WOODBURY NJ (December 18, 2014)–A judge today denied a motion to dismiss an indictment against a Mickleton NJ woman charging her with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child in a 2010 incident that left her seven-month old child with fractured femur.
An attorney for Laura McKenna (DOB 7/30/74) argued that the legal principle of \”collateral estoppel\” – barring re-litigation of a case- applies to the criminal charges, since the state’s Child Protection and Permanency agency had already investigated the injury and a Family Court ruling had resulted. Defense attorney Bridget Green noted that the state child welfare agency is represented in court by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General and that office also oversees county prosecutor’s offices, including Gloucester County’s, which is prosecuting McKenna.
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