N.J. Supreme Court Ruling Allows Informal Hearing in Drug Court

N.J. Supreme Court ruling allows informal hearing in drug court
Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerA 2007 photo of the Justices of the NJ Supreme Court hearing arguments in Trenton. TRENTON — Richard Clarke was not going to win employee of the month. For a year-and-a-half, he would log fake merchandise returns at…
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Chicago woman admits robbery to ‘feed habit’
A Chicago woman with a prior robbery conviction was sentenced to six years in prison for robbing a Schererville cash-checking business last year. Elaine Crater-Price, 48, who admitted in court she robbed the Check N Go, 1505 U.S. 41, in Schererville on Sept. 23 while armed with a handgun, said she needed the money she stole “to feed my habit.” Crater-Price said she’d been addicted to heroin for …
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Council gives sheriff 5K for jail food
LA PORTE — The La Porte County Council unanimously voted Monday night to give La Porte County Sheriff Mike Mollenhauer $ 185,000 for food for offenders housed in the jail and $ 150,000 for medical costs for offenders. Mollenhauer said there were 384 offenders in the jail Monday. The cost of food the jail was paying was $ 1.04 per meal per offender, below the state allowance of $ 1.19 per meal.
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