PRESS RELEASES
AG Platkin and Colonel Patrick J. Callahan Announce New Jersey State Police Awarded Over $500,000 Federal Grant to Expand ARRIVE Together Mental Health Crisis Response Initiative
Funds will go toward State Police’s Cumberland County program as well as to sub-grantees in other areas of the StateFor Immediate Release: November 14, 2022 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralNew Jersey State Police- Colonel Patrick J....
AG Platkin Announces New Program in Six Municipal Court Systems to Assist Non-Violent Offenders Overcoming Addiction
For Immediate Release: November 1, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralNJ CARES- Kelly E. Levy, Acting DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Julia WiacekOAGpress@njoag.govTRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and...
AG Platkin Announces Prison Sentences for Operators of a “Drive-Through” Drug Distribution Network in Newark
8-Month Investigation Led to Seizure of AR-15s, Handguns, Heroin & CocaineFor Immediate Release: October 24, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Pearl Minato, DirectorFor Further Information: Media...
Attorney General’s Office Releases Additional Information, Video and Other Media Related to Fatal Officer-Involved Crash in Neptune on June 5, 2022
For Immediate Release: July 28, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Executive DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Steven...
State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Officer Involved in Fatal Motor Vehicle Pursuit in Mansfield Township, N.J., on October 27, 2020
For Immediate Release: July 12, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Executive DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Steven...
Acting AG Platkin Announces Mallinckrodt Bankruptcy Plan Goes Effective, Resulting in Over a Billion Dollars for New Jersey and Other Public Creditors to Use toward Opioid Abatement
As Part of Mallinckrodt Bankruptcy Plan, New Jersey and its Subdivisions to Receive Approximately $30 Million Dollars from Dublin-Based Pharmaceutical Company that Flooded Market with Highly Addictive Opioid Painkillers, Downplayed RisksFor Immediate Release: June 30,...
State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Officers Involved in Fatal Shooting in Ventnor, N.J., on August 6, 2020
For Immediate Release: June 28. 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Executive DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Steven...
Murphy Administration Announces Pilot Program to Assist Children and Families Affected by Addiction
For Immediate Release: June 13, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralNJ CARES- Kelly E. Levy, Acting Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Lisa CoryellOAGpress@njoag.govNew “Child Trauma Response Initiative” to be...
Acting AG Platkin Announces Expansion of “ARRIVE Together” Crisis Response Initiative to Elizabeth and Linden Police Departments
For Immediate Release: June 6, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-K.C. LopezOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON – Acting Attorney Matthew J. Platkin today announced the expansion of a program...
Acting AG Platkin Announces Camden County Woman Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Possession with the Intent to Distribute PCP
For Immediate Release: March 31, 2022 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Lyndsay V. Ruotolo, DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-K.C. LopezOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON – Acting Attorney...