In another case of what-not-to-do, a man was charged with DWI in Allentown after he drove through a police barrier. Police officers had used their cars to block a road covered in cooking oil from a recent truck spill. The alleged drunk driver drove around the police cars. The officers at the scene pulled him […]

The New Jersey Supreme Court is hearing arguments on a technical issue involving juveniles who are tried as adults. That issue is: If the prosecutor’s office is prosecuting a juvenile case, should it also be the office to determine whether that juvenile’s case should be tried in adult court? This issue may seem small, but […]

A recent amendment to New Jersey’s expungment statute allows for an expungement petition to be filed five-year after sentencing. The expungement statute N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2(a) was amended effective March 13, 2012 to provide: A petition may be filed and presented, and the court may grant an expungement pursuant to this section when: (a) at least five years […]

Published by the Law Office of John W. Tumelty Attorney John W. Tumelty recently had Ocean City drug (marijuana) charges dismissed in Ocean City Municipal Court, Cape May County, New Jersey, resulting from an illegal car search. An Ocean City, NJ Police officer stopped his client’s car for a motor vehicle violation. The officer pulled the car over and approached […]

Despite widely-publicized outrage aimed at Wall Street, bankers and shifty corporate leaders of all stripes, the number of criminal cases targeting white collar offenses has actually been spiraling downward over the last decade. Yet, businesspeople should not archive the number of that Atlantic City white collar crimes attorney just yet. The drop in prosecutions aside, […]