MORRIS COUNTY —Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Chief Assistant Prosecutor Maggie Calderwood, Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Chris Schellhorn, Assistant Prosecutor Reema Kareer, and Assistant Prosecutor Kelly Sandler will be lecturing on a wide variety of criminal law topics as part of the New Jersey State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education program throughout New Jersey. All licensed attorneys in New Jersey must complete 24 credit hours of Continuing Legal Education Courses every two years to remain in good standing with the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Chief Assistant Prosecutor Maggie Calderwood was chosen as a speaker for the 2019 Criminal Law College seminar entitled “Handling a Criminal Case from Arraignment to Appeal”, which will be held on August 22, 2019. She will be one of four speakers on the panel instructing criminal trial lawyers as to the “ins and outs” of prosecuting or defending a criminal case from start to finish. As a member of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office for over two decades, CAP Calderwood has prosecuted a significant number of successful cases including high-profile homicide and major crimes cases. She is currently the Chief Assistant Prosecutor of the Major Crimes Unit and the General Investigations Unit.

Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Chris Schellhorn will be a speaker at the Criminal Trial Advocacy Summer Institute, which takes place on October 5, 2019. The topic of the class is “Identifying, Preparing, and Presenting Expert Witnesses” and will provide those in attendance with important information covering the utilization of expert witnesses in criminal trials. As the Supervising Assistant Prosecutor of the Major Crimes and Fire/Environmental Units, SAP Schellhorn has significant experience in criminal trials. Chris is also a trustee of the Morris County Bar Association.

Assistant Prosecutor Reema Kareer was recently named as a Co-Chair on the New Jersey State Bar Association Government, Public Sector, and Public Interest Lawyers Special Committee. This committee provides a forum for New Jersey lawyers working in the public sector to discuss needs and issues related to their various areas of work. Assistant Prosecutor Kareer also served as a moderator for a program titled “Fostering the Public Trust: Public Sector Lawyering and the Poison of Public Corruption” at the New Jersey State Bar Association Conference in May. Panelists covered the impact that corruption has on the public’s trust of those in positions of power.

Assistant Prosecutor Kelly Sandler was named a Co-Chair of the Women Lawyers Section of the Morris County Bar Association. This committee provides an opportunity for extended learning and networking among female leaders of the Bar in Morris County. Assistant Prosecutor Sandler also facilitates the planning for the Continuing Legal Education program for the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office in-house training.

Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp said, “We are extremely proud to have these exemplary Assistant Prosecutors at the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. I am very proud that they have been selected by their peers for these leadership positions. Maggie, Chris, Reema, and Kelly are outstanding members of our office and are leaders among the Bar throughout the State of New Jersey”.

MORRIS COUNTY — Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp and Acting Chief of Investigations Chris Kimker announce three promotions effective on Friday, July 12, to fill vacant positions in the Prosecutor’s Office created due to retirements.

The following personnel will be promoted and assigned as indicated below:

Detective Supervisor Julio Torres to the rank of Sergeant of the Fugitive Unit within the Special Operations Division. Sergeant Torres has been a member of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office since June 2002, when he was hired as a Detective. Prior to joining the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, Sergeant Torres worked as a support employee of the FBI Newark Division while he was attending college at Essex County College and Rutgers University-Newark. He was then hired as a Detective with the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office where he worked for four years. Sergeant Torres has worked in various units in the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office including General Investigations, Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment, Megan’s Law, Intelligence/Narcotics and Major Crimes Units. He is a certified Polygraph Examiner, a Crisis Negotiator, and a 5th degree black belt instructor in Jujutsu.

Detective Paul Brandley to the rank of Detective Supervisor of the Fugitive Unit within the Special Operations Division. Detective Supervisor Brandley has been a member of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office since June 2016. In that time, he has served in the General Investigations, Pretrial Services, and Fugitive Units. Prior to joining the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, Detective Supervisor Brandley worked as a Police Officer for the Barrington, Rhode Island Police Department and the Pawtucket, Rhode Island Police Department where he was promoted to the rank of Detective Sergeant in the Major Crimes Unit. He has served as a Lead Firearms and Tactics Instructor, a Defensive Tactics Instructor, and Officer in Charge of a Gun Task Force. Detective Supervisor Brandley is currently a member of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Tactical Narcotics Team and Firearms Training Unit.

Detective Spence Osaigbovo to the rank of Detective Supervisor of the Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit within the Tactical Division. Detective Supervisor Osaigbovo has been a member of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office since August 2013. His law enforcement career began in July 2007 as a Patrol Officer with the Teaneck Police Department. Detective Supervisor Osaigbovo has been assigned as a surveillance team leader, wire room supervisor, and team leader of an FBI task force. He also played a vital role in a drug-induced death investigation in which he identified a heroin stamp and its dealer that subsequently resulted in the dealer’s arrest for first-degree Strict Liability Death. He has been assigned to the Special Operations Division, General Investigations and Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Units.

Following the ceremony, Prosecutor Knapp said, “I am proud to promote these exceptional members of our office. They have done outstanding work with our office as well as with multiple other law enforcement agencies. I know they will continue to serve Morris County with distinction in their new roles”.

MORRIS COUNTY — You are invited to the Morris County library’s free screenings of recent blockbusters films for youngsters on Mondays at 2:00 p.m. Films are free and on a first-come, first-served basis. All showings are in the public meeting room. So check the schedule and come on in. Films for adults run on Friday afternoons at the library.

July 15: Mary Poppins Returns. Comedy, family, fantasy. Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s children through a difficult time in their lives. Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw. (2018, PG, 2 hours and 10 minutes)

July 22: How to Train your Dragon: Hidden World. Animation, action, adventure. When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn’t the only Night Fury, he must seek “The Hidden World”, a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first. Starring  Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham. (2018, PG, 1 hour and 44 minutes)

July 29: Lego Movie 2. Animation, action, adventure. It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild. Starring  Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett. (2018, PG, 1 hour and 47 minutes)

August 12: Mirai. Animation, action, adventure. A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future. Starring Daniel Dae Kim, Rebecca Hall, John Cho. (2018, PG, 1 hour and 38 minutes)

August 19: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse. Animation, action, adventure. Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities. Starring Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld. (2018, PG, 1 hour and 57 minutes)

August 26: Missing Link. Animation, adventure, comedy. The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world’s foremost investigator of myths and monsters. The trouble is none of his small-minded high-society peers seems to recognize this. Sir Lionel’s last chance for acceptance by the adventuring elite rests on traveling to America’s Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature, a living remnant of Man’s primitive ancestry, The Missing Link. Starring Hugh Jackman, David Walliams, Stephen Fry. (2018, PG, 1 Hour and 34 minutes)

Important Reminder: Seating is limited and there are no reservations, so come early to be sure to get in.

The Morris County Library is located at 30 East Hanover Avenue in the Whippany section of Hanover Township. For more information on the movies series call (973) 285-6979.