Expect an Increase in Jersey Shore DWI Arrests This Summer
Ocean County shore towns see a big spike in Driving While Intoxicated and Driving Under the Influence charges in the summer months due to the heavy influx of beach and vacation traffic throughout the Jersey Shore. These towns include Toms River, Brick, Seaside, Point Pleasant, and Long Beach Island Towns such as Surf City, Beach Haven, and Ship Bottom.
State and local police more heavily enforce traffic laws in an effort to discover drunk drivers as their quotas often increase during the ...
Belmar NJ Disorderly Conduct Lawyer
Need a Belmar NJ Disorderly Conduct Lawyer
Disorderly conduct charges are especially prevalent on the Jersey Shore during the summer months. This is because the combination of hot sun, the boardwalk, music, scantily clad people, booze, and oftentimes drugs tends to drive people crazy. Belmar, New Jersey, is among the main towns that see the greatest summer spikes in Disorderly Conduct charges in the summer months.
Disorderly Conduct Charge in Belmar
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Stafford Traffic Stop Leads to Heroin Arrest
Patch.com recently reported that Stafford police charged a Manahawkin woman with heroin possession after a motor vehicle stop on Newell Avenue near South William Cook Boulevard.
The on-duty patrolman stopped a silver Mazda at 2:15 p.m. on May 1. After a brief initial investigation, he arrested the driver on an outstanding Galloway Township warrant. Further investigation revealed that Hynes was in possession of heroin.
She was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and ...
Ocean County Heroin Bust Yields 34 Arrests, $325,000 in Drugs
According to this patch.com article, two major heroin distribution networks in Southern New Jersey have been busted, leading to the arrests of thirty-four people who were responsible for importing roughly 50,000 doses into Ocean County each week.
“These simultaneous operations are incredible investigative feats,” Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato stated. Multiple law enforcement agencies including federal, state, county and local departments participated in the massive investigations ...
SECOND Degree CDS Distribution Downgraded to Municipal Ordinance
We were recently retained by a young man who had been charged and arrested for distributing molly on the boardwalk of a popular Jersey Shore destination in Ocean County. Officers arrested our client and a co-defendant after allegedly witnessing them exchange pills for money. Our client, a resident of Philadelphia, was incarcerated in Ocean County Jail. Once retained, we contacted Ocean County Superior Court and scheduled an immediate Bail Reduction Hearing. During that hearing, we were able ...
Ocean County Marijuana Possession Charges Dropped
Our office recently represented a young man who was charged with Possession of Marijuana in an amount less than 50 grams. At the time of his arrest he was situated on the beach in a popular Ocean County shore town when he was allegedly approached by police who began to interrogate our client, specifically in a manner designed to illicit incriminating responses. The results of the interrogation, which took place before our client was arrested and without a proper issuance of Miranda ...
FIRST EVER Successful Ocean County Mental Health Diversion Program Applicant
Recently, our office was fortunate to have received a call from a distressed young man who has been charged with two counts of Criminal Trespass and one count of Hindering Apprehension. After speaking with our client, it was evident that the young man had not intended to commit those crimes. He was not under the influence of any drugs or alcohol, nor does he have any record of prior transgressions. Rather, he had had a psychotic episode and required treatment - not punishment.
Our ...
Ocean County NJ DWI Dismissed
This week, our office successfully represented an individual who was charged with Driving While Intoxicated after allegedly consuming alcohol and had also given an incriminating statement regarding his consumption of prescription Ambien prior to driving. Interestingly, our client believed that he had gone to bed and in fact had no recollection of getting dressed and driving his car. He was pulled over by local police officers for reckless driving and failure to maintain lanes. Upon smelling ...
Fugitive Arrested after 3-Week Manhunt for Toms River Aggravated Assault
According to this recent NJ.com article, a Toms River man who was wanted for kidnapping and assaulting his girlfriend was apprehended last week. Officers had been searching for the suspect since October 7 when an incident occurred after which he had been charged with assault by punching, biting, strangling, and slapping over the course of five days. Allegedly, when the female victim would attempt to leave, he would lock her in a bedroom. Since the alleged assault, officers had attempted an ...
Berkeley Police Make Simultaneous DWI Arrests in Wawa Parking Lot
Two separate drivers were arrested at the same time in the Wawa parking lot in Berkeley Township early Saturday morning, October 11, according to an NJ.com report. At 12:40am, officers pulled over a 50-year-old Bayville woman in the parking lot when a 50-year-old Toms River man also entered the lot driving erratically. Officers conducted standardized field sobriety tests on each driver and proceeded to arrest each driver and escort them to the Berkeley Township jail where they would undergo ...