Jersey DWI & Criminal Defense Law Blog : New Jersey Criminal Lawyer & Attorney : Thomas Martin Law Firm : DUI/DWI, Drug Possession, Felony : Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey

The Asbury Park Press has posted a video of the Millville Police Department arresting a woman  who was riding a bicycle. In the video, she was stopped for driving a bicycle on a sidewalk in violation of a town ordinance. After he appears to be questioning the woman a scuffle ensues and while the accused is on the ground, an officer is seen punching and kneeing this woman. She was subsequently charged with resisting arrest. N.J.S.A. 2C:29-1, et al. Please comment on what you think would be the appropriate treatment or handling of this officer. For a link of the video click here.

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In a case that originally stemmed from the disordely person charges of resisting arrest  (N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2) and obstruction of justice (N.J.S.A 2C:29-1) filed against Jeremiah Healy; the Jersey City Mayor and his wife, Maureen, claim police brutality and violations of civil rights in a seven (7) count federal lawsuit filed against Bradley Beach and the borough's Police Department.

The lawsuit stems from a June 2006 altercation outside a borough bar in which Jeremiah Healy was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Healy was found guilty in June 2007 in Bradley Beach municipal court of resisting arrest and obstruction of justice, and fined $736. A Superior Court judge, Anthony Mellaci in Monmouth County upheld the verdict last September, prompting Healy to appeal to the appellate division.

The appeal of his conviction was argued this past month before the Appellate Division and a decison should be forthcoming.

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