Year: 2017
Burglary & Eluding Charges Issued in Monmouth County NJ A wild chain of events ends in with a Little Egg Harbor resident being charged with among other things, a slew of burglary and receiving stolen property charges. According to nj.com, the Defendant, a twenty-seven year old male, is alleged to have burglarized a home in […]
For years now the New Jersey Supreme Court has gone back and forth on the issue of whether a police officer is permitted to conduct a warrantless search of a motor vehicle based on probable cause alone. For the better part of the last two decades, New Jersey has provided its citizens with greater protection than that […]
With home invasions and car burglaries on the rise, local police departments throughout Somerset County, including Bridgewater and Warren Township are urging people to be more cautious about leaving their vehicles unlocked. According to nj.com, just earlier this week, the Bridgewater Police Department reported that two individuals attempted to break into a home near Winder Drive […]
A false fire alarm leads to a Millstone resident being charged with various different marijuana offenses. The Hightstown Fire Department was called to the 100 block to investigate a fire alarm. Once they arrived on scene, they were able to determine that their was no fire but during their investigation, they smelled the strong smell of marijuana emanating […]
DWI Lawyers in Belmar New Jersey The New Jersey State Police have announced that they will be back at it again this weekend. This time, they will be setting up DWI checkpoints in Belmar and Neptune Township, although, unlike what they normally do, the exact locations and times have not been released as of yet. […]
Do the Police Need a Warrant to Search a Motor Vehicle? A substantial amount of the weapon and drug offenses that we see at Keith Oliver Criminal Law stem from a search conducted after a routine traffic stop. So the question becomes, does a police officer have the authority to search an individual’s motor vehicle following an […]
Probable cause is anything but specific or defined. In fact, according to State v. Waltz, the term itself has been described by the courts as “an elusive concept, incapable of being precisely defined”. With that being said, this tends to be the focus of most of our initial consultations. It is tends to come into play in […]
Miranda Rights and how they Apply in NJ One of the most common questions we hear from potential clients is “what if my rights were never read to me?”. More often than not, they are referring to what is known as Miranda Rights. Miranda Rights come from one of the most landmark cases of all […]
Can I Still be Convicted if the Drugs were not found on me? There are countless different factual situations that can give rise to a marijuana possession charge in Monmouth County but one of the most common by far is the standard motor vehicle stop, where in which the marijuana is not actually found on someone but […]
The Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office has announced that they have arrested and charged a twenty year old from High Bridge with various drug offenses following a somewhat lengthy investigation. It appears that the investigation started out in early September and lasted until October 5th when the Defendant was finally arrested. Based on the information released […]