Monthly event summary available on town website
The Secaucus town website now offers a complete list of events taking place during the current month throughout the community. Each month, the community calendar will be summarized on the newsfeed to make it easier to see which events are coming up. As always, residents can download the full monthly calendar or view the full interactive calendar. Keep in mind that events are often added, changed, or removed throughout the month so it is important to check the website at secaucusnj.gov frequently for updates.
Secaucus attorney to be retried on attempted murder charge
Secaucus lawyer Todd Gorman will be retried on a charge of attempted murder from 2011 after police responding to a domestic violence call in Harmon Cove on Sept. 29, 2011 allegedly found both Gorman and his girlfriend, Stephanie Schwartz, on the floor of their home covered in blood, with Gorman’s legs wrapped around Schwartz so that she could not move.
However, Gorman has said that Schwartz was attempting suicide and then attacked him when he tried to stop her. In the course of the year after Gorman was arrested, Schwartz committed suicide.
During opening remarks in the case in January, Gorman’s attorney claimed that both Gorman and Schwartz were functioning alcoholics who suffered from depression and had met in a suicide chat room on the Internet, according to the article.
The defense has stated that Schwartz was violent and attacked Gorman several times in the past, including breaking two of his ribs, and suggested he was holding her tight to prevent her from hurting either herself or him. Gorman claims to have no recollection of the incident.
Witnesses in the trial included Secaucus police officers and nurses who treated both Gorman and Schwartz for their wounds after the incident.
Gorman was offered several plea bargains. He turned down a deal under which he would have pleaded guilty to third-degree aggravated assault and would likely have been sentenced to probation only, with no jail time. However, if he pleaded guilty, Gorman would lose his license to practice law, noted his attorney, Peter Willis.
After the conclusion of the trial, the jury could not reach a verdict and a mistrial was declared.
NJ.com reported this week that Gorman will be retried.