A once-prominent attorney from Jersey City is awaiting sentencing after admitting in federal court that he swindled a family he represented out of $2 million and then committed another crime while on pretrial release. The family had retained James R. Lisa, 68, to gather millions that had been moved into offshore bank accounts by relatives decades ago and to resolve any tax issues that arose as a result, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Soon after being retained, he moved more than $6 million back into the United States but told the family the funds still remained offshore, th…
'Want To Feel Pain?': NJ Cop Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver 2X Pleads Guilty, Feds Say 'Want To Feel Pain?': NJ Cop Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver 2X Pleads Guilty, Feds Say
'Want To Feel Pain?': NJ Cop Who Pepper-Sprayed Handcuffed Driver 2X Pleads Guilty, Feds Say A South Jersey police officer admitted in federal court to using excessive force when he twice pepper-sprayed a drunken but cooperative driver while handcuffed in 2017, authorities announced. John Grier III, 51, of Cedarville — who was indicted in 2021 — pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez in Camden in federal court on Thursday, Oct. 5, to a superseding information charging him with one count of violating an individual’s civil rights, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. A sworn Bridgeton police officer since 2004, Grier's admission is in connection with an…
Pair Airlifted In South Jersey Dump Truck Collision With Van: Police Pair Airlifted In South Jersey Dump Truck Collision With Van: Police
Pair Airlifted In South Jersey Dump Truck Collision With Van: Police Two passengers were airlifted to an area hospital after a van collided with a dump truck in South Jersey, authorities said. A van traveling south on Stanton Avenue in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, struck a westbound on Coles Mill Road at 6:55 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, according to Franklin Township police. Both vehicles overturned landing in a field. Two of the van's male passengers,, ages 31 and 42, both of Vineland, were airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in Camden in critical condition, police said. A 55-year-old woman from Vineland driving the van was taken to a local hospit…
UPDATE: Admitted Homemade Bomb Maker From South Jersey Gets 2 Years, No Parole UPDATE: Admitted Homemade Bomb Maker From South Jersey Gets 2 Years, No Parole
Update: Admitted Homemade Bomb Maker From South Jersey Gets 2 Years, No Parole A South Jersey man whom federal authorities said they caught with a do-it-yourself bomb and the materials to make it was sentenced to two years in prison without parole. Thomas Petronglo, 64, had a 5¾-inch diameter metal can filled with potassium perchlorate and aluminum with a fuse sticking out when authorities raided his Vineland home in March 2021, according to a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Camden. The mixture is commonly used in commercial fireworks displays. Authorities seized several other improvised devices -- mostly plastic cylinders and cardboard tubes containing "…
Fugitive Seized At Newark Airport Gets Year In Prison For Each Of 5 Kilos Of Smuggled Coke Fugitive Seized At Newark Airport Gets Year In Prison For Each Of 5 Kilos Of Smuggled Coke
Fugitive Seized At Newark Airport Gets Year In Prison For Each Of 5 Kilos Of Smuggled Coke An international fugitive who spent more than a decade on the run before he was seized at Newark Airport was sentenced to five years in federal prison for having couriers smuggle more than five kilos of cocaine into the U.S. on a cruise ship. Dennis Edwards, a 38-year-old Guyanese citizen known as “Death,” had avoided capture after being indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy charges in 2012, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Authorities said he conspired to import cocaine from St. Maarten on a cruise ship. Edwards was seized by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents …
Man, 36, Shot Dead In Camden: Prosecutor Man, 36, Shot Dead In Camden: Prosecutor
Man, 36, Shot Dead In Camden: Prosecutor A 36-year-old man was shot dead in Camden, authorities said. Julian Dickerson of Camden was found fatally wounded on Thursday night, Sept. 28, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay alongside Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez. At 9:03 p.m., Camden County Police Department officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation in the 1000 block of Liberty Street in Camden. Police found Dickerson suffering from gunshot wounds on the 900 block of Mechanic Street, they said. Officers took him to Cooper University Hospital where he suc…
NJ Man Who Cashed Dead Brother's Social Security Checks For 16 Years Heads To Federal Prison NJ Man Who Cashed Dead Brother's Social Security Checks For 16 Years Heads To Federal Prison
NJ Man Who Cashed Dead Brother's Social Security Checks For 16 Years Heads To Federal Prison An Essex County man who collected $237,000 in Social Security benefits for a brother who’d actually been dead for 16 years is headed to federal prison. Silvano Chable, 54, of Irvington, applied for the benefits in 2000 on behalf of his brother, who’d been paralyzed in a car crash, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. His brother collected checks for 10 months before dying in May 21, 2001, the U.S. attorney said. Rather than notify the Social Security Administration, Chable continued collecting – and cashing – the monthly benefit checks until late 2017, Sellinger said. Chable took a ple…
NJ Man, 68, Gets 6½ Years For Child Porn That Included Dog Fellatio, Infant Penetration NJ Man, 68, Gets 6½ Years For Child Porn That Included Dog Fellatio, Infant Penetration
NJ Man, 68, Gets 6½ Years For Child Porn That Included Dog Fellatio, Infant Penetration A South Jersey man who was caught with more than 27,000 mostly horrific images of child porn -- including a toddler “engaged in fellatio” with a dog and penetration of months-old babies -- must spend the next 6½ years in federal prison. Bruce Makley, 68, of Voorhees, must serve out just about all of the plea-bargained sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Makley’s wife and stepson were home when U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents raided their Dutchtown Road home in August 2020, according to a complaint. Agen…
South Jersey Man Gets 25 Years State Prtison In Fatal Apartment Shooting: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Gets 25 Years State Prtison In Fatal Apartment Shooting: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Gets 25 Years State Prtison In Fatal Apartment Shooting: Prosecutor A 24-year-old man from Willingboro has been sentenced to 25 years in New Jersey State Prison for fatally shooting a 22-year-old woman three years ago inside her Maple Shade apartment, authorities said. Semaj T. Pittman was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 22 on the first-degree aggravated manslaughter conviction, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. Pittman must serve about 21 years of the term before becoming eligible for parole, she said. The investigation began on Feb. 23, 2020, after officers from the Maple Shade Police Department were called to The Arbors apartment …
PREDATOR STING: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says PREDATOR STING: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says
Predator Sting: PA Man Expected Sex With Girl, 12, At NJ Hotel, Homeland Security Says A Pennsylvania man who arranged what he thought was sex with a pre-teen in a New Jersey hotel was instead seized by federal agents when he showed up, authorities said Wednesday. Louis Goldenberg, 41 of Philadelphia, "began interacting on a messaging application with an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent, who was posing as a middle-aged woman with a 12-year-old niece" last month, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said on Sept. 20. Goldenberg messaged the purported aunt, "continuously expressing interest in having sexual contact," the U.S. att…
Man, 32, Shot Dead In Camden: Prosecutor Man, 32, Shot Dead In Camden: Prosecutor
Man, 32, Shot Dead In Camden: Prosecutor Detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old man on Saturday night, Sept. 16 in Camden. At 9:46 p.m., Camden County Police Department Officers received a ShotSpotter activation at the 400 block of North 7th Street, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay alongside Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez.  Police found a man suffering from gunshot wounds, they said. The victim was later identified as Antwan Burdett of Camden City, they said. He was transported to Cooper University Hospital where he was pronounced d…
Summer Shootings In Paterson Plummet Amid NJ Police Takeover Summer Shootings In Paterson Plummet Amid NJ Police Takeover
Summer Shootings In Paterson Plummet Amid NJ Police Takeover Facts don't lie. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin promised a reduction in crime in Paterson following the second-ever state takeover of a local police department in New Jersey's history. So far, he's delivering. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day -- a time when America's cities ordinarily suffer the most violence -- shootings in the Silk City plummeted by 41.2% compared with the same period last year, state officials reported. In that time, Paterson has also had the fewest summer shooting victims in five years, they said. Reported robberies decreased by nearly 38%. Aggravated assault…