Sex crimes can be one of the most difficult crimes to be charged with. While these crimes don’t carry the harshest of penalties from an incarceration standpoint, the impact they have on the rest of your life can be devastating. Pleading guilty to one of these crimes can impact where you live, where you work, and who you interact with for the rest of your life. No other crimes have as much societal consequences as a sex crime.
While many attorneys say they handle sex crimes, most of them don’t know where to begin or can’t get over their own judgment of trying to represent someone that has been charged with a sex crime. Sex crimes defense attorney Jenna Casper Bloom is not that type of attorney. She has handled cases in Mercer county where she has represented individuals charged with sex assault, violating Megan’s Law, and Endangering the Welfare of a Child and has not backed down from the state. Many cases she was able to obtain dismissals for her clients or having them plead to a charge that doesn’t have societal consequences.
What are the different types of Sex Crimes in Flemington, New Jersey?
- Sexual Assault
- Endangering the Welfare of a Child
- Violating Community Supervision for Life
- Megan’s Law Offenses
- Criminal Sexual Contact
What are the penalties for gun offense?
First Degree Offenses
- Up to 20 years state prison
- Fine of up to $200,000.00
Second Degree Offenses
- Up to 10 years state prison
- Fine up to $150,000.00
Third Degree Offenses
- Up to 5 years state prison
- Fine up to $15,000.00
Fourth Degree Offenses
- Up to 18 months state prison
- Fine of $10,0000
What makes sex offenses difficult to deal with is that they are governed by Megan’s Law. While you want to resolve the case quickly and think you are getting a good deal by only receiving probation, the consequences of Megan’s Law will affect you for the rest of your life.
If you have lived in New Jersey, particularly Mercer county or Hamilton, for much of your life, you probably are familiar with the story of Megan Kanka. Megan Kanka was seven years old when she was murdered by her neighbor, who had previous been convicted twice of sexually assaulting a child. Megan’s Law was a result of legislation passed after this crime occurred.
What are the requirements for Megan’s Law?
- You must register with local law enforcement
- You must notify them of a change of address
- You must register as a sex offender
- You may not be allowed to live within a certain number of feet of a place that has children, like a school or daycare
- You may not be allowed to have unsupervised contact with children the age of 18
- You may be required to notify any neighbors of Sex Offender status
- Your name, address, and photo may be posted online
- You will be on Megan’s Law for a minimum of fifteen years
- You may be on community supervision for the rest of your life
- If you violate one of these conditions, you can be charged with a third or fourth degree offense
What constitutes an aggravated sexual assault in Flemington, New Jersey?
- An actor is guilty of aggravated sexual assault if he commits an act of sexual penetration with another person under any one of the following circumstances:
- The victim is less than 13 years old;
- The victim is at least 13 but less than 16 years old; and
- The actor is related to the victim by blood or affinity to the third degree, or
- The actor has supervisory or disciplinary power over the victim by virtue of the actor’s legal, professional, or occupational status, or
- The actor is a resource family parent, a guardian, or stands in loco parentis within the household;
- The act is committed during the commission, or attempted commission, whether alone or with one or more other persons, of robbery, kidnapping, homicide, aggravated assault on another, burglary, arson or criminal escape;
- The actor is armed with a weapon or any object fashioned in such a manner as to lead the victim to reasonably believe it to be a weapon and threatens by word or gesture to use the weapon or object;
- The actor is aided or abetted by one or more other persons and the actor uses physical force or coercion;
- The actor uses physical force or coercion and severe personal injury is sustained by the victim;
- The victim is one whom the actor knew or should have known was physically helpless or incapacitated, intellectually or mentally incapacitated, or had a mental disease or defect which rendered the victim temporarily or permanently incapable of understanding the nature of his conduct, including, but not limited to, being incapable of providing consent.
Aggravated sexual assault is a crime of the first degree and is facing a specific term of years which shall be fixed by the court and shall be between 25 years and life imprisonment of which the person shall serve 25 years before being eligible for parole.
What constitutes a sexual assault in Flemington, New Jersey?
- An actor is guilty of sexual assault if he commits an act of sexual contact with a victim who is less than 13 years old and the actor is at least four years older than the victim.
- An actor is guilty of sexual assault if he commits an act of sexual penetration with another person under any one of the following circumstances:
- The actor uses physical force or coercion, but the victim does not sustain severe personal injury;
- The victim is on probation or parole, or is detained in a hospital, prison or other institution and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary power over the victim by virtue of the actor’s legal, professional or occupational status;
- The victim is at least 16 but less than 18 years old and:
- The actor is related to the victim by blood or affinity to the third degree; or
- The actor has supervisory or disciplinary power of any nature or in any capacity over the victim; or
- The actor is a resource family parent, a guardian, or stands in loco parentis within the household;
- The victim is at least 13 but less than 16 years old and the actor is at least four years older than the victim.
Sexual assault is a crime of the second degree. The prosecutor, in consideration of the interests of the victim, may offer a negotiated plea agreement in which the defendant would be sentenced to a specific term of imprisonment of not less than 15 years, during which the defendant shall not be eligible for parole.
What constitutes a criminal sexual contact in Flemington, New Jersey?
- Criminal sexual contact is the unlawful and intentional touching of or application of force, without consent, to the unclothed intimate parts of another who has reached his eighteenth birthday, or intentionally causing another who has reached his eighteenth birthday to touch one’s intimate parts.
- This can be a third degree offense, a fourth degree offense, or a disorderly persons offense.
Schedule a Consultation with Flemington Attorney Jenna Casper Bloom
Jenna Casper Bloom has over fourteen years experience handling all criminal matters including thefts, drug offenses, weapons offenses, sexual assault, aggravated assault, domestic violence, Megan’s Law offenses, Graves Act, DWI/DUI, traffic tickets, Pre-trial intervention, gun cases, marijuana charges, and expungements. She has handled cases from all stages and hearings including motions to suppress, Miranda hearings and has extensive trial experience. She provides an aggressive defense for any crime that one is charged with which results in her clients receiving favorable outcomes. Additionally, many times Jenna Casper Bloom gets cases dismissed for her client or plead guilty to a lesser offense. She has also argued probation and parole violation hearings which resulted in her clients being able to stay on probation or parole and not return to prison. She especially has experience with detention hearings, allowing her clients to be released pending their trial instead of languishing in jail.
If you can be charged with the crime, Jenna Casper Bloom has experience in defending it. She practices in Mercer County, Hunterdon County, Warren County, and Somerset County as well as in the towns of Trenton, Flemington, Clinton, Raritan, Annandale, Union, Pennington, East Amwell, West Amwell, Lawrenceville, Ewing, and Princeton.
Jenna Casper Bloom will treat you as the person you are, not the crime you have been charged with. Contact her today for a free consultation.
