Saturday, January 5, 2013
Three Washington Township police officers allege in official reports the smell of an alcoholic beverage emanated from state Assemblyman Paul Moriarty shortly after he was pulled over and arrested July 31.
State Assemblyman Paul Moriarty has repeatedly claimed he was framed by a Washington Township police officer since his drunken-driving arrest on July 31, 2012. "I had not been drinking. I was driving safely and appropriately," Moriarty said Friday afternoon in his first statement to Patch since his arrest. "Watch the video. The tape doesn't lie." In addition to the arresting officer, at least two other officers signed investigative reports in which they indicate they smelled alcohol in the police station room where the Democratic assemblyman and former Washington Township mayor was processed on the DWI charge, according to documents the Gloucester County municipality released to Patch Media Corp. last week. Moriarty can be overheard on a …
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Assemblyman Paul Moriarty files criminal complaints against the Washington Township police officer who arrested him on a DWI charge in the summer.
New Jersey Assemblyman Paul Moriarty has filed criminal complaints against the Washington Township police officer who arrested him July 31 on the charge of driving while intoxicated, the Gloucester County Times reported on Wednesday. Moriarty alleges with the complaints, which were filed Tuesday, that Officer Joseph DiBuonaventura committed perjury and official misconduct, filed false police reports, and falsified and tampered with public records, according to the report. "What happened to me a few months ago shouldn't happen to anyone. There was no legal reason to even stop my car," Moriarty said in a statement issued to the Times. "This officer crossed the line." Moriarty, a former Washington Township mayor and four-term assemblyman …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The 4th District assemblyman won't appear in court till November now.
Assemblyman Paul Moriarty's initial appearance on a DWI charge has once again been pushed back—this time till after Election Day. Moriarty was scheduled to appear in Bridgeton Municipal Court this Thursday morning, but the hearing has been rescheduled for Nov. 8, a court official said. The 4th District Democratic assemblyman initially was scheduled to make his first court appearance on Aug. 21 following his July 31 DWI arrest on the Black Horse Pike in Washington Township. That hearing date was set after the case was transferred from Washington Township, where Moriarty previously served as mayor, to Bridgeton, which is in Cumberland County and falls outside of the 4th District Moriarty represents. It was then postponed to Thursday morning…
Friday, August 10, 2012
Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty is scheduled to appear in Bridgeton Municipal Court on Tuesday, Aug. 21.
His case transferred from Washington Township to Bridgeton earlier this week, Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty now knows when he's to appear in court following his arrest last week on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. The hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 21, according to Bridgeton Municipal Court Administrator Marie Wells. The session during which Moriarty is to appear is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Moriarty, 55, was arrested on the Black Horse Pike, in the Turnersville section of his hometown of Washington Township, Gloucester County, on July 31. The lawmaker has labeled Officer Joseph DiBuonaventura's decision to arrest him as an "abuse of power," and has denied having consumed any alcholic beverages prior to the traffic …
Monday, August 6, 2012
The Aug. 8 hearing has been postponed.
Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty will have his day in court—it just won't be in Washington Township, where he was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated last Tuesday afternoon, and it won't be Wednesday, as initially scheduled. Moriarty's case has been transferred to Bridgeton Municipal Court, in Cumberland County, according to Washington Township Municipal Court. Wednesday's scheduled hearing has been postponed as a result of the change of venue, which comes about presumably due to the potential for conflicts of interest. Moriarty, 55, served as Washington Township mayor from 2004-2008. Washington Township also sits within the Fourth Legislative District Moriarty has represented in the New Jersey Assembly since 2006. Bridgeton is …
Thursday, August 2, 2012
The four-term Democratic state assembylman was arrested Tuesday afternoon in his hometown of Washington Township.
Paul Moriarty was a political newcomer when he won a landslide victory against incumbent Randee Davidson in the 2004 Democratic primary in Washington Township, Gloucester County. He then easily beat the Republican challenger in the general election to become mayor. The following year, he ascended to the state Assembly, despite his seeming lack of experience in the bare-knuckles world of South Jersey politics. Moriarty had been a consumer reporter for CBS 3 in Philadelphia, so the political neophyte's on-air image was well known to voters in South Jersey. Now, that image may be tarnished by charges of drunken driving and refusal to submit to a breath test. Even if he’s not convicted, Moriarty’s arrest could haunt him on the political …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The Fourth Legislative District assemblyman was arrested Tuesday in his hometown of Washington Township.
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ -- Several sources have confirmed Fourth Legislative District Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty was arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Moriarty was arrested in his hometown of Washington Township, Gloucester County. He reportedly refused to provide a breath sample once at the police station, according to one source, who spoke to Patch on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing nature of the investigation. Moriarty, 55, served as Washington Township mayor from 2004 through 2008. He was elected to the Assembly in 2005. The four-term Assembly Democrat previously worked as an investigative reporter for CBS 3 in Philadelphia. A voicemail left on Moriarty's cell phone Tuesday evening …
Thursday, May 24, 2012
The lake was closed for four months after a January fuel spill. It reopens after crews recovered 9,200 gallons of fuel and 680 tons of contaminated soil.
Four months after an underground fuel spill befouled it, nearby Grenloch Lake will reopen Saturday to fishing. The lake, which runs through Camden and Gloucester counties, was shut down for remediation after the diesel fuel spill. Leaks in underground New Jersey Transit storage tanks allowed 26,000 gallons of fuel to ooze into waterways between Grenloch and Blackwood lakes on Jan. 11-12. The spill amounted to about two in-ground pools worth of polluting fuel, causing visible slicks and raising concerns about the lake wildlife. The lake reopening follows water samples and fish tissue analysis that didn’t detect spill contaminants, the state Department of Environmental Protection said. The reopening was approved, subject to normal statewide …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Taormina faces charges in a slew of crimes in Camden and Gloucester counties, including two robberies of Gloucester Township 7-Eleven stores.
An alleged serial convenience store robber has been indicted on the first of a slew of charges from robberies in Gloucester and Camden counties. James Paul Taormina, 30, of Clementon, was indicted by a Gloucester County grand jury this week for a TD Bank robbery in Washington Township on Feb. 10, and faces a second-degree robbery charge for that alleged heist. In all, Taormina allegedly hit at least eight different locations across two counties over a two-week period in February, coming away with cash in six robberies, including the TD Bank robbery. He allegedly robbed convenience stores in West Deptford, Gloucester Township and Cherry Hill, in addition to the bank job. Taormina was finally arrested Feb. 24, after a multi-jurisdictional …
Friday, March 23, 2012
Dead turtles have been found in and near the lake in recent weeks, the DEP reports.
South Jersey fishermen who typically find trout at Grenloch Lake will have to look elsewhere during the upcoming spring season. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced Friday that "out of abundance of caution" it has opted to cancel the upcoming trout season and suspend indefinitely all water-related activities on the lake, which was fouled by a Jan. 12 diesel-fuel spill at the New Jersey Transit bus garage in neighboring Washington Township. Grenloch Lake Park will remain open for all other activities. DEP also announced Friday that it is investigating the cause of death of "a number of dead turtles" found in and near the lake. Officials estimate 26,000 gallons of fuel emptied from two underground storage tanks at…
TheMick
11:56 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013
all paul had to do was take the breathalyzer test. more ›