Can You Be Charged With Theft for Keeping Something You Found in New Jersey?
You are walking through an Atlantic City casino, leaving a restaurant, crossing a parking lot, or spending the day at the Jersey Shore when you notice something that someone else left behind. Maybe it is a wallet on the ground. A phone on a bench. Cash near an ATM. A casino voucher or another item […]
Caught With a Fake ID in New Jersey? What College Students and Young Adults Should Know
You are heading into a bar in Atlantic City, meeting friends at a Jersey Shore venue, or buying alcohol when someone checks your ID more closely than you expected. The ID is taken. Security calls the police. What seemed like a quick way to get past an age restriction has suddenly turned into questions about […]
Can Police Search Your Car Because They Smell Marijuana in New Jersey?
You are driving through Atlantic City, Cape May County, or another part of South Jersey when you are pulled over for a traffic violation. As the officer approaches your window, you are told that they smell marijuana coming from the car. That can immediately raise a question: Does the smell of marijuana give police the […]
Charged With Assault After a Jersey Shore Fight? What If You Were Defending Yourself?
A fight during a night out at the Jersey Shore can leave you facing an assault charge even when you believe you were reacting to protect yourself. Maybe someone confronted you outside a bar, on the boardwalk, in a casino, at a party, or in a parking lot. Words were exchanged, someone pushed or swung […]
Did Police Follow New Jersey’s 20-Minute Alcotest Observation Period?
After a DWI arrest in New Jersey, you may remember sitting in a police station while officers completed paperwork or prepared the breath-testing equipment. You may now be looking at the Alcotest reading and wondering whether that number has already decided the case. Before administering an Alcotest, police must follow procedures intended to protect the […]
