Five-Year Prison Sentence for Child Endangerment Conviction in Trenton, NJ
A New Jersey father who pleaded guilty to second degree child endangerment after his daughter was hospitalized due to bleeding in her brain has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison. The 31-year-old suspect said that he dropped his two-month-old daughter while carrying her up a flight of stairs and then fell […]
read full articleNew Jersey Family Appeals to Supreme Court to Restore $102M Verdict Against DCP&P
New Jersey DCP&P Attorneys The grandparents of a permanently disabled eight-year-old boy recently submitted a request to the New Jersey Supreme Court to reinstate a $102 million judgment against New Jersey’s Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P), formerly known as the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS). This case came about after Jadiel Velesquez […]
read full articleTitle 9 Abuse and Neglect, 2nd Degree Child Endangerment Charges Dismissed Morristown NJ
Child Abuse Neglect Charges Dismissed in Morris County NJ Child Endangerment Defense Lawyers with offices in Morristown, NJ Do you need a lawyer for endangering the welfare of a child charges in Morris County? Contact us now for immediate assistance and a free consultation. Our Morris County defense lawyers at the Tormey Law Firm recently […]
read full articleDCP&P Order to Investigate Dismissed in Somerset County NJ Thanks to Our Lawyers
Fight DCP&P Investigations in New Jersey DCP&P Defense Lawyers with offices in Morristown, Newark, Hackensack The DCP&P defense attorneys at the Tormey Law Firm recently succeeded in having an Order to Investigate dismissed on behalf of another satisfied client. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency (“DCP&P”), formerly known as the Division of Youth and […]
read full articleManchester NJ Police Make Arrests After Five-Year-Old Child Reportedly Found in Car with Heroin
A New Jersey couple was recently charged with child abuse after police allegedly found heroin in the family’s car along with the couple’s five-year-old daughter. During an investigation into a series of suspicious vehicles located in Manchester, NJ, investigators from the Narcotics Enforcement Unit reportedly observed suspicious behavior between occupants of two vehicles. After initiating […]
read full articleNJ Supreme Court Affirms Finding of Abuse and Neglect Against Man Who Did Not Stop Mother’s Beating
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently affirmed a trial court and Appellate Division conclusion that a man was negligent for not stopping his live-in girlfriend from beating her seven-year-old daughter. In New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. J.L.G (A-80-15) (May 17, 2017), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that the defendant was […]
read full articleMother’s Marijuana Use Is Not Child Abuse or Neglect in New Jersey
In a recent unpublished decision, the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division held that the occasional use of marijuana by a parent does not automatically equate with child abuse and neglect under Title 9. There was evidence in this case that the mother used marijuana while she was pregnant in order to help her deal […]
read full articleDWI with a minor child in the vehicle – Traffic, Criminal, and DCP&P consquences
DWI/DUI with a Minor Child in the Car A 46-year-old New Jersey woman appeared to be drunk when she got into an accident with her son in the car on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, police said. According the to the authorities, Tracy A. Tirotti-Skahan and her 14-year-old son were involved in a minor motor vehicle crash but, fortunately, […]
read full articlePingry School in Bernards Township NJ Releases Report About Sexual Abuse of Students
The Pingry School, a college prepartory day school in Bernards Township NJ, recently released an investigative report finding that a former teacher may have sexually abused at least 27 boys during the mid-1970s. According to the report, Thad “Ted” Alton targeted preteen boys in his class at the Pingry School and in his Boy Scout […]
read full articleMother Allegedly Bites Son During Physical Altercation in Trenton, NJ
Two Trenton children were recently removed from their mother’s custody after one of the children was reportedly physically abused by the mother and bitten in the leg. The incident occurred on March 9, 2017 at a residence located on the 800 block of Parkide Avenue in Trenton. According to Trenton police, cops were sent to […]
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