Apr 11, 2025 | "No Bill" | 911 call domestic dispute | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | autopsy results | ballistics results | Fatal Police Shooting | Hamilton | Independent Prosecutor Directive | interviews | intoxicated | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | photographs | review of body worn camera footage | standard operating procedures (SOPs) | State Grand Jury | 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 regarding the death of a Hamilton Township man who was fatally shot while exchanging gunfire with two Hamilton police officers, striking one of them, on March 8, 2024.
Apr 7, 2025 | conspiracy to commit aggravated assault | Forced Entry | Harding Highway | Harding Woods mobile home park | Home Invasion | New Jersey State Police Detective shooting | New Jersey State Prison | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Pittsgrove | riot | Salem County Courthouse | Sentencing | Witness Tampering | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced the sentencings of four defendants involved in events that led to the shooting of a New Jersey State Police (NJSP) detective by other individuals at a Salem County mobile home park.
Mar 28, 2025 | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity & Accountability (OPIA) announced the filing of criminal charges against a suspended information technology employee with the Department of Children and Families (DCF), who allegedly accepted unlawful payments to provide case assistance and confidential information to two individuals who had separate matters being handled by DCF.
Mar 20, 2025 | crime victims | exploiting professional relationship | financial reimbursement | Indictment | intimate relationship | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | Pattern of official misconduct | Point Pleasant | Sexually Explicit texts | sexually-explicit messages | sexually-suggestive messages | VCCO investigator | victimization | Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that a former investigator for the New Jersey Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) has been indicted after allegedly exploiting his official position to send messages solicitous of an intimate relationship, sexually-suggestive messages, or sexually-explicit messages to crime victims who were seeking VCCO support.
Mar 12, 2025 | (Central Region) | (Northern Region) | (Southern Region) | ammunition | Annandale | avoid bank reporting requirements | Bayville | Browns Mills | Burlington County | Corrections Staff Training Academy | Corruption Bureau | cumberland county | Hunterdon County | Maurice River | Mercer County | Monmouth County | New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) lieutenant | New Jersey State Police Corruption Bureau | Ocean County | Office of Public Integrity & Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | Range Master | sea Girt | Special Investigations Division | Special Operations Group Headquarters in Trenton | stole state-owned ammunition | structuring financial transactions | theft | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity & Accountability (OPIA) announced the filing of criminal charges against a New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) lieutenant who served as NJDOC’s Range Master, after he allegedly stole state-owned ammunition from NJDOC and sold it for hundreds of thousands of dollars of profit.
