Four-Year-Old Dies After Drowning in Lake
Cape May County NJ DYFS Lawyers A four-year-old girl recently passed away despite resuscitation efforts after being rescued from a lake in Cape May County. Emergency personnel responded to the Lake & Shore RV Resort on Corsons Tavern Road in Ocean View after the girl was swimming in the lake with her friends at the […]
read full articleDCP&P Investigates Recruiting Scandal at Paterson Eastside High School
New Jersey police have been spending months investigating a major scandal at Paterson Eastside High School in Paterson, NJ. The Paterson high school stands accused of violating federal immigration laws while attempting to recruit international basketball players to play on the school’s sports teams. According to authorities, school workers forged documents while trying to cover […]
read full articleU.S. Court of Appeals Orders New Sentence in New Jersey Child Abuse Case
A former U.S. Army Major and his wife who were convicted of endangering the welfare of their adopted children in 2015 will be resentenced, following a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The couple was convicted of child endangerment in federal court after a jury determined that they severely abused […]
read full articleCamden Man Admits Sexually Assaulting Child in East Greenwich Township
A Camden man will be spending time behind bars in NJ State Prison after he admitted to sexually assaulting an underage victim. The suspect, a 59-year-old resident of Camden in Camden County NJ, was placed under arrest and charged with sexual assault, child endangerment, and other criminal offenses after an investigation by Gloucester County detectives. […]
read full articleMan accused of severely beating girlfriend’s twin boys
Hudson County NJ DCP&P Lawyers A Hudson County man was recently arrested in Jersey City due to allegations of beating his girlfriend’s fourteen-month-old twin boys. On May 15, 2017, law enforcement received notification that two boys were admitted to Jersey City Medical Center with life threatening injuries. According to reports, one of the boys suffered […]
read full articleFranklin Lakes NJ Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of Children
A special education teacher from Franklin Lakes NJ was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing young children in Sussex County and stripped of his professional teaching licenses in New Jersey. The suspect is a 31-year-old adult male from Franklin Lakes in Bergen County, New Jersey. He recently appeared in Sussex County Superior Court for a […]
read full articleFive-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 articleVernon New Jersey Man Charged with Child Endangerment, Now Accused of Sexual Assault
A Vernon Township man faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting three juveniles. The suspect is an adult male from Vernon Township, New Jersey. He was arrested as part of an undercover investigation by Vernon Township police and Sussex County prosecutors. A police officer posed as an undercover cop and reportedly engaged in online communications […]
read full articleDCP&P Closed During New Jersey Government Shut Down
DYFS Defense Lawyers in Hackensack, NJ As part of the ongoing government closure in New Jersey, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (“DCP&P”), formerly known as the Division of Youth and Family Services (“DYFS”), will be closed, with a few exceptions. At this time, all DCP&P local offices are closed to the public and […]
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 […]
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