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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 […]
After a month long investigation by the Hamilton and Trenton police departments, three suspects from Mercer County were taken into custody last week and charged with various drug offenses. The Defendant’s, two of whom reside in the City of Trenton and the other in the Township of Hamilton, are alleged to have been distributing large quantities […]
According to Somerset County Prosecutor, Michael H. Robertson, the Franklin Township police department was dispatched to the area of Hamilton and Douglas Street around noon on October 4th to investigate a report of shots fired. The individual who called 911 had informed the dispatcher that the suspect was wearing a red or orange t-shirt, gray […]
Lt. Greg Carpino, a Detective for Wall Township, has reported that they have arrested and charged two men with burglarizing several homes in the Sea Girt Estates section of Wall last week. Apparently the police department was dispatched to the area around 11:30 am in response to a suspicious persons report. When the officers arrived on […]
According to nj.com, a Mercer County corrections officer was arrested early in the day on Sunday in the City of Trenton, after an alleged victim was able to positively identify the Defendant as the one who had allegedly assaulted her earlier in the month. The Defendant, a twenty-two year vet of the Mercer County Department of Corrections, […]
According to nj.com, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office has announced that they have made yet another significant drug bust this week. Based on the information that has been released, it appears that this was another multi-agency investigation. The investigation took place over the last month and it was comprised of detectives from the Hamilton and Trenton Police Department […]