Atlantic County Tops List Of Defendants Held Pre Trial In 2024

Atlantic County topped the state in the percentage of eligible defendants held pretrial last year, according to the recently released Criminal Justice Reform statistics. BreakingAC.com reports the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office also filed the highest percentage of motions to detain eligible defendants with 77.7%, Prosecutor William Reynolds announced Tuesday. That is more than 1.8 times the state average of 42.8%.