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 […]