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STATE v. HENDRICKS — NEW JERSEY MURDER TRIAL — "NOT GUILTY" VERDICT

Mr. Tumelty represented Helena Hendricks, who was charged with first degree murder in Atlantic County Superior Court. The defendant faced a number of additional charges, including armed robbery, conspiracy and possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose. At the conclusion of a jury trial that lasted three weeks, the defendant was found "not guilty" of all charges.

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Cape May County Fatal DWI Crash Results in Aggravated Manslaughter Charges

A Cape May County fatal car accident resulted in the death of two young teenagers who were walking along Bayshore Road on July 31, 2012. The driver of the vehicle, Joshua Malmgren, is alleged to have been intoxicated at the time he veered off Bayshore Road and struck the two teenagers who were walking to […]

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New Jersey man’s prior DWI convictions unclear

As Cape May readers may know, while the holiday seasons bring cheer for some, they bring bad choices for others. For at least one New Jersey man, instead of ending with pumpkin pie, Thanksgiving Day ended with a DWI arrest. According to a criminal complaint, the 52-year-old man got pulled over by a police officer […]

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Police chase ends in death of New Jersey pedestrian

A November 10 police chase ended tragically when a fleeing driver fatally struck a 32-year-old man near downtown Newark. A 35-year-old man is being held on $500,000 bail on charges including vehicular homicide after crashing into an ambulance and then running down a pedestrian. According to reports, the chase began when police attempted to stop […]

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Heroin ring busted in New Jersey

S.W.A.T. teams arrested the alleged leader and other participants of an immense heroin ring on November 13. “Operation Dismay” targeted the multimillion dollar drug ring that ran across New Jersey, New York City, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. “The evidence seized indicates this was a high-volume operation,” Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced. It involved a large […]

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New Jersey teen found in parked car charged with DWI

As Cape May parents may know, teenagers sometimes make poor choices in the pursuit of what they perceive to be adult experiences. Unfortunately, that pursuit all too often involves making bad choices when it comes to the consumption of alcoholic beverages. For a 17-year-old Readington boy, a recent attempt to covertly imbibe adult beverages led […]

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