A Hamilton man who had more than 49,000 files of child pornography on his computer when he was arrested last year in the multi-agency child protection initiative “Operation Safety Net” pleaded guilty Monday to distributing child pornography. Callen...
Category - Courts
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Princeton Public Schools regarding electronic voting
A Mercer County Superior Court judge today tossed out a lawsuit filed by a Princeton couple challenging the local school district’s use of electronic voting at public meetings. Judge Mary Jacobson ruled that the Princeton Public Schools Board...
Mercer County judge rules that police body camera recordings are not exempt from public disclosure
Mercer County Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson has ruled that records created from police body-warn cameras are not exempt from public disclosure under the state’s Open Public Records Act. Officials in Burlington County denied a...
Judge upholds order for Trump Administration to restore DACA in Princeton and Microsoft case
A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Friday upheld his previous ruling that the government must restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and accept new applications. Princeton University, Microsoft, and Maria...
Princeton couple challenges school board’s use of electronic voting, saying it violates the state’s Sunshine Law
Princeton residents Corrine O’Hara and Joel Schwartz have filed a lawsuit in Mercer County Superior Court challenging the school board’s use of an electronic voting system that they argue violates New Jersey’s Open Public Meetings Act...
Princeton officials deposed for police officers’ lawsuit against town and former chief
Several Princeton officials and former officials have been deposed in recent weeks for a five-year-old lawsuit involving seven former Princeton Police officers and former chief David Dudeck, several sources told Planet Princeton. The lawsuit against...
County prosecutor drops remaining charges against ‘NJ Weedman’
The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office announced Wednesday afternoon that all remaining charges against Ed Forchion, better known as NJ Weedman, have been dismissed “After a review of the defendant’s pending cases, we feel the downgrade and...
Former Hopewell neurologist indicted for sexual assault and criminal sexual contact
A former neurologist has been indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting seven female patients during a two-year period while he was employed at Capital Health in Hopewell Township, the Mercer County Prosecutor said today. On March 9, a Mercer...
Princeton Theological Seminary files suit to stop sale of Westminster Choir College (Updated)
Princeton Theological Seminary has filed a suit against Rider University in New Jersey Superior Court to stop the sale of Westminster Choir College. The suit contends that Rider University’s current attempt to sell Westminster Choir College...
Students, parents, seek injunction banning Rider University from selling or moving Westminster Choir College (updated)
A group of Westminster Choir College students and parents who are plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Rider University is seeking an injunction to stop the school from selling or moving the choir college, which is located in the heart of Princeton...
Prisoner’s Appellate Court win also a victory for open public records advocates
A prisoner at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton has won an Open Public Records Act case at the New Jersey Appellate Court division level that is also a victory for open government advocates. Prisoner Kevin Conley sought data generated by the...
University and Princeton undergrad join Microsoft in lawsuit challenging termination of DACA program
Princeton University, one of its students, and Microsoft are the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in court today that challenges the federal government’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The complaint, filed in...
Former Mercer County Park Director Kevin Bannon indicted for theft
Kevin Bannon, the former executive director of the Mercer County Park Commission, was indicted today on charges that he used his official position to divert thousands of dollars from the county to a nonprofit he controlled, Attorney General...
South Brunswick woman pleads guilty to embezzling more than $500,000 from engineering company
A former office manager at the Roberts Engineering Group pleaded guilty this week to a charge of second-degree theft by deception. Karen Thompson, 45, of South Brunswick, worked as an office manager and performed payroll functions for the Roberts...
Judge: Princeton Charter School and Princeton Public Schools must obey Sunshine Law in the future
In a rare move, a Mercer County Superior Court judge issued injunctions against both the Princeton Charter School and the Princeton Public Schools Friday, telling lawyers for both organizations that their public bodies must obey the state’s...
Ewing Man indicted for murder
A Mercer County grand jury returned a seven-count indictment yesterday charging a Ewing man with killing his girlfriend last August. Carlos Ortiz, 51, was indicted on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree aggravated assault, two counts of...
Mercer County resident charged with Superstorm Sandy fraud
A Mercer County resident is one of five people the New Jersey Attorney General charged with fraud today in connection with applications filed for relief funds because of Superstorm Sandy. Most of the defendants allegedly filed fraudulent...
Former Jewish Academy teacher pleads guilty to endangering the welfare of a child
A former teacher at the Shalom Torah Academy in Monmouth County pleaded guilty Friday morning in Mercer County Superior Court to two counts of second-degree of endangering the welfare of a child. Menachem A. Chinn, 40, admitted to touching the...
Hopewell Township reaches tentative settlement in affordable housing litigation
Hopewell Township has reached a settlement “in principle” with three separate landowners who are interested parties in its affordable housing litigation, including two intervenors, officials said. The agreements follow settlements in other Mercer...
Maryland man indicted for murder in 2014 stabbing in Hamilton
A Mercer County grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging a Maryland man in the death of a woman in Hamilton stemming from a 2014 stabbing. Yoon Choi, age 50, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was indicted last week on one count of first...
Price tag to taxpayers for Princeton’s affordable housing lawsuit: $180,000
Princeton officials underestimated the cost of challenging the town’s affordable housing obligation in court by 260 percent. The governing body is slated tonight to vote on a resolution that would increase the amount of money Princeton will...
Two Mercer County correction officers indicted in inmate assault case
A Mercer County grand jury returned indictments last week against two county correction officers in connection with the assault of an inmate in May of last year. Isaac Wood III, age 41, of Ewing, and Trachell Syphax, age 32, of Trenton, were each...
