Category: Pretrial Release

Fentanyl-laced heroin dealer charged with death of customer

Shannon McGuigan Mugshot

Despite objections from the prosecutor, accused heroin dealer who sold fentanyl-laced heroin (which resulted in the death of a 26-year-old Burlington County woman) has now been released by a judge under the NJ Bail Reform Act. Cindy Chavez The reality is that bail reform ends up weakening accountability in the criminal justice system and it’s… Read more »

Man arrested for trafficking kiddie porn

Yenhung Lee Mugshot

Authorities found hundreds of file images of child pornography during the arrest of an IT worker who is now released and back home under NJ Bail Reform Act. Unfortunately, we will continue to see the release of these criminal offenders without accountability or bail with New Jersey’s current bail reform policies. Cindy Chavez Santa Clara… Read more »

NY Couple Arrested with Drugs, 500K in Drug Money

New Jersey’s Arnold Foundation “Pretrial Risk Assessment” tool fails once again as a New York couple who were arrested with heroin, illegal prescription pills, hypodermic needles, and $530,000 in suspected drug proceeds were released just hours later under NJ bail reform. Cindy Chavez Drug trafficking in Santa Clara County is already a big enough problem… Read more »

Drug dealer’s phone gets drug-buy texts while in custody

Despite overwhelming evidence of drug dealing activity on her cell phone, Alisha Gonzalez, 38 was arrested then later released under NJ bail reform. When driving under the influence and drug dealing aren’t enough to keep criminals off the streets then we know we have a problem. Santa Clara County doesn’t have to suffer the same… Read more »

Store Clerk and Santa arrested for Child Porn

Santa and Clerk Arrested

Christian Winner, 49 arrested for child pornography has been released “pending further court action” under NJ bail reform laws. Protecting our children and communities from these kind of offenders should always be the top focus of local government Cindy Chavez in Santa Clara County. As with NJ, California bail reform brings with it a real danger to… Read more »