Tag: Middlesex County Superior Court
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Milltown Board of Education candidate is sworn in after tort claim resolution; becomes first Latina on board
MILLTOWN – Almost two months after she was initially supposed to begin her first term on the Milltown Board of Education, Egnita Pardo finally was able to take her seat on the dais. An administrative law judge, in a decision, found Pardo was entitled to be sworn in as a duly elected member of the…
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Special election may decide outcome of Ward 4 council seat in Old Bridge because of ballot mixup
OLD BRIDGE – The election for the Ward 4 council seat will be decided in a special election in March, according to a Middlesex County Superior Court decision. The seat will remain vacant until then. Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Thomas Daniel McCloskey invalidated the Nov. 2 election results, citing 27 registered voters received the…
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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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Attorney sworn in to fill unexpired council-at-large seat in Monroe
MONROE – Newly appointed Councilman-at-Large Terence “Terry” Van Dzura, who fills the seat vacated by Stephen Dalina, pledges to listen to township residents while making decisions in the best interest of the township. Van Dzura was sworn in during the Monroe Township Council’s regular meeting on Feb. 1. “We may not always agree, but I…
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Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office swears in its first female prosecutor
NEW BRUNSWICK – The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office swore in its first female prosecutor. Yolanda Ciccone, the former Assignment Judge of Somerset County, was sworn in to her new role on June 30 during a brief ceremony officiated by retired Judge and former Middlesex County Prosecutor Alan A. Rockoff. In June 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy…
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Appellate Court affirms Lodzinski’s conviction in killing of son, Timmy
NEW BRUNSWICK – A day after what would have been Timothy Wiltsey’s 34th birthday, a New Jersey Appellate Court affirmed the conviction of his mother, Michelle Lodzinski, formerly of South Amboy, for killing him when he was 5 years old. Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey announced the New Jersey Appellate Division’s 34-page affirmation in…
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Defense counsel expected to file motions in Edison police ‘no show jobs’ case
EDISON – Defense counsel for the five Edison police officers who were indicted for “no show jobs” are working together and are expected to file motions, including dismissing and severing the case as it relates to their clients, and changing the court venue. The state has turned over more than 28,000 pages of bank records,…
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Former Edison police officer said she was wrongfully fired after reporting harassment
EDISON – A former police officer is suing the Edison Police Department, alleging she was wrongfully fired after she reported she and her husband had been harassed by some of her fellow officers. Valerie Mader joined the Edison Police Department in December 2014. Previously she had served as a Rutgers University police officer for nine…
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Edison ‘no show jobs’ police case inching along
NEW BRUNSWICK – With more than 28,000 pages of bank records, audits, receipts, phone pinging locations to sift through, the case involving five Edison police officers who were indicted in October for “no show jobs” is inching along. “This is a complex white collar case,” Assistant Prosecutor Christine D’Elia said before Superior Court Judge Pedro…
