National

Palisades Park, NJ – Guatemalan national charged with sexual assault of girl, 12, FREE TO GO under NJ Bail Reform

Lopez Medina, 31, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by contact, and child endangerment, involving a 12-year-old girl. Despite the charges, Medina was released and FREE TO GO under NJ Bail Reform after […]

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Newark, NJ – Prior felon and Crips Gang member arrested for “drug den” distribution FREE TO GO under NJ Bail Reform

Edda Vasquez, 37, of Newark, an alleged Crips street gang member, was arrested after police raided her apartment where multiple drug distribution charges were filed against her – including three counts each of possession of […]

California

San Francisco, CA – Six months in using “risk assessment tool” – a staggering 35% of criminal defendants failed to appear or committed a new crime

Preliminary data from the first six months implementation of the the Laura & John Arnold Foundation’s “Public Safety Assessment” (PSA) tool used in determining criminal defendant release decisions show that the system is failing – with […]

National

Morristown, NJ – Catholic priest from Poland arrested for criminal sexual contact of teenage girl FREE TO GO under NJ Bail Reform

The Rev. Marcin Nurek, 37, a recently ordained catholic priest from Poland, was arrested and charged with third-degree endangering the welfare of a child and fourth-degree criminal sexual contact – stemming from an incident where […]

National

Bernalillo County, NM – Man fails to appear on battery and child abuse FREE TO GO under new “bail laws” – arrested again after shoot-out

Ja’Karl Jenkins, 19, was charged back in March 2017 with aggravated battery and child abuse. He was indicted by a grand jury, set for arraignment on April 17, 2017 and he failed to appear. A […]

California

San Francisco, CA – Prior felon charged in murder of 71-year-old man released by “validated” risk assessment days earlier

Lamonte Mims, 19, formerly of Patterson (Stanislaus County), was arrested and charged with the murder of a 71-year-old film scout and photographer on San Francisco’s Twin Peaks last month. Days before the murder, Mims (a […]