National

Tenafly, NJ – NY woman charged with aggravated assault on police trying to cash a forged check FREE TO GO under NJ Bail Reform

Tenese N. Thompson, 36, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, illegal drug possession and exhibiting fake documents after Thompson attempted to cash a forged check at a […]

National

New Milford, NJ – Man caught masturbating outside 7-Eleven while on crystal meth FREE TO GO under NJ Bail Reform

Jerol Jalocon, 45, of Bergenfield, was arrested for possession of crystal meth, lewdness, and having a fictitious license plate after he was found masturbating in his car outside a 7-Eleven in New Milford. Jalacon was […]

National

East Windsor, NJ – Rabbi accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy detained by judge in April quietly gets released under NJ Bail Reform

Rabbi Menachem A. Chinn, 40, a children’s teacher from East Windsor accused of sexually assaulting a then 12-year-old boy quietly slipped out of jail July 7, 2017 thanks to NJ Bail Reform. Since his arrest […]

California

(Letter) NJ Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak warns California lawmakers that bail reform is an “absolute disaster”

As California lawmakers consider their own version of bail reform in the form of Senate Bill 10, New Jersey Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak wrote a letter to California Assemblyman Speaker Anthony Rendon warning him that New […]

National

Jersey City, NJ – If preventative detention (no bail) was meant for the most violent offenders, why was this NJ teen denied release?

NJ Bail Reform is flawed and sets offenders up for failure. New Jersey has a serious identity crisis on their hands. On the one hand, eliminating commercial bail in favor of pretrial release lacks the […]

National

Hackettstown, NJ – Drunk passed out mom clutching a beer arrested after her children were wandering the street – FREE TO GO under NJ Bail Reform

Jamie Stollenmaier, 20, of Hackettstown, was arrested after she was found passed out in bed clutching a 16-ounce can of beer while her children (ages 2 and 5) were wandering on a busy road outside. […]