nj crime

A father and son from New Jersey are charged today in an alleged scheme in which the father promised to rescue homeowners who were facing foreclosure, but instead sold their homes to unwitting investors and conspired with the son to steal $4.5 million from lenders by filing fraudulent mortgage applications in the investors’ names. The announcement comes from State Attorney General Jeff Chiesa. Rea

North Jersey resident Phillip Dunlap who trains fighters for Amateur Mixed Martial Arts fights in New Jersey pleaded guilty today to submitting false documents so that his athletes could fight without undergoing mandatory physical examinations and medical tests. The bogus submissions included medical forms to the State Athletic Control Board.

A Mahwah gym owner has pleaded guilty to falsifying documents and medical forms to the State's Athletic Control Board in an attempt to thwart regulations regarding Amateur Mixed Martial Arts (AMMA) contestants so that his fighters could compete without undergoing mandatory physical exams or medical tests.

Two were arrested, charged after police discovered 118 bags of heroin in connection with a drug investigation. Police arrested Gary R. Oberman Jr., 37, and Melisa Ann Hand, 32, both of Egg Harbor Township on Sept. 14 for possession of heroin with the intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Morris County lawyer Paul DiGiacomo was sentenced to seven years in state prison for filing a false loan application and purchasing a home in Newark in the name of a deceased man, according to the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.

An undercover operation carried out by NJ State Police detectives led to the arrest of a North Brunswick man thought to be a repeat offender in several lewdness complaints going back to 2007.

The North Bergen Public Works Superintendent pleads guilty to directly municipal employees to perform chores at his home while they were being paid by the township.