Police Found a Gun in my Car during a Traffic Stop in South Jersey Driving through Burlington County, you may find expansive wooded areas like Wharton, Bass River, and Penn state forests. The central New Jersey County sprawls from the Pennsylvanian border to major water borders, like the Great Bay and Mullica River. If you’re just traveling through […]
Bail has seen a drastic shift since reform legislation became effective on January 17, 2017. Detained defendants must now be indicted within 90 days, which has caused a monumental shift in the number or defendants being incarcerated pretrial. Nevertheless, law enforcement offices and prosecutors are arresting and detaining individuals facing gun charges involving unlawful possession […]
One of the most common questions we are asked at our office is “can the police search my car without consent”? Unfortunately, the answer is complicated and depends on the facts of case. While the Constitution provides protection from unreasonable searches and seizures, this does not create a complete prohibition against police officers conducting searches […]
One of the most common misconceptions amongst gun owners traveling through New Jersey is that their home state license/permit gives them reciprocity to carry in New Jersey. That is simply not the case. While Pennsylvania gun owners have reciprocity to carry their weapon in States like Ohio, Virginia, Indiana and West Virginia, this reciprocity does […]
New Jersey has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. If you are caught in possession of a handgun, rifle or the like, without the lawful permits or caught driving without your lawful weapon properly secured, then you will be charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5. Even if you […]
Just recently, our firm was retained to represent a client charged with multiple criminal charges including harassment, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, terroristic threats and simple assault. The initial incident stemmed from an dispute over a love triangle and resulted in our client being arrested in handcuffs. Over the course of the next few months, our […]
This month, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced the release of the state’s first GUNStat report, a report that details statistics related to gun violence, including the origin of the firearms used in the commission of crimes. The report aims to detail where those guns are coming from, in an effort to help raise public awareness and […]
After a traffic stop in Evesham Township, New Jersey, a Burlington man is facing serious weapons charges for unlawful possession of a handgun and other weapons. The aforementioned motor vehicle stop occurred in the vicinity of Ardsley Drive on Route 73 in Evesham Township at approximately 6:35 p.m. on Friday, October 13th. Officers from the Evesham Police Department pulled […]
A man from Burlington Township was recently arrested on charges for possession of marijuana under 50 grams, intent to distribute marijuana, and multiple weapons offenses after police reportedly discovered four guns and marijuana in his residence. This case began when officers from the Burlington Township Police Department conducted a traffic stop at approximately 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, August 8, […]
Authorities from the Cinnaminson Police Department are currently investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a local TD Bank late last week. According to officials, three men robbed the TD bank located on Lenola Road in Cinnaminson shortly after 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 29th. During the robbery, the men reportedly jumped over the counter, stole cash from the drawers, […]