Local Justice: Decisions in Municipal Court

The Livingston Municipal Court handled two separate cases arising at the Livingston Mall:

• In State v. Ulysses Jones of Newark, Jones was charged with shoplifting. He pled guilty to a lesser charge of creating a disturbance on private property. The Court imposed a $500 fine and $33 in court costs.

• In State v. Janice White of Irvington, White was charged with theft of lost or mislaid property arising from an allegation that she found a purse, took the purse into the Old Navy (where she worked), and then took $20 from the purse. She pled guilty to the charge. The Court imposed a $300 fine, $33 in court costs, a $50 VCCB penalty and a $75 safe neighborhood fee.