Woman, 19, shot to death in Union Township
Updated Mar 07, 2021;
A 19-year-old woman was found shot to death in Union Township Sunday morning.
Township police were responding to a home on the 2100 block of Melrose Parkway when they found a young woman who had been shot and was unresponsive, according to a press release from the Union County Prosecutor’s Office and local police.
The woman, identified as Malikah Taylor of Newark, was rushed to University Hospital in Newark but was pronounced dead there just before 8 a.m., authorities said.
The investigation into who shot Taylor is ongoing, and police did not release any information about a possible motive. The Union County Homicide Task Force is leading the investigation with assistance from members of the Union Police Department, Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit, and Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit, the press release said.
Weed is legal, and charges are supposed to be dropped, right? You’ll be surprised how confusing it is.
Updated Mar 07, 2021;
But putting pen to paper did not spur an immediate drop in charges, attorneys say.
There are court scheduling issues. Nuances in the laws have left those with similar minor marijuana charges facing different outcomes as some are receiving dismissals in days, while others wait for their day in court.
And it could even depend on whether a person had a joint, a brownie or a vape when a cop stopped them.
The chaotic situation isn’t surprising to defense attorneys who have watched marijuana arrests continue for months, even though a majority of New Jersey voters said yes to legal weed in November.
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N.J. landlord accused of sexually abusing tenants continues working toward settlement, records show
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
A New Jersey landlord accused of demanding sexual favors from tenants in exchange for housing is continuing to work toward a settlement with federal authorities, who filed a lawsuit against him last summer for allegedly harassing low-income tenants for more than a decade, according to court documents.
In August, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Joseph Centanni, of Mountainside, alleging he violated the Fair Housing Act for sexually harassing tenants and applicants on multiple occasions since at least 2005 as a landlord in Elizabeth.