Jul 12, 2024 | Fatal Police Shooting | Investigation | OPIA | South Brunswick | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office today released footage from body-worn and surveillance cameras related to a fatal police-involved shooting on January 24, 2024 in South Brunswick, Middlesex County.
Jul 11, 2024 | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo today jointly announced an agreement with Horseless Carriage Carrier, Inc., a Paterson-based transporter of luxury cars, concerning violations of New Jersey labor laws resulting from the company misclassifying its employee drivers as independent contractors, taking unlawful deductions from their pay, and recordkeeping violations.
Jun 20, 2024 | Fatal Police Encounter | Fort Lee | Investigation | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations on June 17, 2024 regarding the death of Mohamed Bounaouar, 42, of Las Vegas, Nevada, who was fatally shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey, after an encounter with members of the Fort Lee Police Department on February 4, 2023.
Jun 20, 2024 | Attorney General 2024-3 | Attorney General Directive 2024-3 | bloodspot | DCJ | Division of Criminal Justice | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that he has issued a Directive to law enforcement executives and county prosecutors establishing new limits on attempts to obtain newborn “bloodspot” information in connection with criminal investigations.
Apr 20, 2024 | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | island heights | Toms River | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a death that occurred following an arrest on April 19, 2024, in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.