East Orange recently banned the sale of realistic-looking toy guns and now East Orange Councilman Ted Green has been calling for neighboring towns to do the same. In fact, Orange and Irvington have already joined in banning the sale of toys that could be mistaken for real firearms. Councilman Green noted that local officials “don’t […]
Daniel Veselko was recently arrested after a joint investigation by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, the Holland Township Police Department, the Frenchtown Borough Police Department, and the Pennsylvania State Police. According to authorities, Veselko was charged with the following weapons offenses: second degree possession of a firearm by certain persons not to […]
New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), recently stated that he will introduce legislation to reduce the mandatory penalties for the unlawful possession of a handgun under the New Jersey Criminal Code. Senator Lesniak’s position is that the current mandatory minimum sentencing provisions should be changed for situations of “pure unlawful possession” in which the […]
On January 12, 2017, the New Jersey Supreme Court dismissed weapons charges against an Atlantic County man because the police illegally entered the man’s home during an investigation and violated his constitutional rights. The court ruled six to one that a Somers Point police officer lacked probable cause to follow James L. Legette into his […]
The gunman who opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport, killing five people and wounding eight, had apparently transported the gun he used in his checked baggage. Chip LaMarca, a Broward County Commissioner, told the Associated Press that the shooter arrived in Fort Lauderdale with a gun in a checked […]