Crime

An Assembly panel has approved the "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection and Treatment Act," sweeping new bipartisan legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle

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A woman from Chesterfield risks up to 10 years in prison when she's sentenced in February for trying to hide more than $700,000 in accumulated funds with bank deposits just below the $10,000 threshold for federal Currency Transaction Reports.

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A New Jersey lawmaker wants to crack down on Garden State school bus drivers who have had their licenses suspended, but don't tell anybody.

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Statistics now show that no county in New Jersey is without gang activity. Gangs are no longer just an urban problem. They have crept into suburbia and even rural areas of the state.

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Governor Christie is expressing concern about the escalating murder rate in Atlantic City.

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Its sentencing day for former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky, who was found guilty in June of 45 counts of child sex abuse.

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You've got to figure if somebody is up to no good if they've already been convicted of a violent crime and are looking to buy ammunition when they're back out on the streets.

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Did you know that in New Jersey even elected officials indicted for serious crimes related to their office do not have to immediately step down pending the outcome of their case?

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An unlicensed dentist is accused of treating patients by falsely using the name and license number of a New Jersey dentist who died.

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An Atlantic City attorney is jailed on $250,000 bail, charged with the repeated sexual abuse of a teenaged girl over a four-year span.

David Alcantara, 44, was arrested following his Tuesday indictment by a grand jury in Mays Landing

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