Category: Aggravated Assault
New Jersey law enforcement authorities and prosecutors consider aggravated assault a severe and violent crime. As such, a conviction on aggravated assault charges carries significant penalties, including incarceration, fines, and the long-lasting stigma of a criminal record of violent offenses. If you have been charged with aggravated assault, you must vigorously defend your rights and […]
Better Training Hopes to Lead to Decrease in Domestic Violence Monmouth County Prosecutor, Christopher Gramiccioni, has announced that their office is launching a new pilot program that will be geared towards better training first responders about the signs of domestic violence, especially those who are the victims of a choking incidents. His office estimates that […]
Charged with Aggravated Assault in Middletown NJ A fight at McMahon Park in Middletown on Friday ends with one man being taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune and the other being taken to the Monmouth County Jail in Freehold. Based on the reports that have been released so far, the Middletown Police Department […]
What is the Difference Between Simple & Aggravated Assault Charges? Charged with Simple Assault? Aggravated Assault? Confused on the difference between the two? If so, you are not alone. The assault section of the New Jersey Criminal Code (NJSA 2C:12) is by far one of the most complex sections of the entire code. It is […]
Failed Attempt at Escape Lands Inmate with New Charges A twenty-two year old male for Middletown, New Jersey attempted to escape police custody during a detention hearing in the Monmouth County Superior Courthouse. On Monday the Defendant was brought over from the Monmouth County Jail to Judge Escandon’s courtroom, which is located on the second floor of […]
The Asbury Park Police Department was dispatched to the corner of Cookman Avenue and Langford Street late Sunday night to investigate a potential stabbing. When the officers arrived on scene the quickly learned that a large crowd had began to gather as a result they quickly requested additional backup. During the investigation, the officers on […]
Our New Jersey Somerset County lawyers recently defended a client who had been arrested and charged with a disorderly persons offense of somerset county after being allegedly caught stealing shoes from a DSW Store in Somerset County, New Jersey. Our client had been caught and arrested with her boyfriend because the two were alleged to have […]
Mr. Oliver just finished representing a client that had been charged with aggravated assault in the second degree, in violation of NJSA 2C:12-1b(7) based on an altercation that took place outside a bar. The fact that a fight ensued between the Defendant and the victim was never in dispute. Nor was the fact that the victim […]