Tag: Michelle Lodzinski
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Suburban: Memorable stories of 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, we take a look at memorable stories that hit the pages of the Suburban. New Jersey Supreme Court uses ‘rarely invoked’ power to overturn Michelle Lodzinski’s conviction of murdering her son in 1991 – https://archive.centraljersey.com/2021/12/29/new-jersey-supreme-court-uses-rarely-invoked-power-to-overturn-michelle-lodzinskis-conviction-of-murdering-her-young-son-in-1991/ In 2016, a jury convicted Michelle Lodzinski of murdering her 5-year-old son, Timothy Wiltsey, in…
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Criterion Sentinel: Memorable stories of 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, we take a look at memorable stories that hit the pages of the Criterion Sentinel. Joshi sworn in as mayor of Edison; calls on community to work together for ‘unity and good government’ – https://archive.centraljersey.com/2022/01/01/joshi-sworn-in-as-mayor-in-edison-calls-on-community-to-work-together-for-unity-and-good-government/ Mayor Sam Joshi was sworn in at John P. Stevens High School on New…
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New Jersey Supreme Court uses ‘rarely invoked’ power to overturn Michelle Lodzinski’s conviction of murdering her son in 1991
In 2016, when a jury convicted Michelle Lodzinski of murdering her 5-year-old son in 1991, her Defense Attorney Gerald Krovatin said he and Lodzinski would “explore all alternatives available to her.” Explore they did with appeals. In a surprising turn of events, the New Jersey Supreme Court used a power “rarely invoked” and overturned Lodzinski’s…
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Supreme Court affirms trial verdict of Michelle Lodzinski
Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief John Zebrowski of the Sayreville Police Department announce the Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of a former South Amboy woman who was previously sentenced to serve 30 years in the New Jersey Department of Corrections for the murder of her five-year-old son, Timothy Wiltsey, whose partial remains…
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Juror attends convicted mother’s sentencing
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Joe Mulvanerton, one of the jurors in the Michelle Lodzinski murder trial, sat quietly and listened as she was sentenced last week to a 30-year prison sentence for killing her 5-year-old son, Timmy, in 1991 and dumping his body in a creek off Olympic Drive in Raritan…
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Mother sentenced in case that still haunts many
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — In 1991, best friends Tara Packard and Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey, who were both 5 years old at the time, had a secret code to speak to one another when they were home — by knocking on the adjoining wall that their duplex home in South Amboy shared. On…
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Lodzinski sentenced to 30 years for killing young son
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves handed Michelle Lodzinski a 30-year prison sentence for killing her five-year-old son Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey in 1991. Nieves sentenced Lodzinski, 48, formerly of South Amboy, to the minimum sentence permitted under the law at a hearing on Thursday, Jan.…
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Judge’s ruling denies new trial for Lodzinski
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — There will be no new trial for Michelle Lodzinski, who was found guilty in May of murdering her 5-year-old son, Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey in 1991, according to a ruling this past week by Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves. In August, Gerald Krovatin, attorney for Lodzinski,…
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Lodzinski’s bid for new trial turned down by Superior Court judge
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — There will be no new trial for Michelle Lodzinski, who was found guilty in May of murdering her five-year-old son, Timothy “Timmy” Wiltsey in 1991, according to a ruling on Oct. 26 by Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves. On Aug. 23, Gerald Krovatin, attorney for Lodzinski,…