The shore-sponsored bill that would give judges the option of ordering electronic monitoring of domestic abuse offenders clears a state Assembly committee and heads to a full lower-house vote.
Much to the surprise of its sponsor, Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would have created a four-year pilot program in Ocean County to electronically track convicted domestic violence offenders using GPS devices that would alert victims on their cell phones if their attackers were nearby.
Two Ocean County leaders with decades of legal experience are joining a statewide panel on preventing and addressing domestic violence.
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato and Judge Marlene Lynch Ford are members of the 21-person committee, which is set to hear from technical experts in March. T...