David Porter

May 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By DAVID PORTER

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February 04, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEWARK, N.J. AP - The former girlfriend of a political consultant who was arrested in New Jersey's widespread corruption bust testified Thursday she wrote checks for campaign contributions at his request, an act prosecutors say was part of an illegal quid pro quo involving the deputy mayor of the state's second largest city.

By DAVID PORTER

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February 06, 2013 | Daily Report Online

A New Jersey woman didn't neglect or abuse her baby even though the boy was born with cocaine in his system, New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that reversed lower-court findings.

By David Porter

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June 25, 2009 | Daily Report Online

PATERSON, N.J. AP - One of the stars of Bravo's television series "Real Housewives of New Jersey" went to court Wednesday to avoid getting a little more exposure than she wanted.A judge granted Danielle Staub's request for a temporary restraining order to stop her former boyfriend Stephen Zalewski from releasing a sexually explicit videotape and images of her.

By DAVID PORTER

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November 07, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By DAVID PORTER

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November 04, 2011 | Daily Report Online

A woman accused of impersonating her boyfriend on a fake Facebook page and posting inflammatory comments can be prosecuted for identity theft, a judge ruled Wednesday in a case that could have wider implications for cyberspeech.Dana Thornton was indicted last year on one count of fourth-degree identity theft, a crime punishable by a maximum 18-month prison term upon conviction.

By David Porter with Geoff Mulvihill

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January 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By DAVID PORTER

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August 20, 2008 | Daily Report Online

NEWARK, N.J. AP - Attorneys for a Minnesota family suing to gain access to an experimental muscular dystrophy drug for their 16-year-old son argued on Tuesday that a drug company led them to believe they could participate in a clinical trial but then went back on their word.Jacob Gunvalson and his parents want PTC Therapeutics of South Plainfield to provide him with the drug, PTC124.

By DAVID PORTER

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April 14, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEWARK, N.J. AP - The NFL's 'Spygate' is headed back to court.The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia is scheduled to hear oral arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit arising from the New England Patriots' secret videotaping of New York Jets coaches in a game at Giants Stadium in 2007.

By DAVID PORTER

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October 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

SOMERVILLE, N.J., AP - The outcome of a 7-year-old manslaughter case against Jayson Williams now rests in the hands of a judge who will decide whether alleged racial bias and prosecutorial misconduct played a part in the retired NBA star's 2004 trial.At the end of a hearing, state Superior Court Judge Edward M. Coleman told lawyers Thursday he would rule on the case but he did not specify when.

By DAVID PORTER

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